07/12/2021
Gebeya customers can choose from remote or on-site talent in fields such as software development, graphic design, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, product development, and digital marketing.
07/09/2021
Ndhlovu set up DafriBank Digital to serve as an electronic payment platform for digital entrepreneurs and merchants
07/08/2021
A number of Standard Bank’s corporate clients have indicated an appetite to become early adopters of the solution.
07/08/2021
Venture Capitalist looks for Early-Stage Startups in Africa
07/07/2021
Banks are still there and still needed but need to adapt to what is happening on the continent and partnering with fintech companies is key to doing that.
07/07/2021
In 2020, the firm raised $6 million from a group of private investors in series A funding led by the parent company, DafriGroup PLC
07/07/2021
A total of 277 fintech startups in the continent have raised ~900 million in the past six and a half years, more than double the amount raised by startups in other sectors.
07/06/2021
FairMoney has also secured a microfinance bank license, enabling it to launch a current account, with a debit card in the pipeline.
07/06/2021
The findings differentiate the latest incident - which cybersecurity firm Huntress Labs said affected more than 1 000 businesses - from other recent assaults on the software supply chain.
07/06/2021
The success of the new wallet service is made possible by Semoa’s ability to test connectivity, authentication and authorisation of customers’ transactions before the new service went live through Ecobank’s Sandbox.
07/06/2021
The return on equity reflects how profitable a banking institution has been with its shareholder capital, while net-interest margin indicates the difference between what the bank is paying for its funding and what it makes from the loans that are granted
07/06/2021
With bitcoin selloff intensifying on May 19, culminating in a $1.2tn decline for the entire cryptocurrency market.
07/05/2021
While card penetration in Africa lags behind the rest of the world, this too is showing growth.
07/05/2021
TeamApt has in less than two years, rapidly scaled its agent banking product, Moniepoint, to serve the 29 million previously underserved individuals who had limited access to financial services.
07/02/2021
TeamApt bootstrapped with revenue made on a per-project basis.
07/02/2021
It has become evident to us that there are two firms across industries – ones that have been hacked and those that are going to be hacked.
06/30/2021
The brothers are still at large, but one, Raees Cajee, told Dow Jones on Monday only about $5 million (R71 million) was missing
06/30/2021
Extreme volatility often has a negative connotation because many investors associate volatility with market chaos, uncertainty, and loss.
06/30/2021
A quick snapshot of banking and payment trends in Africa offers encouraging news for banks on the continent and opportunities for growth
06/30/2021
It also rated Access Bank, the United Bank for Africa, Guaranty Trust Bank, Zenith Bank, and Stanbic IBTC Bank as stocks to buy.