Managers of Wealth Africa

Nedbank super app Avo reaches 20K merchant milestone

The COVID-19 pandemic led to explosive growth in online sales, as consumers across the globe find safety and convenience in e-commerce channels.

Insurance professionals urge operators to embrace digitisation

It recognised the need for professionals to learn and acquire new soft skills required to achieve digital operations.

Full Text: BoG Governor's address at Digital Banking, Innovation & Fintech festival

It is important to note that the burden of security awareness is not only on market players.

Expert Explains How Blockchain for Payments Will Boost AfCFTA

Highlighting the advantages of the Blockchain for payment at the Africa Tech Alliance Forum (AfriTECH2021), which held in Lagos recently, Akindeinde said it would reduce the risk of corruption and transaction costs.

UBA GMD wins ‘Finovator of the Year’ Award

The United Bank for Africa, Africa’s global bank, was also named as winner, ‘Excellence in Digital Banking’ award at the same event.

Net1 aims for fintech crown with ‘transformational’ R3.7bn deal to acquire Connect Group

Connect Group CEO Steven Heilbron said his company has become "one of South Africa’s fastest growing fintech businesses" serving SMMEs.

Net1 in blockbuster R3.7bn fintech acquisition

Deal has been described as ‘transformational’ for its business.

Nestcoin is a former Binance director’s plan to make crypto in Africa mainstream

And while Facebook, in its curious rebrand to Meta, hopes crypto will form a central role in its future success, FT columnist Jemima Kelly believes it will be as useless in the metaverse as it is right now in the real world.

Innovating to net zero: An executive’s guide to climate technology

Advanced technologies are critical to stopping climate change—and the drive to develop and scale them is accelerating. Here are five themes that could attract $2 trillion of annual investment by 2025.

South Africa's Stitch raises $2m; moves into Nigeria

Stitch will initially offer a seamless, tokenized pay-by-bank product to help businesses and fintechs in Nigeria improve their user experience, eliminate fraud and reduce fees associated with other payment methods.

Webcast | Mauritius, propelling FinTechs to success - Panel with industry leaders

A Sanne-hosted webinar focusing on the Fintech landscape in Mauritius and how it can propel FinTechs to success.

World Bank Provides $150M for Governance and Digital Economy Project

The World Bank justifies the measure with the fact that “60% of the Mozambican population does not have official civil identification (identity card).”

Barko to launch a digital bank for low-income South Africans on The Temenos Banking Cloud

Critically, the investment in Temenos’ open banking platform will enable Barko to launch new banking products, from deposit and savings accounts to credit and loans, at speed and at a low cost.

New Bank Wire Network Launching to Compete with Swift and RTGS Systems

Knox Wire integrates with nearly all mainstream banking systems, using API, and offers a dedicated development team to assist with integration and maintenance.

Central bank digital currencies could transform global financial system

Banking regulators including central banks, monetary authorities and reserve banks all over the world are currently assessing the potential benefits and drawbacks of introducing a CBDC.

IPT Africa: shaping the future of African payments with frictionless end-to-end B2B transactions

With the establishment of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) there will be increasing opportunities in the areas of trade and investment, as the global economy emerges from the pandemic.

How to become a leading, digitally-enabled Wealth Manager

There is a shift in the market to consider flexible modular architecture as opposed to a one size fits all approach.

South Africa Bank to terminate accounts of clients offering crypto arbitrage services

Shiftly’s co-founder Carel de Villiers told the publication that Standard Bank had previously declined its account opening application as well.

‘African markets sustain innovation amid liquidity struggles’

As a reflection of the global push towards sustainability, this is the first year that the index has included Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) indicators.

Paxful records 57% rise in bitcoin trading

PaxNaija educational centre inaugurated