10/04/2022
Microsoft will collaborate with the bank through its African Transformation Office (ATO) to promote youth entrepreneurship ecosystems, create jobs, and significantly scale impact in Africa through digital inclusion.
10/03/2022
Afrexibank has launched its payment services ‘AFPAY’ to enhance international trade and profitability
10/03/2022
Capitec has made much of the fact that data will not expire, provided the SIM is used at least once in six months.
09/29/2022
The small credit facility has emerged as a leading mobile loan, disbursing Sh1.5 billion daily.
09/28/2022
All across the financial services sector, organisations are competing to find the next big innovation. 77% of financial institutions globally are increasing their innovation efforts, with digitisation as a driving force. As a result, it’s no longer
09/27/2022
Though 10 to 12 million youth join the continent’s workforce every year, just over 3 million jobs are created, meaning large numbers of people remain unemployed.
09/26/2022
It noted that Absa’s 83 branches countrywide alongside 212 Automated Teller Machines (ATMs), and internet and mobile banking services will benefit from the digital platform.
09/26/2022
At R4.50 per 100 Megabytes or R45 per Gigabyte, Capitec Connect data is on average 50% below the normal market price, and the rates remain flat whether clients buy small or large quantities, the group claims.
09/23/2022
Kenya’s legislative leader of the national bank, Patrick Njoroge, recognized that he was feeling the squeeze from cryptographic money lovers to change over the country’s stores into Bitcoin.
09/21/2022
Nedbank has teamed up with Africarare to buy a plot of land in Ubuntuland, making its first foray into the metaverse.
09/21/2022
This notwithstanding, SMEs are grappling with the negative impacts of global health crisis.
09/21/2022
Most popular methods include account-to-account payments (86 per cent), digital money transfer apps (81 per cent), instant payment services (80 per cent), and digital credit or debit cards (78 per cent).
09/20/2022
The clinic on the theme ‘Unlocking the potential of SMEs through digitalization’ brought together seasoned entrepreneurs and experts in the field, business owners in and around Takoradi and virtual participants, to share insights into digital
09/19/2022
That is, the industry must ensure that merchants are able to accept payments from any consumer, whether they’re using mobile money or a card and whether they’re online or offline.
09/16/2022
Digital platforms continue to be the new strategies for financial firms to engage and gain customers amid increased social media activity and time spent on mobile devices.
09/16/2022
The South African financial services giant Old Mutual has reportedly been designated the manager of the cash reserves of the local currency-backed stablecoin — the zarp.
09/15/2022
The Bank of Mozambique should boost the process of digitisation of the economy, particularly payment systems, with a view to reducing transaction costs and improving their efficiency
09/15/2022
Importantly, a high level of mobile penetration and consumption in African countries positions the region to be the “next frontier”
09/14/2022
The widespread uptake of new digital and real-time payment services in Nigeria helped unlock $ 3.2 billion of additional economic output in 2021, representing 0.67 % of the country’s GDP.
09/12/2022
The funding move, led by NeoVision Ventures Ltd, DLF Family Office and Shadi Abdulhadi, heralds NowNow’s plans to scale and expand its service offerings across the continent.