01/18/2022
More than 70% of retailers who were onboarded were eligible for credit after the initial 30-day period, and over 80% of those who used credit once went on to become repeat borrowers.
01/18/2022
As the payments phenomenon became truly global during the pandemic, Africa has emerged as a new FinTech hub.
01/18/2022
The fintech intends to grow existing operations in South Africa, Eswatini, Kenya, Namibia and Tanzania and expand into Mozambique and Uganda.
01/17/2022
Fintech Farm partners banks to enter new markets instead of getting its banking license.
01/17/2022
The programme targets more than 68 million Nigerians aged 15 to 35 years who are recognised as leaders of innovative, early-stage, technology-enabled start-ups or as leaders of creative sector micro, small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs).
01/17/2022
As 2021 has come and gone, many businesses are still responding to changes in the business environment brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
01/17/2022
US tech investors are waking up to the potential of Francophone Africa, while agritech, healthtech, cleantech and proptech are the continent's rising sector stars.
01/17/2022
Regulation will also boost the number of formal partnerships between banks and crypto companies which will facilitate greater crypto adoption.
01/14/2022
Of the people in South Africa who said they own some form of cryptocurrency, 56% of crypto owners own Bitcoin, making it the most popular cryptocurrency.
01/14/2022
The digital transformations have paved the way for the birth of digital banks in Africa, forming the springboard for what 2022 is to unfold.
01/13/2022
Blockchain Research Institute (BRI) is a global blockchain think tank that has expanded its work on the continent courtesy of cooperation with one of Africa's largest banks, Standard Bank.
01/13/2022
“With this in mind, we have ensured that Leo continues to enjoy periodic and systematic upgrade with special emphasis on enhanced advancements and specialised unique features where necessary.”
01/12/2022
Leo has the ability to do a wide range of things, including funds transfer, call card top-up, checking of account balance
01/11/2022
Automation has been with us for centuries, but its application in the digital age is something entirely new.
01/11/2022
Leo, which the bank stressed, had proven to be the most formidable artificial intelligence chat bot till date
01/10/2022
Peer-to-peer trading in cryptocurrency in Morocco is showing no sign of slowing down as the county tops North Africa’s trading volume.
01/09/2022
Dadi added that Tips will allow for the cost-effective and secure interoperability of digital financial services between payment service providers.
01/07/2022
The question then is this —which African startup founders should we expect to see dominating 2022? Let's take a good guess based on what happened last year.
01/06/2022
The sector is consolidating.
01/05/2022
However, with digital assets, custodians are tasked with keeping assets safe from hackers and guarding against losses related to other forms of malfeasance and incompetence.