03/27/2023
Tanzania Payment Ecosystem Improved Following Three Way Partnership Including Mastercard
Additionally, the partnership will result in a wide range of digital payment solutions being introduced in Tanzania.
FinTech
03/27/2023
South Africa’s biggest mobile network quality testing project starts
Mobile network quality is a key consideration for consumers when selecting an operator, especially with load-shedding wreaking havoc among operators.
03/24/2023
What Barriers do East African Start-ups Need to Overcome to Ensure Growth?
Twenty-eight per cent of respondents also indicated that investment has slowed across the East African start-up landscape due to the covid pandemic.
03/22/2023
AI tools open up a world of African languages
New technology is revolutionising language learning and translation, broadening education and business opportunities for hundreds of millions of African language speakers.
03/21/2023
E-bills payment falls by 44% over cash crunch – NIBSS
According to NIBSS, the payments are done in banking halls through Internet banking, mobile banking, USSD, and agent networks.
03/21/2023
Competition Commission launches probe into online news distribution
Inquiry will investigate the effect of digital platforms such as Google and Facebook on traditional media in country
03/17/2023
Change management best practice for cloud transformation success
African organisations are accelerating their adoption of cloud solutions to drive greater efficiency, scale into new markets, and meet changing customer demands
03/17/2023
Codehesion – The mobile app development specialists
Codehesion also provides training to companies which choose to maintain their apps, to ensure a smooth transition.
03/17/2023
FG pledges digital empowerment for women in business
“To the benefit of women-owned enterprises and to the benefit of the nation at large,’’
03/16/2023
Tarabut Gateway and Rain Bring Faster Fiat-to-Crypto Transactions to Bahrain
The introduction of this new feature is also in line with Rain’s strategy to provide a seamless crypto wallet experience for its MENA users.
03/16/2023
Capitec to revolutionise the way South Africans pay – introducing Capitec Pay
To this end, the bank has launched Capitec Pay, the first bank-endorsed online shopping payment method in South Africa that allows clients to make safe and card-free payments.
03/15/2023
Omnisient wins Most Innovative Financial Inclusion Technology
Award for enabling credit access to the unbanked in Africa
03/15/2023
Nigeria’s president-elect pledges to champion blockchain in revenue collection, banking
But despite having been political allies under the same party, Tinubu has pledged to support emerging technologies, including blockchain.
03/15/2023
Digital Banking: An opportunity for inclusion in Africa
One of the main advantages of mobile and app-based banking is its convenience.
03/15/2023
Rain partners Tarabut Gateway for open banking API
Rain will make use of Tarabut Gateway’s open banking API to facilitate on and off-ramp transactions for users.
03/14/2023
ChatGPT and Cybersecurity: What AI means for digital security
By leveraging the power of AI technology, businesses and individuals can drive innovation, improve productivity and business outcomes with powerful new solutions.
03/14/2023
PayShap launches in South Africa
The banks still to get access to the service include Capitec and several others.
03/13/2023
How M-Pesa Is Revolutionizing Financial Inclusion In Kenya and Beyond?
Millions of individuals worldwide rely on M-Pesa to make and receive payments
03/10/2023
How to handle cyberattacks
According to Kaspersky, a cybersecurity firm, cybercrime represents an ongoing risk to individuals, organisations and governments globally.
03/09/2023
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.