01/08/2020
Nigerian banks want a slice of the lucrative digital pie
Digital banking in Africa has been a hot topic over the past decade, with some experts calling it the ‘golden age of fintech’.
01/08/2020
Digital banking in Africa has been a hot topic over the past decade, with some experts calling it the ‘golden age of fintech’.
01/07/2020
With the build now underway, Matagne confirms that while certain parts of the project will be built on-site, others like the critical plant room are prefabricated off-site and integrated during construction.
01/06/2020
A more grounded figure from US global computer security company McAfee puts global losses in 2017 at $600bn, which nonetheless amounts to more than the income of almost all but a few countries.
01/03/2020
Such a revolution is now making it increasingly rare for individuals to keep stacks of banknotes on their persons or at home.
01/02/2020
Kenya is among the top three African countries that are innovators in the financial sector –followed by South Africa and Nigeria
12/30/2019
Libra aims to target the unbanked, but it needs to recognise that American finance culture is not universally accepted
12/30/2019
The factory, owned by Rwandan company Mara Group, was a major milestone for Kigali, which has spent a generation emerging from the ashes of the nation’s genocide in 1994 by refashioning itself as a tech hub.
12/29/2019
Ghana-based social enterprise mPharma manages prescription inventory for pharmacies to make medicines more affordable for Africans.
12/24/2019
Despite the market growth, legislation falls short almost everywhere. “At the start of 2019, over 120 countries had adopted data protection laws. So there are still many more to go
12/24/2019
With the high influx of funds and the emergence of more startups together with the growing technological innovation, Fintechs became the leading force driving financial inclusion
12/23/2019
To achieve this we need to explore strategic technology partnerships and work with key financial institutions.
12/20/2019
Taking our services to Kenya represents the first step in realizing that vision.”
12/19/2019
More than 20 new VC funds that aim to invest in African tech startups were launched this year.
12/18/2019
Telecoms group seeks to turn mobile payments unit into provider of wider services
12/18/2019
Both MTN and Vodacom (with M-Pesa) launched mobile money services in South Africa years ago but both withdrew from the market after failing to gain the traction they sought.
12/18/2019
Smartphone manufacturer expects to see the ‘real growth’ of its brand in SA from 2020
12/16/2019
It has already signed up more than 50 merchants, and is adding an average of two more each week, a figure director Tshepang Kobo said will grow substantially with the additional investment.
12/15/2019
The bank adds that biometric identification guarantees 100 percent safety.
12/13/2019
“As technology increasingly changes the world of work, there are signs of a number of converging trends that will make unions more relevant, powerful and visible,” explains Jack Orlik, researcher at Nesta.
12/13/2019
In addition, MFS Africa will integrate Visa’s real-time push payments solution into its platform to provide a fast, convenient and secure way to send and receive money and remittance.