12/17/2018
Business deals push Kenya's mobile money accounts to 45m
Deals worth Sh3.90 trillion were settled via mobile phones in the period
FinTech
12/14/2018
Mobile money holds key to financial inclusion in Africa, experts say
Bringing banking to more Africans means aligning public and private sector objectives and exploiting the gains made by mobile money payment solutions.
12/14/2018
Kaspersky Lab shares Middle East, Turkey and Africa (META) 2018 Financial Insights and Predictions for 2019
Cryptocurrencies have also become an established part of many people’s lives, and a more attractive target for cybercriminals across the world, which resulted in a rapid increase in malicious mining of cryptocurrencies.
12/14/2018
With 2018 coming to close, it seems that Fintech is still the preferred sector in Africa for global VCs to invest in
Investors (locally and internationally) are still backing the new wave of Fintech startups that are levelling the playing field for the unbanked and underserved in Africa.
12/14/2018
Local Virtual Banking Platform Shines At TechCrunch Africa
As the runner-up, Bettr was named Africa’s second most promising start-up.
12/14/2018
Standard Bank digital cash flow hits R85bn
Standard Bank says its customers have embraced its enhanced digital capability and platforms.
12/13/2018
Why South African SMEs should adopt disruptive tech
An example recently seen in South Africa, is the disruption of the banking sector with the rise of app-based banks such as TymeBank that has completely removed the traditional brick-and-mortar bank and its associated physical queues; the official launch o
12/12/2018
Kenya calls for joint efforts to curb cyber crime, mobile money fraud
The country's top prosecutor noted that there was need to fortify governance and law enforcement to fight crime.
12/12/2018
Kenya's 4G Capital Launches NXTGEN, a new Credit Solution for Africa's banking industry.
4G Capital targets to use the machine learning system to utilize data in smarter ways, using data from multiple sources to design credit products at a scale which are indeed optimized for segments, business risk, timescale and affordability.
12/10/2018
Access Bank to partner varsities on technology innovations
Wigwe tasked Nigerian students to imbibe self-confidence and ability to dare where others have failed to advance in their chosen profession.
12/10/2018
Shaping Nigeria’s Future with Technology
Innovation and excellence will transform agriculture sector in Nigeria, but it is unfortunate that Nigerians do not believe in continuity.
12/10/2018
Bittrex Reaches South Africa with New Investment
Moreover, the upcoming exchange will use machine learning and AI to perform AML/KYC process.
12/07/2018
Three Digital Newcomers Emerged in South African Banking
As the very first move, these three banks are expected to lower the cost-to-income ratio substantially, while they would be offering cheaper prices than the big five lenders of South African banking sectors, putting a fight in the pricing of retail bankin
12/07/2018
South African banks testing biometric security for ATMs
While this feature is great for FNB users, customers of other banks are not yet able to use FNB Tap-and-PIN ATMs
12/06/2018
This massively successful South African start-up may list in the US next year
Last year, Clickatell delivered almost 3 billion messages across Africa, 42% more than a year ago.
12/06/2018
How startups are the “new wind” blowing through the Mauritian economy
The company is banking on the development of the startup space in Mauritius
12/05/2018
Standard Chartered plans to invest more in digital channels
With a renewed focus on strengthening its digital banking platforms to provide clients with multiple and convenient alternate banking channels
12/04/2018
Finserve Africa pushes for a level financial playing field
Among the initiatives it Finserve has rolled-out include Jenga Payment Gateway and APIs
12/04/2018
Digital newcomers out to disrupt South African banking
We are here to shake up the status quo
12/04/2018
Swedish fintech Okapi, Ecobank partner for Africa’s unbanked
All they have to do is to join Okapi to have their Ecobank Xpress account activated