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Robert van Breukelen, COO at Itemate Solutions

Mobile & Apps

Why telcos are the new banks in Africa’s mobile revolution

Robert van Breukelen 27 Mar 2024

6 e-commerce trends to watch out for in Africa in 2024

Trends

6 e-commerce trends to watch out for in Africa in 2024

Natasha Parmanand 5 Feb 2024

Meeting customer expectations: The urgent need for transformation in SA's telecoms sector

Telecoms & Networks

Meeting customer expectations: The urgent need for transformation in SA's telecoms sector

Ashley Nyiko Mabasa 12 Jun 2023

MTN Group's Q3 pre-tax profit rises 14.7%

Mobile & Apps

MTN Group's Q3 pre-tax profit rises 14.7%

4 Nov 2022

Source: REUTERS.

Trends

Africa's mobile-money taxes risk driving poor out of digital economy

Kent Mensah and Nita Bhalla 2 Jun 2022

MTN first-quarter pretax profit up 21%

Telecoms & Networks

MTN first-quarter pretax profit up 21%

16 May 2022

Image source: Ivan Samkov from

Services

Kenya's Cellulant targets 50,000 new merchants

Duncan Miriri 28 Feb 2022

#IABInsightSeries: Digital influencer marketing

Digital

#IABInsightSeries: Digital influencer marketing

20 Oct 2021

Nairobi's fuel dispensers replace charcoal, kerosene with biofuel

Energy

Nairobi's fuel dispensers replace charcoal, kerosene with biofuel

Jackson Njehia 4 Oct 2021

MTN, Sanlam partner to sell insurance in Africa

Telecoms & Networks

MTN, Sanlam partner to sell insurance in Africa

13 Aug 2021

Ethio Telecom's mobile money lures 4 million in first month

Telecoms & Networks

Ethio Telecom's mobile money lures 4 million in first month

30 Jun 2021

Dentsu Africa launches Consumer packaged goods like never before

Research

Dentsu Africa launches Consumer packaged goods like never before

Issued by Dentsu 7 May 2021

2020 a slow year for dealmaking in Africa, but post-pandemic opportunities look promising - Part 3

Corporate & Commercial Law

2020 a slow year for dealmaking in Africa, but post-pandemic opportunities look promising - Part 3

Wildu du Plessis and Morne van der Merwe 1 Mar 2021

A man makes a payment from his mobile phone for basic food items including bread at a local tuck shop in Epworth, on the outskirts of Harare. Photo by Jekesai Njikizana/AFP via Getty Images

Fintech

Zimbabwe's restrictions on mobile money transfers are a blow to financial inclusion

Marcia Kwaramba 14 Oct 2020

Accelerating Africa's digital future

4th Industrial Revolution

Accelerating Africa's digital future

Fadi Pharaon 31 Aug 2020

The rise of digital banking

IoT

The rise of digital banking

John Lombela 4 Aug 2020

M&A in Africa: Bleak skies overhead, but the future looks brighter - Part 2

Corporate & Commercial Law

M&A in Africa: Bleak skies overhead, but the future looks brighter - Part 2

27 Jul 2020

Technology is Africa's biggest undiscovered gold mine

Technology

Technology is Africa's biggest undiscovered gold mine

Donald Waigumbulizi 22 May 2020

Fintech

How fintechs are making Africa a leading global innovation hub

Josephine Wawira 27 Jan 2020

Pieter de Villiers, co-founder and CEO, Clickatell

Fintech

#AfricaCom: Chat commerce leapfrogs in Africa

13 Nov 2019

Can Africa overcome these threats to security and stability?

ESG

Can Africa overcome these threats to security and stability?

Pedro Guerreiro 11 Nov 2019

Taking a loan has never been easier thanks to the proliferation of mobile lending platforms. Rosenfeld Media/Wikimedia Commons

Banking

Mobile-based lending is huge in Kenya: but there's a downside too

Victor Odundo Owuor 4 Oct 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Mobile

New mobile-to-mobile digital payment service launched in Africa

25 Jul 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Mobile

How Ghana is acing its transition to mobile financial services

Selin Ozyurt 19 Jul 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Fintech

Data costs are preventing African consumers from taking full advantage of the crypto economy

Bronwyn Williams 20 Jun 2019

Akinwale Goodluck

Banking

Policy and the potential of mobile money for financial inclusion

Akinwale Goodluck 29 Mar 2019

170 million mobile wallets across Africa

Digital

170 million mobile wallets across Africa

14 Dec 2018

Omar Abdisalan/Amisom/Flickr

Fintech

Mobile money transfers have taken off in Somalia. But there are risks

Victor Odundo Owuor 15 Oct 2018

David Noel-Lardin, vice president for digital payment at Gemalto CISMEA.

Cybersecurity

Security - key to Africa's mobile fintech revolution

David Noel-Lardin 27 Aug 2018

Luko Onke Binase

Fintech

How cryptocurrencies could offer solutions to Africa's payments challenges

Luko Onke Binase 23 Jul 2018

Kenya: Mobile commerce deals pass $10bn mark

E-commerce

Kenya: Mobile commerce deals pass $10bn mark

16 Apr 2018

Services

MTN to revisit financial services in SA

Nick Hedley 12 Mar 2018

Julia Freeman-Woolpert via

Agriculture

$70m boost for small-scale tobacco farmers

Elita Chikwati 9 Mar 2018

Don't overlook consumers in Africa's rural areas

Marketing

Don't overlook consumers in Africa's rural areas

Ben Leo 20 Feb 2018

#AfricaCom: How innovation is better in Africa

Mobile & Apps

#AfricaCom: How innovation is better in Africa

Ilse van den Berg 8 Nov 2017

Quality of service a challenge in Ghana ICT market

Digital

Quality of service a challenge in Ghana ICT market

24 Aug 2017

Youtap solutions aim to simplify mobile payments in Africa and Asia

Banking & Finance

Youtap solutions aim to simplify mobile payments in Africa and Asia

21 Aug 2017

Mobile money boosts local economies

Mobile

Mobile money boosts local economies

10 Jul 2017

Rwanda moves swiftly towards cashless society

Retail

Rwanda moves swiftly towards cashless society

5 May 2017

Kenyans in diaspora are biggest senders of mobile money

Mobile

Kenyans in diaspora are biggest senders of mobile money

29 Mar 2017

Kenya sells first ever mobile government bonds

Mobile

Kenya sells first ever mobile government bonds

27 Mar 2017

Orange Money expands through Shell network

Mobile

Orange Money expands through Shell network

25 Jan 2017

Mobile wallets now have cross-network reach

Fintech

Mobile wallets now have cross-network reach

22 Nov 2016

Mobile

WorldRemit to kickstart uptake of digital money transfers to Cameroon

10 Nov 2016

MTN withdraws mobile money service in SA

Telecoms & Networks

MTN withdraws mobile money service in SA

19 Sep 2016

WorldRemit founder and CEO, Ismail Ahmed.

Mobile

WorldRemit calls for urgent restoration of money transfers to Nigeria

10 Aug 2016

Mobile

Reducing the mobile gender gap in Africa by 2020

28 Jul 2016

Mobile

Unique mobile subscribers in Africa surpass half a billion

26 Jul 2016

Mobile

Growth in mobile money transfers

24 May 2016