Financial leaders are at a tipping point. The choices they are making today will become the bedrock of the industry for years to come...
Olga Arara-Kimani 3 days ago
Six years ago, a cashless policy became fully operational in Nigeria. The aim was to encourage electronic transactions with a view to reducing the amount of physical cash in the economy...
Oludayo Tade 24 Jun 2020
The high cost of providing financial services in Africa means that more than 700-million people lack access to a bank or mobile money account and only 41% are financially included...
21 Apr 2020
It's 2020, and we're still in hype overdrive about blockchain...
Cayle Sharrock 5 Mar 2020
In 2020, many of the world's most influential business executives and policymakers are aware of blockchain's potential to turn the global economy around...
Ilija Acimovic 4 Mar 2020
Doing business in Africa is still a double-edged sword; despite the steady economic growth, there is still the inability to leverage this growth into sustainable development policies and plans...
John Lombela 4 Mar 2020
The eight Francophone states that form the West African Economic and Monetary Union have agreed to drop the use of the CFA Franc...
Iwa Salami 27 Feb 2020
In its latest report on Nigeria, the World Bank issued a stark warning: that the country risks becoming home to a quarter of the world's destitute people in a decade unless policymakers act to revive economic growth and lift employment...
Wale Fatade 20 Jan 2020
A number of macro trends are delivering unhindered economic progress on the African continent, driving momentum and positioning Africa as a significant component of the world market...
Geoffrey White 14 Jan 2020
We've compiled our annual #BestofBiz 2019 lists across all our industries featuring our most popular articles, most-read contributors and brand press offices with the most views...
17 Dec 2019
East Africa attracts millions of tourists every year. Over the past 10 years, its earnings from tourism have doubled. Compared to the rest of Africa, the region is experiencing healthy economic growth. This makes it a promising investment destination...
Mercy Muendo 3 Dec 2019
Technology employed by economies across the globe has made it substantially easier for businesses to pay their taxes...
29 Nov 2019
The next technological evolution is advancing at an exponential rate and by leaving out some on this journey, we allow the current societal divides and inequalities to deepen...
Sindy Peters 15 Nov 2019
Dion Jerling, co-founder of Connect Earth was chair of the third and final day of AfricaCom 2019's keynote sessions. He said there had been closer to 17,000 attendees than predicted 15,000 and convened a panel discussion on getting user experience (UX) right...
Leigh Andrews 15 Nov 2019
