09/24/2019
Thales to support Ghana's Financial Inclusion Drive
The Biometric functionality of the card supports the government of Ghana’s agenda of eliminating payroll duplications for all government payments.
FinTech
09/23/2019
Growth in Fintech Drives Growth in Cyberattacks
Africa’s Fintech ecosystem has surged 60% in the last two years and the continent’s Fintech firms have grown to 491 from 301 in 2017, with $132.8 million raised in 2018
09/20/2019
Facebook to train Kenyan SMEs on digital advertising
This is a global programme that Facebook runs to arm businesses with the right digital tools to help you increase the visibility and add value to your business and target customers that you would not otherwise have access to,” Facebook Head of Publi
09/20/2019
United Bank for Africa partners with US FinTech Ovamba
Ovamba is expected to start funding UBA’s customers within the next few weeks.
09/19/2019
HF Launches Kenya’s First WhatsApp Banking
Wayawaya, Kocela and Myriad to implement and take to market this revolutionary product to its existing and new customers.
09/18/2019
SC Ventures Invests in Artificial Intelligence Platform
SC Ventures has made a strategic investment in artificial intelligence services platform Digital Reasoning
09/17/2019
FinTech is revolutionising America, the impact on Africa will be 6 times bigger
The hot trend isn’t exclusive for startups and young companies: in the last years, we’ve witnessed some tech industry giants taking the lead with products like Apple Pay and AliPay, with others are expected to reveal more services soon.
09/16/2019
WhatsApp No Longer A Social-Media Focused Platform- These African Banks Have Introduced WhatsApp Banking Services
Access Bank Zambia is bringing banking closer to its growing customer base
09/16/2019
Objectway Recognized by Celent as a Key Player for Client Reporting Solutions Delivering a Better Client Experience
Objectway offers different forms of client reporting: traditional PDFs, Apps, secure messaging, or remote collaboration via secure auditable video reporting.
09/13/2019
Accion Venture Lab launches new fund for fintech startups
Accion Venture Lab has added $33m to its initial capital pool, with the launch of a new $23m fund and an additional, separate $10m investment from nonpofit Accion.
09/12/2019
Luno grows by a million users in a year and expands its offering
South Africa is one of our strongest markets and appetite for cryptocurrency trades is still growing
09/12/2019
Kenyan banks leverage on mobile loans to grow profits
Mobile lending at Equity Bank, whose half-year profit stood at 116 million dollars, rose 41 percent, with 97 percent of the transactions conducted through mobile platforms and agents.
09/11/2019
Kuda, Nigeria’s First Digital Bank, Secures USD 1.6 Mn In Pre-Series A
Kuda, formerly known as Kudimoney, was founded in 2018.
09/10/2019
‘Ecobank leveraging technology to expand financial inclusion’
He stated that Ecobank had built an ecosystem that leverages digital technology to bring affordable, easy and convenient financial services to the people and businesses.
09/10/2019
Banks are desperate for tech skills – here’s how African Bank is solving the problem
The skills which are most in-demand are in security and data science, the bank said.
09/10/2019
Mpesa How Kenya Leaped The World In Mobile Payments
Kenya’s mobile money transfer Mpesa is leading the way.
09/10/2019
Trading platform plans to list SMEs data with credit bureaus
The move could adversely hurt suppliers servicing national and county government tenders who are still awaiting payments valued at Sh300 billion for goods delivered and service rendered in the last seven years.
09/09/2019
EcobankPay, Ecobank Xpresspoint agents leveraging technology to expand financial inclusion in Nigeria ― MD
He stated that Ecobank has built an ecosystem that leverages digital technology to bring affordable, easy and convenient financial services to the people and businesses.
09/09/2019
The Naspers dominance of the JSE will reduce this week. This will help ease the pain of SA fund managers
The role Naspers plays in the widely tracked Shareholder Weighted TOP 40 Index, known as the Swix, is even more exaggerated, at about 25%.
09/09/2019
How technology can drive financial inclusion
In fact, it is even defined in this manner by the Centre for Financial Inclusion (CFI), which describes it as a means to provide access to a full suite of quality financial services to everyone who can use them.