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2024 AABLA Business Leader of the year: African Bank's CEO, Kennedy G Bungane

2024 AABLA Business Leader of the year: African Bank's CEO, Kennedy G Bungane

Pedestrians walk outside the Safaricom mobile phone customer care centre during the launch of its 5G internet service in the central business district of Nairobi, Kenya, 27 October 2022. Reuters/Monicah Mwangi/File Photo

Kenya's Safaricom raises $117m with local sustainability-linked loan

25 Sep 2024

Source: Brics Competition Law and Policy Centre.

Brics and China unite for a groundbreaking commodities exchange system

19 Sep 2024

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PayRetailers expands further into Africa

PayRetailers expands further into Africa

18 Sep 2024

Source: Supplied. Mathieu Coquillon, co-founder and director at Mama Money.

Mama Money card simplifies banking with WhatsApp integration

27 Jun 2024

Inaugural Supply Chain Business Forum and Exhibition

Inaugural Supply Chain Business Forum and Exhibition

27 Jun 2024

IMF approves over $900m to support Tanzania budget, climate change fight

Kanishka Singh 21 Jun 2024

Image supplied. Last year's African Banker Award. the African Banker magazine’s African Banker Awards nominees have been announced for this year

3 women nominees for African Banker Awards Banker of the Year

7 May 2024

2,500 Kenyan fashion creators poised to enter global markets

2,500 Kenyan fashion creators poised to enter global markets

2 May 2024

A man poses with a handful of Zimbabwean dollars at a bank in central Harare, 15 June 2015. Zimbabweans began exchanging old notes of local dollars for US dollars, as President Robert Mugabe's government seeks to officially bury the worthless currency. Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo/File Photo

Zimbabwe launches gold-backed currency to replace battered local dollar

Nyasha Chingono 5 Apr 2024

A client uses an automated teller machine (ATM) at the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 31 July 2019. Reuters/Maheder Haileselassie Tadese/File Photo

Commercial Bank of Ethiopia recovers $11m lost in system glitch

Dawit Endeshaw and Hereward Holland 27 Mar 2024

Source: © 123rf For the first time journalists can now submit entries in any category of the Sanlam Group Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism

Sanlam Group Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism open for entries

6 Dec 2023

Image source: andreypopov –

#COP28: Zambia's first green bond to be issued by year-end by Copperbelt Energy Corp

Chris Mfula 6 Dec 2023

Credit Suisse ends 'tuna bond' dispute with shipbuilder Privinvest

Sam Tobin and Manuel Mucari 8 Nov 2023

Image source: padasmith –

Zimbabwe to take 30% of carbon credit revenue

Nyasha Chingono 21 Aug 2023

Digital advertising group Aleph launches payment unit

18 Aug 2023

Source: Reuters.

Kenya suspends crypto project Worldcoin over safety concerns

Humphrey Malalo 3 Aug 2023

Source: © amenic181 -

Rwanda and partners to seek further €300m for climate resilience

George Obulutsa 23 Jun 2023

Source: Reuters.

Binance issues cease and desist notice to "Binance Nigeria Limited"

Gursimran Kaur 19 Jun 2023

Mastercard and Naps collaborate to fuel innovation in Morocco's digital payments realm

2 Jun 2023

Source: Supplied.

Momentum Metropolitan pioneers global adoption of cutting-edge fintech software

31 May 2023

Source: Supplied.

Digital banking: Kenya welcomes Fingo Africa

9 May 2023

Source: Reuters. Japan's vice minister of finance for international affairs, Masato Kanda.

G7 to discuss digital currency standards, crypto regulation

Leika Kihara 12 Apr 2023

Source: Supplied. Nombuso Gumede, MpiloTech’s chief operating officer.

MpiloTech reports 2 new executive appointments

29 Mar 2023

Nearly 70% of consumer payments to be instant by 2027

9 Mar 2023

#BizTrends2023: What's next for payments in Africa?

#BizTrends2023: What's next for payments in Africa?

Karen Nadasen 19 Jan 2023

Source: Supplied. Kent Marais, head of Platform Domain at Standard Bank.

Standard Bank's Kent Marais unpacks the acceleration of Africa's thriving platform economy

Katja Hamilton 11 Jan 2023

Egyptian startup Blnk raises $32m in funding round

Mahmoud Salama 10 Nov 2022

Source: Supplied. On-ground app demonstrations by the Yabx onboarding team educating the new-to-credit segments on how to apply for credits and loans through the platform.

Yabx enters Nigeria market, aims to double its growth in Africa

9 Nov 2022

Climate change: What a just transition means for Africa

Climate change: What a just transition means for Africa

Garth Napier 4 Nov 2022

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2024 AABLA Business Leader of the year: African Bank's CEO, Kennedy G Bungane

2024 AABLA Business Leader of the year: African Bank's CEO, Kennedy G Bungane

28 Oct 2024

Pedestrians walk outside the Safaricom mobile phone customer care centre during the launch of its 5G internet service in the central business district of Nairobi, Kenya, 27 October 2022. Reuters/Monicah Mwangi/File Photo

Kenya's Safaricom raises $117m with local sustainability-linked loan

25 Sep 2024

Source: Brics Competition Law and Policy Centre.

Brics and China unite for a groundbreaking commodities exchange system

19 Sep 2024

PayRetailers expands further into Africa

PayRetailers expands further into Africa

18 Sep 2024

Source: Supplied. Mathieu Coquillon, co-founder and director at Mama Money.

Mama Money card simplifies banking with WhatsApp integration

27 Jun 2024

Inaugural Supply Chain Business Forum and Exhibition

Inaugural Supply Chain Business Forum and Exhibition

27 Jun 2024

IMF approves over $900m to support Tanzania budget, climate change fight

Kanishka Singh 21 Jun 2024

Image supplied. Last year's African Banker Award. the African Banker magazine’s African Banker Awards nominees have been announced for this year

3 women nominees for African Banker Awards Banker of the Year

7 May 2024

2,500 Kenyan fashion creators poised to enter global markets

2,500 Kenyan fashion creators poised to enter global markets

2 May 2024

A man poses with a handful of Zimbabwean dollars at a bank in central Harare, 15 June 2015. Zimbabweans began exchanging old notes of local dollars for US dollars, as President Robert Mugabe's government seeks to officially bury the worthless currency. Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo/File Photo

Zimbabwe launches gold-backed currency to replace battered local dollar

Nyasha Chingono 5 Apr 2024

A client uses an automated teller machine (ATM) at the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 31 July 2019. Reuters/Maheder Haileselassie Tadese/File Photo

Commercial Bank of Ethiopia recovers $11m lost in system glitch

Dawit Endeshaw and Hereward Holland 27 Mar 2024

Source: © 123rf For the first time journalists can now submit entries in any category of the Sanlam Group Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism

Sanlam Group Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism open for entries

6 Dec 2023

Image source: andreypopov –

#COP28: Zambia's first green bond to be issued by year-end by Copperbelt Energy Corp

Chris Mfula 6 Dec 2023

Credit Suisse ends 'tuna bond' dispute with shipbuilder Privinvest

Sam Tobin and Manuel Mucari 8 Nov 2023

Image source: padasmith –

Zimbabwe to take 30% of carbon credit revenue

Nyasha Chingono 21 Aug 2023

Digital advertising group Aleph launches payment unit

18 Aug 2023

Source: Reuters.

Kenya suspends crypto project Worldcoin over safety concerns

Humphrey Malalo 3 Aug 2023

Source: © amenic181 -

Rwanda and partners to seek further €300m for climate resilience

George Obulutsa 23 Jun 2023

Source: Reuters.

Binance issues cease and desist notice to "Binance Nigeria Limited"

Gursimran Kaur 19 Jun 2023

Mastercard and Naps collaborate to fuel innovation in Morocco's digital payments realm

2 Jun 2023

Source: Supplied.

Momentum Metropolitan pioneers global adoption of cutting-edge fintech software

31 May 2023

Source: Supplied.

Digital banking: Kenya welcomes Fingo Africa

9 May 2023

Source: Reuters. Japan's vice minister of finance for international affairs, Masato Kanda.

G7 to discuss digital currency standards, crypto regulation

Leika Kihara 12 Apr 2023

Source: Supplied. Nombuso Gumede, MpiloTech’s chief operating officer.

MpiloTech reports 2 new executive appointments

29 Mar 2023

Nearly 70% of consumer payments to be instant by 2027

9 Mar 2023

#BizTrends2023: What's next for payments in Africa?

#BizTrends2023: What's next for payments in Africa?

Karen Nadasen 19 Jan 2023

Source: Supplied. Kent Marais, head of Platform Domain at Standard Bank.

Standard Bank's Kent Marais unpacks the acceleration of Africa's thriving platform economy

Katja Hamilton 11 Jan 2023

Egyptian startup Blnk raises $32m in funding round

Mahmoud Salama 10 Nov 2022

Source: Supplied. On-ground app demonstrations by the Yabx onboarding team educating the new-to-credit segments on how to apply for credits and loans through the platform.

Yabx enters Nigeria market, aims to double its growth in Africa

9 Nov 2022

Climate change: What a just transition means for Africa

Climate change: What a just transition means for Africa

Garth Napier 4 Nov 2022

Source: Supplied

Buy now pay later spend to soar, fuelled by macro-economic pressures

26 Oct 2022

Source: ©Diana Kadreva -

Cost of e-commerce fraud to exceed $48bn in 2023 - BNPL poses major risk

12 Oct 2022

Source: Reuters.

Flutterwave adds Nigeria's eNaira as payment option for merchants

Chijioke Ohuocha 15 Sep 2022

Source: Supplied. Thabo Mofokeng, the insights analyst at DataEQ.

Loans and affordability key for cash-strapped Kenyan banking customers

Thabo Mofokeng 2 Sep 2022

Source: Supplied.

Visa announces grant to help African women fund managers grow their businesses

18 Aug 2022

Image supplied. All the Sanlam financial journalism award winners

All Sanlam financial journalism awards winners

15 Aug 2022

'Buy now pay later' users to exceed 900 million by 2027

8 Aug 2022

5 digital innovation trends enabling better customer journeys

5 digital innovation trends enabling better customer journeys

Leon Jacobs 12 Jul 2022

Source: Supplied

New app simplifies inventory management for Africa's informal retailers

28 Jun 2022

Jacques Celliers, CEO of FNB. Source: Supplied

FNB eBucks recognised as loyalty champion in global awards

20 Jun 2022