Managers of Wealth Africa

Kenyan example shows Africa is on the right technology path

These hubs have consistently made headlines in their effort to bring or rather accelerate technology businesses to the grassroots level.

Vodafone Rings Up Record Growth On Mobile Money Platform

Vodafone has reported record growth for its M-Pesa mobile money platform, with active customers rising more than a quarter to above 25m in the past year.

Ingenico Group deploys a cashless Revenue Collection solution in Kenya

In fact, County agents, equipped with Ingenico wireless smart terminals with a specific Revenue Collection application, can now simply collect payments when arriving at the business premises.

Banks need to act to combat rising cases of SIM Swap, says Aspect Software

Increasing numbers of banking customers are falling prey to SIM Swap fraudsters, comments reportedly coming from Halifax’s customer service team have revealed.

Warning: online banking fraud on the rise in South Africa

Local bank customers must pay closer attention to their mobile security, the South African Bank Information Centre said on Thursday.

Tanzania: ICT Has Reshaped Financial Sector - UBA

Leading new technology and innovation is part of the UBA Group's DNA

Ethiopia banks on mobile money for financial growth

Ethiopia, Africa's second most populous country and one of its fastest growing economies, is pushing a new electronic payment service by phone -- called M-Birr, or "mobile-money" -- in a bid to bring millions into the banking system and fin

Zenith Bank launches e-commerce service

It explained that both merchants with a website and those without one could sign on to the service and receive online payments from a wide variety of locally and internationally issued debit, credit and prepaid cards

New tech solutions launched to ignite SMEs

SMEs will benefit from the single support-driven portal that enables SME owners to manage their services portfolio online, wherever they are, as need and budget dictates.

TradAir Starts Cooperation with African SBSA

SBSA will integrate TradAir NOW solutions for real-time FX trade analytics, enabling more accurate management of client flows.

The Banker Africa Award recognises BPC Banking Technologies as “Best Payments Solution Provider”

The Banker Africa Southern Africa Awards are designed to reward excellence in financial services

Export Development Bank live on Temenos T24 core banking system

Temenos already has a couple of T24 clients in Sudan, such as Farmers Commercial Bank and a local subsidiary of a Lebanese financial services group, Byblos Bank.

Meet Africa’s First Tech ‘Unicorn’ — Are More to Come?

Until now, no private tech venture based in Africa has obtained that trophy.

Diebold Redefines Mobile-Enabled Banking For European Market

Diebold, Incorporated is showcasing one of its newest mobile-driven banking concepts, along with an industry-leading security application from Cryptera, at Money 20/20 Europe. Diebold's mobile-driven ATM concept and Cryptera's CryptoTouch&

GCB Bank launches ‘LitePay’ payment solution

GCB Bank, the largest indigenous financial institution, has launched a payment solution to facilitate faster service delivery, reduce the high dependence on cash and provide merchants with the control over their receipts.

Stanbic Bank Ghana launches Money App Challenge

Stanbic Bank Ghana has launched the Stanbic Money App Challenge aimed at engaging programmers and software teams to develop innovative financial education tools to help users, especially the youth, in the management of their finances.

Online banking changing sector

First National Bank Namibia has no intention of retrenching some of its workers, unlike its South African counterparts who are weighing the number of staff they would retrench.

World Bank agreement to expand mobile banking in Ghana

Mobile banking services are to be increased in Ghana under a new three-year agreement supported by the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation .

Uber: The beauty and wrath of disruptive technologies in Africa

A disruptive technology is, by definition, a technology that significantly alters the way that businesses operate.

Chase Bank Kenya migrates card portfolio to Electra Card's Way4 platform

The solution is developed by OpenWay, the market leader in software solutions for bank card issuing and acquiring, payment processing and omni-channel services and WAY4 will support the issuance of prepaid, debit and credit cards — under the MasterC

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