06/26/2018
With the restrictions on South Africans taking money offshore easing, the head of platform proposition and marketing sees platforms providing an important offering to locals looking to invest overseas.
06/25/2018
'We intend to bring credit solutions to all of our PayU markets, including Africa,' says CEO Bob Van Dijk
06/22/2018
Bancor is seeding the initial currencies by contributing capital generated from its $153 million token sale in June 2017.
06/21/2018
Axia Robo Advisor with its cutting-edge technology achieves a unique user experience, delivering a complete offering of omni-channel wealth management services, adding significant value to their operations.
06/19/2018
Rwanda is moving towards cashless economy through cashless operation using ICT tools. In Rwanda ratio of e-payments transactions to GDP rose from 0.3 per cent in 2011 to 16.5 per cent in September 2016.
06/19/2018
Insurer Liberty Holdings faced questions from South Africa’s Information Regulator on Monday, a day after the company said it had become the victim of a cyber attack.
06/19/2018
Google will open an artificial intelligence (AI) research center in Accra, Ghana, later this year, its first on the African continent.
06/18/2018
Global trends and the ability to deliver true real-time banking functionality make it likely.
06/12/2018
The life insurance company joins Plug and Play Insurtech to tie the South African insurtech ecosystem to Silicon Valley.
06/12/2018
Paxful claims that cryptocurrencies are mainly purchased by bank transfers or gift cards.
06/11/2018
The SSC, which has over 200 000 beneficiaries, draws its funds from compulsory deductions from every worker who receives a basic salary.
06/10/2018
The latest deal between the World Remit and First Bank would deepen mobile money service and financial inclusion in the country
06/08/2018
The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has released its report on Project Khokha, a Proof-of-Concept designed to simulate a real-world trial of a distributed ledger technology (DLT)-based wholesale payment and settlement system.
06/08/2018
The economy of Africa has been severely buffeted by many factors over the years. However, P2P finance platforms like Paxful recognize the opportunity cryptocurrency offers Africa.
06/07/2018
He made a case for innovation, saying that one of the key elements of African development is to catalyse the innovation spirit in Africa through supporting and promoting young innovators in different sectors such as agriculture, ICT, energy, and education
06/07/2018
Digital innovations have the power to solve the continent’s development challenges and are generating new job opportunities
06/07/2018
An important point to mention is that the transactions were processed within 2 seconds and with full confidentiality and 100% settlement rate.
06/05/2018
Kenyan banks rush to keep up with innovation
Micro lender Okash, under Opera's Opay payment platform, has enjoyed rapid growth and currently processes Kshs 10m worth of loans per day, just two months after its pilot phase.
06/05/2018
Zimbabwe’s Golix launches $32m ICO, expands further
“The GLX token will also be used to facilitate remittances and international payments at lesser fees, compared to current banking methods."
06/05/2018
First blockchain based platform unveiled in Rwanda
SPENN was developed by Blockbonds, a Norwegian financial technology company that is working to formally financially include the unbanked population which remains relatively high in the country.