07/03/2015
Accenture, NBI Partner to Enhance Business Operations in Africa
Proffering new areas of innovation, the report highlighted the need to capture new consumption opportunities
FinTech
07/03/2015
Attijariwafa chooses HPS for multi-bank e-payments
HPS, the market-leading provider of mission-critical solutions to the cards and payments industry, has today announced a new partnership with Attijariwafa bank Group, one of the leader banks in Africa.
07/02/2015
Investment Technology by Numbers by Phil Banas
The marketing departments of investment software firms trumpet the glory of their wares in the purple prose of modern marketing.
06/30/2015
Africa Tech Trends: Boosting the continent’s software development talent
Andela is not the only company looking to ensure African developers meet required standards.
06/29/2015
CAL Bank: Leveraging technology to serve customers better
True transformation requires profound fundamental change and letting go of old habits, such as offering complex products and requiring clients to go to branches.
06/24/2015
FNB launches an online property tool
This type of information is invaluable to any home owner
06/23/2015
Africa is future for software entrepreneurs
Software and Africa are going to be a very interesting combination in the future
06/22/2015
AfDB, IMF East Afritac and World Bank Working Together With East African Community to Support Efforts to Produce Better Public Debt Statistics
The workshop focused on compilation, dissemination and harmonization of public sector debt statistics in East Africa
06/22/2015
Bitcoin alt Trest takes off in Cameroon of all places after a successful pilot program
The pilot found that quantifiable efficiency gains and the benefits of digital payments far outweighed any negatives.
06/22/2015
Standard Bank unveils incubator accelerators
Standard Bank partnered with the largest mentor-led tech innovator in Africa
06/22/2015
Online services in the digital space, where is the taxation line drawn?
South Africa’s online industry is under significant pressure as it battles against global digital giants for revenue in the local market place.
06/21/2015
BitHub brings digital currency to South Africa
A cross section of traders, consumers, tech geeks and bitcoin enthusiasts were at the launch.
06/19/2015
Ecobank benefits from its pan-African platform
The bank present in the largest number of African countries is gaining strength from its new online payment platform that links its clients all over the continent.
06/18/2015
Nigeria’s Konga.com launches one-click KongaPay for online shopping
Nigeria’s ecommerce giant Konga.com has this week officially unveiled its highly anticipated payment solution called KongaPay
06/17/2015
Standard Bank's Apple Watch app coming in September
The app is currently in a pilot phase with a limited number of users, presumably in-house testers.
06/16/2015
KCB adds 1.8mn mobile customers in Kenya
Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) has signed up 1.8mn subscribers for its mobile phone-based banking services
06/15/2015
FNB's Connect mobile network goes live today
First National Bank has become the first banking institution in South Africa to launch a mobile service by issuing its own mobile SIM cards – and the service went live today.
06/15/2015
MasterCard and Ecobank Group agree to accelerate electronic payments adoption in 32 sub-Saharan African countries
One of the leading pan-African banking groups Ecobank Transnational Inc.on June 15 signed a landmark multi-country agreement with global payments technology company MasterCard to bring MasterCard’s payment solutions to more than 32
06/12/2015
EcoCash gets the nod from SA Reserve Bank
Expat Zimbabweans living and working in South Africa will now be able to make cross border mobile money remittances back home
06/11/2015
Standard Bank to Launch Apple Watch App
The company said the app is still being piloted with a handful of users