Despite significant strides in the telecom industry, which have been made in terms of technology and reach, the spread of network connection in rural areas around the world, remain the last frontier for the telecom…
Going digital to build resilience and sustainable growth
Banking Sector urged to go digital to build resilience and sustainable growth post Covid-19 • Banks from the region shared some case studies on digitisation in banking services in the region Bankers from Sub Saharan…
Global Finance names Ecobank Most Innovative Bank in…
Global Finance has named Ecobank as the most innovative bank in Africa. The announcement was made at the eighth Global Finance annual awards, the Innovators 2020, honoring entities that regularly identify new paths and design…
Achieving business resiliency in the new reality of…
by Ronnie Toerien It seemed to happen very quickly. The world changed, and businesses worldwide found themselves trying to operate in the face of unprecedented upheaval. Yet, it must be noted that the world of…
Digital solutions tailored for Ecobank’s Small and Medium-sized…
Ecobank Group, the pan-African Bank, in collaboration with Google is helping to equip African SMEs with the necessary digital skills to navigate the rapidly evolving business world. The aim is to assist African businesses remain…
Carbon Express on duty
Carbon launches its new Social Banking Service: Carbon Express • Customers can securely make payments and transactions without leaving their social apps • igeria’s leading digital financial services company, Carbon in an effort to improve the experience…
Building Entrepreneurs and supporting financial Inclusion through Xpress…
Ecobank Nigeria has reiterated that its agency banking scheme, also known as Xpress Points, is building entrepreneurs and pushing financial inclusion to the large unbanked and under-banked population in Nigeria. The Ecobank Xpress Point enables…
MEA Retail Banks are the strongest believers in…
Middle East and Africa (MEA) retail banks believe delaying digitalization poses genuine threats to their business models 6 in 10 banking executives in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) think cash will dip below 5%…
Tigo Tanzania simplifies mobile money services across the…
Tanzania’s leading digital lifestyle company, Tigo Tanzania, launched a service that allows all Tigo Pesa customers to send and receive cash on their mobile money wallets from M-PESA in Kenya, MTN in Uganda and MTN…
Cloud-computing solutions can help significantly to reduce banking…
More than 700 million Africans lack access to a bank or mobile money account and only 41% of Africans are financially included. This is due to the high cost of providing financial services in Africa which…
Inflection Point for Payment Acceptance in Africa: new…
The Network International Report identifies Inflection Point for Payment Acceptance in Africa, and details the broad pillars of growth across bank accounts, Point of Sale devices and transactions per card according to Network's research of…
Discussing future of mobile money platforms in Africa
Stakeholders from 8 African countries have deliberated on policies and frameworks to drive innovation, technology and sustainable mobile payment ecosystem Key representatives from over 8 countries in Africa gathered at a workshop organized by Vodacom…
Threats in 2020: abuse of personal information and…
Kaspersky researchers have shared their vision on Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) in 2020, pointing out how the landscape of targeted attacks will change in the coming months. The overall trend shows that threats will grow…
Growth in Cryptocurrency transactions calls for stronger security…
Paxful now has over 3 million wallets and processes over 50,000 trades a day globally • This leading peer-to-peer (P2P) bitcoin marketplace and digital wallet provider is shining the spotlight on the escalating need for…
Temenos T24 Transact at work in Consolidated Bank…
Temenos AG, the banking software company, today announced that Consolidated Bank Ghana Limited (CBG) has gone live with Temenos T24 Transact, the next generation in core banking, to power its operations for retail and corporate…