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Global cities compete to host AfricArena innovation summits in 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

Pictures: Aida Diarra, senior vice president and head of sub-Saharan Africa at Visa with Clayton Hayward, group CEO of EFTCorp. Together they have formed a five year partnership to enhance financial inclusion in Africa (Image supplied)

Visa invests $1bn to grow financial inclusion in Africa, partners with EFTCorp

28 Oct 2024

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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

AI revolution will be all about humans, says Siri trailblazer

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

Cash is no longer king. All hail digitisation

Cash is no longer king. All hail digitisation

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

Bitcoin tests democracy amid fears of split

Bitcoin tests democracy amid fears of split

Hanna Ziady 31 Jul 2017

Nefrids Africa wins Seedstars Tanzania round

Nefrids Africa wins Seedstars Tanzania round

25 Jul 2017

#StartupStory: The Sun Exchange

#StartupStory: The Sun Exchange

Ilse van den Berg 11 Jul 2017

#StartupStory: KapitalWise

#StartupStory: KapitalWise

Ilse van den Berg 27 Jun 2017

Tabech wins Seedstars Mozambique round

Tabech wins Seedstars Mozambique round

22 Jun 2017

#StartupStory: Flexpay

#StartupStory: Flexpay

Ilse van den Berg 19 Jun 2017

New digital venture fund from Orange

New digital venture fund from Orange

14 Jun 2017

Three South African startups advance to Seedstars national finals

Three South African startups advance to Seedstars national finals

13 Jun 2017

Startups invited to apply for 1776 Challenge Cup

Startups invited to apply for 1776 Challenge Cup

12 Jun 2017

Africa's quest for a cashless economy gains momentum

Africa's quest for a cashless economy gains momentum

Kingsley Ighobor 7 Jun 2017

Six trends in retail payments

Six trends in retail payments

1 Jun 2017

Digitised loan payments a boost for smallholder farmers in Kenya

Digitised loan payments a boost for smallholder farmers in Kenya

1 Jun 2017

#StartupStory: FOMO Travel

#StartupStory: FOMO Travel

Ilse van den Berg 31 May 2017

Contactless payments forecast to exceed $1tn by 2019

Contactless payments forecast to exceed $1tn by 2019

16 May 2017

Nigerian fintech startups offered chance to pitch for incubation

Nigerian fintech startups offered chance to pitch for incubation

Tom Jackson 1 May 2017

Abraham Cambridge, founder of The Sun Exchange

Powering Africa through blockchain crowdfunding

Abraham Cambridge 25 Apr 2017

Barclays Accelerator reveals 2017 Africa programme participants

Barclays Accelerator reveals 2017 Africa programme participants

21 Apr 2017

Namibia

New mobile payment system for fuel in Namibia

18 Apr 2017

The future of payment authentication

The future of payment authentication

28 Mar 2017

Andreas Antonopoulos

Blockchain is coming, it's just a matter of time

Danette Breitenbach 27 Mar 2017

Andrew Torre, Visa president for sub-Saharan Africa. Source:

How Africa's mobile revolution is reaching the unbanked

Nicci Botha 20 Mar 2017

CashlessAfrica 2017 awards to honor innovation in Africa's digital financial services ecosystem

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14 Feb 2017

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Uganda's Numida encourages app usage with access to loans

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Tom Jackson 18 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

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8 Aug 2017

Innovation doesn't have to be disruptive

EntrepreneurshipInnovation doesn't have to be disruptive

8 Aug 2017

The convergence of credit card and cash in Africa

RetailThe convergence of credit card and cash in Africa

Simeon Tassev 1 Aug 2017

Bitcoin tests democracy amid fears of split

FinanceBitcoin tests democracy amid fears of split

Hanna Ziady 31 Jul 2017

Nefrids Africa wins Seedstars Tanzania round

ICTNefrids Africa wins Seedstars Tanzania round

25 Jul 2017

#StartupStory: The Sun Exchange

ICT#StartupStory: The Sun Exchange

Ilse van den Berg 11 Jul 2017

#StartupStory: KapitalWise

ICT#StartupStory: KapitalWise

Ilse van den Berg 27 Jun 2017

Tabech wins Seedstars Mozambique round

ICTTabech wins Seedstars Mozambique round

22 Jun 2017

#StartupStory: Flexpay

ICT#StartupStory: Flexpay

Ilse van den Berg 19 Jun 2017

New digital venture fund from Orange

EntrepreneurshipNew digital venture fund from Orange

14 Jun 2017

Three South African startups advance to Seedstars national finals

ICTThree South African startups advance to Seedstars national finals

13 Jun 2017

Startups invited to apply for 1776 Challenge Cup

ICTStartups invited to apply for 1776 Challenge Cup

12 Jun 2017

Africa's quest for a cashless economy gains momentum

Marketing & MediaAfrica's quest for a cashless economy gains momentum

Kingsley Ighobor 7 Jun 2017

Six trends in retail payments

RetailSix trends in retail payments

1 Jun 2017

Digitised loan payments a boost for smallholder farmers in Kenya

AgricultureDigitised loan payments a boost for smallholder farmers in Kenya

1 Jun 2017

#StartupStory: FOMO Travel

ICT#StartupStory: FOMO Travel

Ilse van den Berg 31 May 2017

Contactless payments forecast to exceed $1tn by 2019

RetailContactless payments forecast to exceed $1tn by 2019

16 May 2017

Nigerian fintech startups offered chance to pitch for incubation

ICTNigerian fintech startups offered chance to pitch for incubation

Tom Jackson 1 May 2017

Abraham Cambridge, founder of The Sun Exchange

Energy & MiningPowering Africa through blockchain crowdfunding

Abraham Cambridge 25 Apr 2017

Barclays Accelerator reveals 2017 Africa programme participants

FinanceBarclays Accelerator reveals 2017 Africa programme participants

21 Apr 2017

Namibia

FinanceNew mobile payment system for fuel in Namibia

18 Apr 2017

The future of payment authentication

RetailThe future of payment authentication

28 Mar 2017

Andreas Antonopoulos

FinanceBlockchain is coming, it's just a matter of time

Danette Breitenbach 27 Mar 2017

Andrew Torre, Visa president for sub-Saharan Africa. Source:

FinanceHow Africa's mobile revolution is reaching the unbanked

Nicci Botha 20 Mar 2017

CashlessAfrica 2017 awards to honor innovation in Africa's digital financial services ecosystem

FinanceCashlessAfrica 2017 awards to honor innovation in Africa's digital financial services ecosystem

14 Feb 2017

Applications open for 2nd Barclays Techstars Accelerator in Africa

ICTApplications open for 2nd Barclays Techstars Accelerator in Africa

30 Dec 2016

Deep analytics bump up sales and marketing for banks

FinanceDeep analytics bump up sales and marketing for banks

30 Dec 2016

CashlessAfrica Expo 2017 to be held in Lagos

Marketing & MediaCashlessAfrica Expo 2017 to be held in Lagos

29 Dec 2016

Digitalisation: do or die

FinanceDigitalisation: do or die

Deon van Heerden 22 Dec 2016

Nigerian fintech startup Paystack closes on $1.3m seed funding

ICTNigerian fintech startup Paystack closes on $1.3m seed funding

19 Dec 2016

Global framework to speed up spread of mobile

ICTGlobal framework to speed up spread of mobile

Thabiso Mochiko 28 Nov 2016

Cactus Capital invests in African fintech startups

ICTCactus Capital invests in African fintech startups

18 Nov 2016

#AfricaCom: Africa's tech startup funding landscape in numbers

ICT#AfricaCom: Africa's tech startup funding landscape in numbers

Lauren Hartzenberg 16 Nov 2016

The rise and rise of blockchain

FinanceThe rise and rise of blockchain

Peter Alkema 15 Nov 2016

Jacomien Van der Merwe, co-founder of BriteCap.

ICTBriteCap wins SAP pitching competition

1 Nov 2016

Exploring Africa's fintech frontiers

FinanceExploring Africa's fintech frontiers

Nicci Botha 24 Oct 2016

Apple CEO, Tim Cook and Deloitte CEO, Punit Renjen.

FinanceDeloitte and Apple bite into African business solutions market

30 Sep 2016

L-R: Eran Feinstein, Offer Gat and Peter Harvey

FinancePartnership creates pan-African online payment solution

Nicci Botha 29 Sep 2016