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…
Solar market firm partnering with telecom operators
Pay-as-you-go solar market leader, Greenlight Planet, partners with leading telecom operators in sub-Saharan Africa • Full-fledged sales and distribution partnerships have been launched with three leading telecom operators, Vodacom (Tanzania), Orange (Burkina Faso) and Telma…
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…
Growing mobile financial services
Airtel Africa announces partnership with Ecobank Group to allow Airtel Money customers to improve their access to mobile financial services • The partnership will also allow Ecobank corporate account holders to make bulk disbursements, such…
Top 12 Ventures for its 2019 Series-A Venture…
VC4A is proud to announce the 12 ventures (11 Series A and 1 Seed+) for its 2019 Venture Showcase. These companies represent the best investment opportunities on the continent. They have been vetted by 40…
United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) 2019: Young Africans…
The Bank has invested more than $150 million in building technology hubs in Rwanda, Senegal and Cabo Verde • Leaders should devise an “incentive structure” to promote a startup culture among young Africans. “I think…
Growth in Fintech Drives Growth in Cyberattacks
Africa’s Fintech ecosystem has surged 60% in the last two years and the continent’s Fintech firms have grown to 491 from 301 in 2017, with $132.8 million raised in 2018 • last year the sector…
Women are key to the future of the…
While looking into expanding its presence in South Africa, Paxful is hoping to nurture as much female talent as possible • Plans Africa-wide recruitment drive with a focus on women; The global bitcoin marketplace also…
World Finance Magazine awards again Temenos “Best Islamic…
The 2019 Islamic Finance Awards, presented by World Finance Magazine, has announced that Temenos has won the 'Best Islamic Banking & Finance Technology Provider', for its breakthrough digital front office product, Temenos Infinity, and next…
Redesigned Making Finance Work for Africa (MFW4A) website
Making Finance Work for Africa just announced its newly redesigned website “We are excited about our new website and the improved access it provides users to our resources,” said MFW4A Coordinator, David Ashiagbor. “For anyone…
Turning Points in Kenya’s Real Estate Market
Emerging from a stagnant economy after political turmoil, Kenya's real estate industry is set to boom once again in 2019 from the growing middle class, rapid urbanization which is currently at 4.3% per annum against…
Unitel to chair the GSMA Association Africa Fraud…
Unitel was elected to chair the GSMA Association Africa Fraud and Security Group (AFASG), a specific working group dedicated to dealing with critical fraud and security issues for the telecommunications industry in Africa. The mandate…
Palestine Islamic Bank selects Temenos Software
Temenos, the banking software company, announced that Palestine Islamic Bank (PIB), the largest Islamic bank in Palestine, has chosen cloud-native, cloud-agnostic Temenos Infinity and Temenos T24 Transact to transform its banking systems and drive its…
13th German-African Energy Forum
The 13th German-African Energy Forum is going to set the stage for German and Africa businesses as well as public enterprises to expand our economic ties, do deals, create jobs, combat energy poverty, and use…
Digital transformation at work
Temenos, the banking software company, announced that Al Rajhi Bank, Saudi Arabia's second largest bank and the world's largest Islamic bank with total assets of over USD 97bn, has chosen Temenos to power its digital…