Managers of Wealth Africa

The digital agenda outlook, for wealth managers

Client demands have changed and their digital experience is now a real differentiator between firms

Tiger Global backs African fintech Mono in $15M Series A round – TechCrunch

More than half of the population You do not have a bank account or you do not have a bank account.

Nedbank & Microsoft Launch Free Online Digital Skills Training Platform

The DigiSkills programme aims to upskill economically displaced and underrepresented individuals

Here's how FNB plans to bank the informal economy

The Android Speedpoint devices suggest that FNB has launched a campaign to take on FinTech players such as Yoco and iKhokha

Technology & Innovation: Recent Developments in Africa

The roll-out of 5G is commencing in Nigeria, and is continuing to be rolled out in other countries like South Africa and Kenya.

CR2 Continues to Transform Digital Banking in Africa

The report also showcases CR2’s money transfer solutions that support Africa’s robust remittance market, and self-service banking strategies to facilitate branch transformation to address customers’ needs during the COVID-19 pandemic thr

Africa’s 5 Unicorn Startups – Which Has the Highest Valuation?

The other unicorn is from Senegal, which doesn’t even chart on Statista’s list of top African country’s for VC.

Kenya, Nigeria, Morocco…Africa is a world leader in cryptocurrencies

Sub-Saharan breakthrough From 6 to 12 September, sub-Saharan users acquired the equivalent of $20.5m, compared to $20m in North America.

Nigeria’s Central Bank Launches eNaira Website

It will be accepted by all merchants and business outlets in the country.

South Africans Are “Extremely Bullish” About Crypto – Luno

South Africans are most optimistic about Bitcoin and Ethereum.

SA brands dominate African value rankings

Nigeria is South Africa’s closest competitor with 17 brands featuring, which account for 6% of the cumulative brand value in the ranking.

Banking-related robberies down 24% due to Covid-19 lockdowns – Sabric

But digital banking crimes spike as criminals now attack online.

Crypto is helping faster-growing economies build financial rails: CEO

"We're at the place where I don't want to say it's too big to fail, but it's too much velocity to stop moving forward."

Increase in digital bank fraud as criminals cash in on pandemic: Sabric

“As customers turned to online shopping and settling payments on apps, criminals enhanced their efforts to phish customers to steal their personal data to defraud them on digital and online platforms,” said Sabric.

Investors from Silicon Valley to China catch the African fintech bug

With the banking emphasis now squarely on mobile money and digital transactions, exciting opportunities are attracting investors from across the globe to Africa's fintech space.

Absa drives scale and innovation into banking with Kubernetes

They explored the market, looking to free themselves from the complexities and scaling issues associated with an inflexible mono-cluster methodology.

Standard Bank’s new insurance app to reward good driving

This app allows one to get quotes, take out policies, view their insurance portfolio, and register claims all in one place.

Investec focuses on ‘high tech, high touch’ service as its rivals chase scale

Investec says it will concentrate on its core markets of SA and the UK, which offer ample opportunity for growth

Absa partners with Melanin Kapital to launch unsecured lending for women-focused startups in Kenya

As part of the partnership, the two have also engaged with international like-minded partners to de-risk the credit facilities to the startups, enabling Absa Bank to offer favorable unsecured loans, ranging from between KES 100,000 to KES 3 million.

New Channel Between Thunes and M-Pesa Is Opening Out Africa’s Cross-Border Payment Capabilities

Thunes provides payment rails to mobile wallets, banks, and, in some cases, cash payouts in Africa. Thunes currently has over 50 intra-Africa corridors helping to facilitate faster, cheaper, and more transparent transactions for the consumers, giving acce