Managers of Wealth Africa

Nigerian banks want fintech collaborations, but for specific and unique needs

Fintechs are taking up the role of financial intermediation, even as banks fortify their technology architecture.

Tanzania: Digital Technology Vital in Bolstering Banking Sector

This investment in digital technology is one of the factors that made the bank to excel in scooping the international award in the 8th consecutive time by the London based Euromoney.

Desperate S. Africans Lured into Investing in Crowd1 Despite Probe, Warnings

Crowd1 has been touted as the next generation marketing network but there are warnings that it’s nothing more than a get rich quick scheme that is bound to leave many in debt and tears.

Kenya Among Five Countries Leading In BTC Consumption Globally

Paxful analysts have rated Kenya as one of the top consumers of its bitcoin globally.

Nigeria's Economy Can't Reach Full Potential Without Financial Inclusion - Uzoma Dozie

“Sparkle is redefining Nigerian commerce by merging financial services with a seamless lifestyle solution,” said Founder Uzoma Dozie

Corporate South Africa on the best approach to software development

The challenge is that Agile and DevOps require a different way of working, with people taking responsibility for more than their isolated silo.

Velmie launches mobile banking platform tailored for Africa

Velmie builds digital banking products, peer-to-peer lending and microfinance solutions.

New approaches to biometrics and digital ID systems in Africa considered to achieve universal coverage

The document reviews key insights from the webinars, including the wake-up call the pandemic has provided to governments about the value of useful, digital identity systems, and its exposure of fault lines in social protection and opportunity.

Nigeria’s Riby has gone nationwide helping clients digitise operations to access finance

The startup is also increasingly deepening its product stack to enable it to offer financial services to individuals and small business owners

Co-Operative Bank Kenya Announces Open APIs

The transactional APIs allow users to perform functions such as internal funds transfer, pesalink send to account, instant notification services, and send money from a co-op bank to a Mpsesa wallet.

Downloading South African banking apps – What you should know

South Africans should ensure they only download banking apps from official app stores.

Digital platform economy gains traction in Africa.

African organisations are increasingly embracing the drive towards the next wave of innovation in the global digital platform economy.

Digital Wealth Management: Artificial Intelligence to Accelerate Value Creation

AI makes it possible to use algorithms to build predictive scenarios to support the investment process.

Facial recognition: African leaders must ensure ‘regulation before rollout.

Speed with which digital innovation is progressing threatens to outpace the law and lawmakers.

FinTech in Mauritius

The FSC has issued a guideline in April 2019 in relation to a Securities Token Offer

FinTech can help the Islamic finance sector to innovate and grow

The wider adoption of technology could simplify the Islamic finance sector and help it attract more digital-savvy millennials

Nedbank debuts tap on phone

Believed to be a first for Africa, the tap-on-phone functionality builds on Nedbank’s PocketPOS payment solution.

African organisations ready to drive innovation: Standard Bank

The paper, launched digitally, was authored by Choudary and Standard Bank CIB Digital’s Jonathan Lamb and Kent Marais.

Open Banking Presents New Opportunities For Banks In Kenya And The Africa region

The account holder will have the ownership of the data and allow them to share with other third parties at their discretion.

Digital Financial Inclusion in the Times of COVID-19

Pandemic covid-19 really affects society.