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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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Morocco regulator bans bitcoin payments

Morocco regulator bans bitcoin payments

22 Nov 2017

Arsenal welcomes WorldRemit as official online money transfer partner

Arsenal welcomes WorldRemit as official online money transfer partner

21 Nov 2017

Meet Africa's startup stars

Meet Africa's startup stars

20 Nov 2017

Three key trends for African economic growth in 2018

Three key trends for African economic growth in 2018

16 Nov 2017

Mastercard-Spazapp collaboration brings cashless payments to informal retailers

Mastercard-Spazapp collaboration brings cashless payments to informal retailers

15 Nov 2017

Jason Peisl, PnP's information systems executive. Photo: YouTube

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Nicci Botha 9 Nov 2017

Startups winners at AppsAfrica.com Innovation Awards

Startups winners at AppsAfrica.com Innovation Awards

Tom Jackson 8 Nov 2017

Photo: YouTube

#AfricaCom: M-Pesa sees partnerships as the road to growth

Nicci Botha 8 Nov 2017

Zambia's Zazu raises $218k in crowdfunding campaign

Zambia's Zazu raises $218k in crowdfunding campaign

Tom Jackson 2 Nov 2017

The world of payments is changing fast

The world of payments is changing fast

Paul Kent 20 Oct 2017

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Leigh Andrews 19 Oct 2017

Alan Knott-Craig

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Alan Knott-Craig 18 Oct 2017

AfricaCom 2017 Awards finalists revealed

AfricaCom 2017 Awards finalists revealed

17 Oct 2017

#MeetTheInvestor: Duncan Goldie-Scot

#MeetTheInvestor: Duncan Goldie-Scot

Tom Jackson 17 Oct 2017

AfricaCom offers free passes for Cape Town event

AfricaCom offers free passes for Cape Town event

16 Oct 2017

Instant, secure, cashless payment for 33 African countries

Instant, secure, cashless payment for 33 African countries

13 Oct 2017

Unpacking the future for technology, media and telecoms in Africa

Unpacking the future for technology, media and telecoms in Africa

12 Oct 2017

AfricArena tech innovation conference kicks off next month

AfricArena tech innovation conference kicks off next month

11 Oct 2017

Yoco releases free POS solution for small businesses

Yoco releases free POS solution for small businesses

5 Oct 2017

Ghana's digital payments leadership

Ghana's digital payments leadership

28 Sep 2017

Seedstars announces Senegal finalists, heads to Cameroon

Seedstars announces Senegal finalists, heads to Cameroon

22 Sep 2017

Pick n Pay trials bitcoin payments

Pick n Pay trials bitcoin payments

19 Sep 2017

Ethiopia's Meda Messenger combining chat with payments

Ethiopia's Meda Messenger combining chat with payments

Tom Jackson 19 Sep 2017

YUP, Ivory Coast.

A new mobile Africa banking solution

15 Sep 2017

SA approves cross-border mobile money transfers

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7 Sep 2017

CowryWise

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Tom Jackson 1 Sep 2017

Research indicates payment markets to pass $5tn by 2020

Research indicates payment markets to pass $5tn by 2020

30 Aug 2017

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

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22 Aug 2017

How this Senegalese fintech startup is going pan-African

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20 Nov 2017

Three key trends for African economic growth in 2018

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16 Nov 2017

Mastercard-Spazapp collaboration brings cashless payments to informal retailers

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15 Nov 2017

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Nicci Botha 9 Nov 2017

Startups winners at AppsAfrica.com Innovation Awards

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Tom Jackson 8 Nov 2017

Photo: YouTube

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Zambia's Zazu raises $218k in crowdfunding campaign

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Tom Jackson 2 Nov 2017

The world of payments is changing fast

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Paul Kent 20 Oct 2017

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Leigh Andrews 19 Oct 2017

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AfricaCom 2017 Awards finalists revealed

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#MeetTheInvestor: Duncan Goldie-Scot

ICT#MeetTheInvestor: Duncan Goldie-Scot

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AfricaCom offers free passes for Cape Town event

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16 Oct 2017

Instant, secure, cashless payment for 33 African countries

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13 Oct 2017

Unpacking the future for technology, media and telecoms in Africa

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12 Oct 2017

AfricArena tech innovation conference kicks off next month

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11 Oct 2017

Yoco releases free POS solution for small businesses

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5 Oct 2017

Ghana's digital payments leadership

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28 Sep 2017

Seedstars announces Senegal finalists, heads to Cameroon

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22 Sep 2017

Pick n Pay trials bitcoin payments

RetailPick n Pay trials bitcoin payments

19 Sep 2017

Ethiopia's Meda Messenger combining chat with payments

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Tom Jackson 19 Sep 2017

YUP, Ivory Coast.

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15 Sep 2017

SA approves cross-border mobile money transfers

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CowryWise

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Research indicates payment markets to pass $5tn by 2020

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22 Aug 2017

How this Senegalese fintech startup is going pan-African

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Tom Jackson 22 Aug 2017

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Annie Njanja 22 Aug 2017

Sneha Shah, MD of Thomson Reuters Africa

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Nicci Botha 21 Aug 2017

Siri creator, Antoine Blondeau. Photo: AFP

ICTAI revolution will be all about humans, says Siri trailblazer

21 Aug 2017

Youtap solutions aim to simplify mobile payments in Africa and Asia

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21 Aug 2017

Uganda's Numida encourages app usage with access to loans

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Cash is no longer king. All hail digitisation

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Seedstars crowns Numida best Ugandan startup

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8 Aug 2017

Innovation doesn't have to be disruptive

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8 Aug 2017

The convergence of credit card and cash in Africa

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