Tech startup, CoinAfrique, which claims to be the most downloaded classifieds app in francophone Africa, has garnered €2.5m from several investors in its first round of venture capital financing...
3 days ago
Kenyan agri-tech startup Twiga Foods has partnered IBM Research to extend access to microloans to 220 food stall retailers across Kenya using a blockchain-based financing system...
Tom Jackson 2 days ago
A retail finance partnership between AGCO, Zambia Limited and the Zambia National Commercial Bank Plc (Zanaco) have been launched at AgriTech. The partnership will provide retail financial solutions for farmers purchasing machinery from AGCO's Massey Ferguson brand...
2 days ago
The South African Reserve Bank (Sarb) and the Bank of England (BoE) will work together on providing training and technical assistance to central banks in certain African countries...
17 Apr 2018
Rising levels of education, improving salaries and rapid urbanisation mean that health insurers and the private healthcare facilities they work with are commanding an increasing share of health services in Africa...
Dustin Homer 17 Apr 2018
Ghanaian startup, AgroCenta, was crowned the 2018 Seedstars Global Winner at the fifth edition of the Seedstars Summit which took place on Thursday, 12 April 2018...
16 Apr 2018
Tigo Tanzania achieves global mobile money certification: the GSMA Mobile Money Certification defines and promotes excellence in the provision of mobile financial services to customers...
16 Apr 2018
Housing microfinance can and should become a mainstream offering for financial institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa...
13 Apr 2018
The need for African banks to innovate at a quicker pace and access new customer segments is behind the increasing number of financial institutions partnering with or investing in fintech startups...
Tom Jackson 13 Apr 2018
South Africa's new President, Cyril Ramaphosa, seems to have a lot going for him. His early new broom sweeps clean gestures have been incisive and the market indicators are responding well. A plethora of good news has come his way in the weeks since he was sworn in...
Alan Hirsch 10 Apr 2018
African tech is booming, but which ecosystem has the most going for it, either for launching a business or making investments?
Tom Jackson 9 Apr 2018
Plans necessary to nurture the creative, skilled populations that will form the bedrock of knowledge-led economies in Africa, was discussed at the Next Einstein Forum in Rwanda this week...
29 Mar 2018
The second annual Africa Shared Value Summit, taking place on 24-25 May, will play host to some of the brightest business stars from across the African continent...
Shift Social Development 27 Mar 2018
Africa's free trade area aims to create a single market for goods and services in Africa. By 2030 the market size is expected to include 1.7 billion people with over USD$ 6.7 trillion of cumulative consumer and business spending...
Landry Signé 27 Mar 2018
Pick n Pay and Absa have partnered to launch a new Grocery Stokvel Account to cater for groups saving for groceries or other store-bought essentials.
23 Mar 2018
Tigo Tanzania and Uber partner to offer exciting new offers to customers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania...
23 Mar 2018
APA Insurance in Kenya aims to spread happiness with its new advertising campaign...
20 Mar 2018
Technology developments will continue to revolutionise payment in both the real and virtual worlds across the globe. As always, though, local conditions will dictate exactly how global trends affect local markets...
David Noel Lardin 13 Mar 2018
Africa is no stranger to financial innovation. Mobile financial wallets have been rapidly adopted by the younger population, with partnerships between telcos and banks set to dominate the future of the mobile payment industry...
Pieter Zylstra 8 Mar 2018
Ecobank has launched an African markets website to provide key facts for businesses and investors on the economies of Sub-Saharan Africa...
6 Mar 2018
