10/01/2021
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.
FinTech
10/01/2021
Nigeria’s Central Bank Launches eNaira Website
It will be accepted by all merchants and business outlets in the country.
10/01/2021
South Africans Are “Extremely Bullish” About Crypto – Luno
South Africans are most optimistic about Bitcoin and Ethereum.
09/30/2021
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.
09/30/2021
Banking-related robberies down 24% due to Covid-19 lockdowns – Sabric
But digital banking crimes spike as criminals now attack online.
09/30/2021
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."
09/29/2021
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.
09/28/2021
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.
09/28/2021
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.
09/28/2021
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.
09/27/2021
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
09/24/2021
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.
09/24/2021
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
09/24/2021
Podcast / Block-chain is democratising value, Standard Bank says
Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Ian Putter, Standard Bank’s group head for its Blockchain Centre of Excellence
09/23/2021
President of Rwanda Calls For Global Digital Cooperation
During the meeting, new Commissioners participating for the first time were recognized.
09/23/2021
Access Bank, Firm Support Digitalisation of Women Businesses
Also according to him, Access Bank, through the W Initiative, is set to onboard 1,500 female entrepreneurs on the Ebi Marketplace platform to ensure viability and resilience to economic shocks.
09/23/2021
Digitally-driven solutions can bolster SA’s financial sector
The importance of SMS in the financial sector was also thrust into the spotlight during COVID-19.
09/23/2021
IBM wins major cloud deals in Africa
Customers’ needs are evolving as they seek banking services across channels and expect personalization.
09/22/2021
Tech a look at this: SA embracing fourth industrial revolution with home-grown innovations
The management consulting firm Convergenc3 runs a "factory" that develops dozens of digital startups every year and takes ten to 20 of those to market.
09/22/2021
Nigeria, Ghana sprint to join digital currency race
"Nigerians are investing in cryptocurrency as a means of store value and to carry their funds outside the shores of the country," said Ayodeji Ebo, head of retail investment at Lagos-based investment firm Chapel Hill Denham.