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Source: Supplied. AfricArena celebrated 100 years of innovation with @totalenergies_za for the 100 Startupper of the Year Challenge at the AfricArena Cape Town Grand Summit 2024.

Global cities compete to host AfricArena innovation summits in 2025

2 Jan 2025

AltSchool Africa and Binance launch scholarships to nurture digital skills in 500 Africans

AltSchool Africa and Binance launch scholarships to nurture digital skills in 500 Africans

3 Dec 2024

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Contactless to account for over 50% of POS transactions globally by 2022

Contactless to account for over 50% of POS transactions globally by 2022

22 Aug 2017

How this Senegalese fintech startup is going pan-African

How this Senegalese fintech startup is going pan-African

Tom Jackson 22 Aug 2017

Sneha Shah, MD of Thomson Reuters Africa

#GIL2017: How global volatility can benefit Africa

Nicci Botha 21 Aug 2017

Siri creator, Antoine Blondeau. Photo: AFP

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21 Aug 2017

Porto do Caio, Angola's new deepwater port

Angola's investment in non-oil sectors starts to pay off

Miguel Damião Gago 21 Aug 2017

Youtap solutions aim to simplify mobile payments in Africa and Asia

Youtap solutions aim to simplify mobile payments in Africa and Asia

21 Aug 2017

Uganda's Numida encourages app usage with access to loans

Uganda's Numida encourages app usage with access to loans

Tom Jackson 18 Aug 2017

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Robert Kibet 16 Aug 2017

Cash is no longer king. All hail digitisation

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Peter Alkema 14 Aug 2017

Seedstars crowns Numida best Ugandan startup

Seedstars crowns Numida best Ugandan startup

8 Aug 2017

Innovation doesn't have to be disruptive

Innovation doesn't have to be disruptive

8 Aug 2017

The convergence of credit card and cash in Africa

The convergence of credit card and cash in Africa

Simeon Tassev 1 Aug 2017

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Jamii Bora Bank introduces integrated digital banking platform

31 Jul 2017

Bitcoin tests democracy amid fears of split

Bitcoin tests democracy amid fears of split

Hanna Ziady 31 Jul 2017

Disruption anticipated at Standard Bank Top Women Conference

Disruption anticipated at Standard Bank Top Women Conference

Topco Media 25 Jul 2017

Andreas Berger, AGCS chief regions & markets officer; Delphine Traoré Maïdou, Allianz Africa COO; Oliver Bäte and Coenraad Vrolijk Allianz Africa CEO.

African insurance market ripe for digitalisation

25 Jul 2017

Nefrids Africa wins Seedstars Tanzania round

Nefrids Africa wins Seedstars Tanzania round

25 Jul 2017

African winners in mobile remittance awards

African winners in mobile remittance awards

25 Jul 2017

Photo: Institute for Security Studies

IMF calls for Mozambique to come clean on debts

21 Jul 2017

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AHIF of significant economic benefit to host countries

14 Jul 2017

Jeremy Awori, CEO: Barclays Bank Kenya

Barclays Kenya to close branches as tech takes hold

Kennedy Kangethe 12 Jul 2017

Lending potential in Africa

Lending potential in Africa

11 Jul 2017

#StartupStory: The Sun Exchange

#StartupStory: The Sun Exchange

Ilse van den Berg 11 Jul 2017

Travis Kalanick, former CEO of Uber. Photo: Inc.

Bowing out gracefully: What startup founders can learn from Travis Kalanick

10 Jul 2017

Sneha Shah, managing director: Thomson Reuters Africa

Investment banking fees reach four-year high on the sub-continent

6 Jul 2017

Rights offer pays off for Mara Delta

Rights offer pays off for Mara Delta

30 Jun 2017

Study reveals China commands almost 50% of Africa's international EPC market

Study reveals China commands almost 50% of Africa's international EPC market

28 Jun 2017

Time running out to enter the Standard Bank Top Women Awards

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Topco Media 27 Jun 2017

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Yes, microlending reduces extreme poverty

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Nefrids Africa wins Seedstars Tanzania round

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25 Jul 2017

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13 Jun 2017

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Chad settles tax dispute with foreign oil firms

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9 Jun 2017

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