Mobile money has changed the face of financial services forever. It has driven significantly greater financial inclusion in emerging markets around the world, positively impacting whole communities and economies...
Akinwale Goodluck 29 Mar 2019
Africa must digitise its economies, broaden its tax base, prevent further deterioration of fiscal and debt positions, and aim for double-digit growth to achieve the UN 2030 global goals (SDGs), and the AU Agenda 2063...
25 Mar 2019
There is still $400m unbanked in Africa, and the goal is to work with the private and financial sector to connect the poor with adequate financial systems...
Nicci Botha 20 Mar 2019
Strategic partnerships between payment services are crucial in ensuring that the payment ecosystem is seamless...
Maroefah Smith 15 Mar 2019
Alibaba's Ali Express customers in Kenya can now pay for goods using M-Pesa following a partnership deal with Safaricom and Ant Financial, the world's largest fintech service provider...
13 Mar 2019
Mobile wallets just haven't lived up to expectations...
6 Mar 2019
This year will be a big one for the next-generation transactional sector, with disruption increasingly coming to market and long-standing challenges being overcome...
7 Feb 2019
More and more African consumers are coming online and their commercial habits are evolving faster than any other demographic in the world...
25 Jan 2019
With two key retail periods - Black Friday and festive season - now behind us, retailers are looking for new ways to increase revenue, grow market share, and boost profits...
Mark Schech 22 Jan 2019
Corrie Bakker, head of strategy and business development for Africa at PayU talks about what we can expect in the payment provider front in 2019...
Evan-Lee Courie 21 Jan 2019
Mobile penetration has significantly increased across Africa, with Nigeria remaining the largest mobile market of about 162-million subscribers and a penetration rate of 84%...
17 Jan 2019
African fintech startups have enjoyed a massive wave of investment in the last two years. But if they don't deliver on shareholder expectations, they may well go the way of the Dot.Com bubble...
Kate Mollett 10 Jan 2019
Ecobank, the Pan African Bank, appoints MFS Africa as digital payment partner...
14 Dec 2018
Orange Group and MTN Group have announced a joint venture, Mowali, to facilitate mobile payments across Africa...
27 Nov 2018
