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#StartupStory: FOMO Travel

Ilse van den Berg 31 May 2017

Contactless payments forecast to exceed $1tn by 2019

Contactless payments forecast to exceed $1tn by 2019

16 May 2017

Nigerian fintech startups offered chance to pitch for incubation

Nigerian fintech startups offered chance to pitch for incubation

Tom Jackson 1 May 2017

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Powering Africa through blockchain crowdfunding

Abraham Cambridge 25 Apr 2017

Barclays Accelerator reveals 2017 Africa programme participants

Barclays Accelerator reveals 2017 Africa programme participants

21 Apr 2017

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New mobile payment system for fuel in Namibia

18 Apr 2017

The future of payment authentication

The future of payment authentication

28 Mar 2017

Andreas Antonopoulos

Blockchain is coming, it's just a matter of time

Danette Breitenbach 27 Mar 2017

Andrew Torre, Visa president for sub-Saharan Africa. Source:

How Africa's mobile revolution is reaching the unbanked

Nicci Botha 20 Mar 2017

CashlessAfrica 2017 awards to honor innovation in Africa's digital financial services ecosystem

CashlessAfrica 2017 awards to honor innovation in Africa's digital financial services ecosystem

14 Feb 2017

Applications open for 2nd Barclays Techstars Accelerator in Africa

Applications open for 2nd Barclays Techstars Accelerator in Africa

30 Dec 2016

Deep analytics bump up sales and marketing for banks

Deep analytics bump up sales and marketing for banks

30 Dec 2016

CashlessAfrica Expo 2017 to be held in Lagos

CashlessAfrica Expo 2017 to be held in Lagos

29 Dec 2016

Digitalisation: do or die

Digitalisation: do or die

Deon van Heerden 22 Dec 2016

Nigerian fintech startup Paystack closes on $1.3m seed funding

Nigerian fintech startup Paystack closes on $1.3m seed funding

19 Dec 2016

Global framework to speed up spread of mobile

Global framework to speed up spread of mobile

Thabiso Mochiko 28 Nov 2016

Cactus Capital invests in African fintech startups

Cactus Capital invests in African fintech startups

18 Nov 2016

#AfricaCom: Africa's tech startup funding landscape in numbers

#AfricaCom: Africa's tech startup funding landscape in numbers

Lauren Hartzenberg 16 Nov 2016

The rise and rise of blockchain

The rise and rise of blockchain

Peter Alkema 15 Nov 2016

Jacomien Van der Merwe, co-founder of BriteCap.

BriteCap wins SAP pitching competition

1 Nov 2016

Exploring Africa's fintech frontiers

Exploring Africa's fintech frontiers

Nicci Botha 24 Oct 2016

Apple CEO, Tim Cook and Deloitte CEO, Punit Renjen.

Deloitte and Apple bite into African business solutions market

30 Sep 2016

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Partnership creates pan-African online payment solution

Nicci Botha 29 Sep 2016

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Gamification could drive digital payment

Hanna Ziady 29 Sep 2016

MTN withdraws mobile money service in SA

MTN withdraws mobile money service in SA

19 Sep 2016

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#InnovationMonth: Crowdfunding and solar energy, powering the world with tech

Nicci Botha 1 Sep 2016

Fintech: opportunity for SA youth and Africa's growth

Fintech: opportunity for SA youth and Africa's growth

16 Aug 2016

Flipping disruption - fintech company acquires banks

Flipping disruption - fintech company acquires banks

11 Jul 2016

10 fintech innovators conclude first Africa Barclays Accelerator

10 fintech innovators conclude first Africa Barclays Accelerator

1 Jul 2016

#AfricaMonth: Sierra Leone, a deadly virus and digital payments

#AfricaMonth: Sierra Leone, a deadly virus and digital payments

Momodu Kargbo, Sierra Leone minister of finance an 27 May 2016