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How M-Pesa Is Revolutionizing Financial Inclusion In Kenya and Beyond?

Millions of individuals worldwide rely on M-Pesa to make and receive payments

How to handle cyberattacks

According to Kaspersky, a cybersecurity firm, cybercrime represents an ongoing risk to individuals, organisations and governments globally.

Michael Jordaan makes big push into AI

The company was founded by Jordaan, Nic Kohler, Willem Roos, and Roger Grobler, who have been working together in various forms for decades and investing together for the last eight years as founding investors in telecoms group Rain, and many others.

Potential Benefits, Risks of Artificial Intelligence

The motivations of the AI intelligentsia, consisting of researchers, engineers and scientists who work in the field of AI, include scientific curiosity, technical challenges, commercial opportunities, social impact, national security, and ethical consider

Flutterwave denies losing N2.9bn to hackers

It further disclosed that none of its customers lost funds nor was the company account hacked.

Safaricom phone tracking to arrest bank ATM fraud

The new solution from Safaricom is designed to tie ATM transactions to the genuine account owner’s physical location, making it harder for fraudsters to carry out their schemes.

Fintech booms as naira crisis stretches banks’ digital platforms

The scarcity of cash that has characterised the naira redesign has caused conventional banks to struggle.

Technology seals border revenue leaks, says KRA

Mr Tonui said the authority will soon use drones in mobile monitoring of goods to curb theft and tax evasion.

Zambia tests technology for crypto regulation, says minister Mutati

The Bank of Zambia and the country’s securities regulator are collaborating on digital infrastructure and a policy framework for crypto.

Ecobank rewards customers for using digital channels

One of the joint account winners, Ifeoma, said she and her husband did not expect they would win a promo from the bank.

Capital market targets youths with innovative products

The youths do not want to come in and start filling five page forms because they want to access the market, they want to pick their phones and make their investments.

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Full Fact AI provides three tools to Nigerian fact-checkers

MasterCard Trust Centre partners with Nigerian fintech NowNow to improve cybersecurity for SMEs

As part of the Mastercard Start Path Global Program, which is designed to help later-stage startups innovate and scale, NowNow was provided with operational support, commercial engagement, and the opportunity for strategic investment.

Amazon’s home security system Ring enters Kenya

The development means users will benefit from motion detection, two-way talk, night vision, and more; all controllable via the Ring app.

Binance launches South African rand direct bank deposits

Instant EFT requires that you provide your online banking username and password to the provider.

Nigeria’s Curacel raises funding to power insurance offerings and expand into North Africa

Curacel is building the “rails to make insurance work for the next billion Africans and empowering businesses everywhere with the technology to embed insurance for their users.

Never mind robots coming for our jobs — they will also fire us

Human resource executives admit they will rely on software and algorithms to reduce labour costs

Airtel set to launch 5G service in select high-end Nairobi estates

Airtel Africa is the parent firm of several telecommunications companies operating in the continent including Airtel Kenya.

Johannesburg Stock Exchange Announced as BMLL Client To Improve Former’s Data Analysis

It wanted to integrate these into existing products and analytics capabilities for an ever-expanding customer base.

Leading Ghanaian financial platform services provider, Fortek, partners with Codebase Technologies

To catalyze payments innovation for over 1.4 billion Africans

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