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Moment secures R364m to strengthen Africa-wide payments network

Funding

Moment secures R364m to strengthen Africa-wide payments network

2 days

Youth empowerment starts with higher education that leads somewhere

Higher Education

Youth empowerment starts with higher education that leads somewhere

Dr Siegie Brownlee, Issued by Eduvos 8 Jul 2026

Source: Supplied. Lasbery Oludimu; Yellow Card Group VP of Operations and MD of Yellow Card Nigeria.

Fintech

PayPal and Visa may need Africa’s stablecoin expertise soon

Lasbery Oludimu 7 Jul 2026

Pick n Pay and FNB's eBucks partnership reels in R600m in rewards

Banking & Finance

Pick n Pay and FNB's eBucks partnership reels in R600m in rewards

5 May 2026

Engaging the financially excluded market – how private equity can be an architect for inclusion

Financial Services

Engaging the financially excluded market – how private equity can be an architect for inclusion

Issued by Articulate Partners 8 Apr 2026

Black At’s new initiative 'Through Her Lens' seeks to transform creative sectors

DEI

Black At’s new initiative 'Through Her Lens' seeks to transform creative sectors

9 Mar 2026

#BizTrends2026 | Field Force GM, Ged Nooy: 4 trends shaping the next phase of FMCG and retail in SA

Media

#BizTrends2026 | Field Force GM, Ged Nooy: 4 trends shaping the next phase of FMCG and retail in SA

Ged Nooy 29 Jan 2026

Source: Pexels.

Banking

AfDB and Nedbank secure multi-billion funding to reshape housing in Africa

22 Dec 2025

Pick n Pay bridges the banking gap with in-store financial solutions

Banking & Finance

Pick n Pay bridges the banking gap with in-store financial solutions

11 Dec 2025

SA’s auto industry must turn tariff pain into transformation opportunity

Automotive

SA’s auto industry must turn tariff pain into transformation opportunity

Kebalepile Matlhak 10 Oct 2025

From zero to a billion: Inside Phakamani Impact Capital’s decade of building South Africa’s SMMEs

Mining

From zero to a billion: Inside Phakamani Impact Capital’s decade of building South Africa’s SMMEs

Issued by Phakamani Impact Capital 29 Sep 2025

Kasipreneurship the key to financial inclusion in SA

Entrepreneurship

Kasipreneurship the key to financial inclusion in SA

Ryan Pearce 25 Sep 2025

XLink Communications: Advancing Financial Inclusion across Africa with New Cross-border Payment Platform

Financial Services

XLink Communications: Advancing Financial Inclusion across Africa with New Cross-border Payment Platform

Issued by XLink 29 Jan 2025

Source: Supplied. Christo de Wit, country manager for South Africa at Luno.

Finance

South Africans can now invest in Apple and Tesla with Luno's new tokenised stocks

24 Jul 2025

Source: Supplied.

Fintech

From Africa to the world: PalmPay breaks into top 300 fintech companies

21 Jul 2025

Digital wallets open the doors to a whole new paradigm

Banking & Finance

Digital wallets open the doors to a whole new paradigm

Paul Wenborn 11 Jul 2025

Buy Now Pay Later can help retailers thrive in late 2025

Sales

Buy Now Pay Later can help retailers thrive in late 2025

9 Jul 2025

Source: Supplied. Rory Brachner, founder of Doshguide.

Finance

How a costly financial mistake inspired SA’s first flat-fee financial advice platform

6 May 2025

PayJustNow and Finchoice's new look

Branding

PayJustNow and Finchoice's new look

24 Apr 2025

Dr Chris Blair, group CFO at 21st Century

Remuneration & Payroll

Benefits of earned wage access - win-win for employees and employers

Chris Blair 14 Apr 2025

Source: TymeBank and Kazang Pay.

Financial Services

Kazang and TymeBank team up to transform financial access in underserved communities

Katja Hamilton 6 Mar 2025

Pictures: Aida Diarra, senior vice president and head of sub-Saharan Africa at Visa with Clayton Hayward, group CEO of EFTCorp. Together they have formed a five year partnership to enhance financial inclusion in Africa (Image supplied)

Fintech

Visa invests $1bn to grow financial inclusion in Africa, partners with EFTCorp

28 Oct 2024

Source: Spenda.

Financial Services

Spenda drives financial inclusion with Scan to Pay

20 Jun 2024

Nedbank IMC announces Red & Yellow as official bursary partner

Marketing

Nedbank IMC announces Red & Yellow as official bursary partner

Issued by IMC Conference 2 Aug 2023

World Bank awards 10 Fintech Challenge winners. Source: Supplied

Funding

African startups score big in World Bank fintech challenge

18 Jul 2023

From left: Ashleigh Butterworth (Finch Technologies), Heine Bellingan (JobJack), Michael Bowren (Finch Technologies), Hayley Parry (Worth), Ean Barnard (Fincheck Academy). Source: Supplied

4th Industrial Revolution

Technology is the key to unlock financial inclusion in SA

29 Jun 2023

Source: Supplied.

Financial Services

Nedbank's in-retail partnership strategy with Boxer delivers on financial inclusion

29 Jul 2022

Unleashing the transformative power of mobile money

Services

Unleashing the transformative power of mobile money

Ashley Olson Onyango 26 Apr 2022

SA fintech Ozow raises R760m in a Series B funding round

Technology

SA fintech Ozow raises R760m in a Series B funding round

24 Nov 2021

Source: ©Matthias Ziegler

Fintech

Access to digital financial services across remote Africa

10 Sep 2021

L to R: InnoHealth co-founders Dr Chad Marthinussen, Abdul-Malick Salie and Dr Wade Palmer. | Image supplied

#StartupStory

#StartupStory: Cape-based startup set to disrupt SA healthtech space

Johannes Masiteng 29 Jul 2021

Jaco van Jaarsveldt, chief decision analytics officer, Experian Africa

Banking

The importance of alternative data in a tough lending environment

Jaco van Jaarsveldt 10 May 2021

Report reveals female entrepreneurs are making progress in SA

Research Reports

Report reveals female entrepreneurs are making progress in SA

15 Mar 2021

Kenya’s health minister Mutahi Kagwe next to the country’s first batch of Covid-19 vaccines at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. EPA-EFE/Daniel Irungu

Covid-19

The ins and outs of Kenya's Covid-19 vaccine rollout plan

Catherine Kyobutungi 8 Mar 2021

Tyme Bank unveiled as Assegai Awards sponsor

Direct Marketing

Tyme Bank unveiled as Assegai Awards sponsor

Issued by DMASA 23 Oct 2020

Andy Jury, CEO, Mukuru

Fintech

How the social impact of remittances is aiding wellbeing in developing countries

Andy Jury 18 Sep 2020

Fintechs could be the lifeline to SA's SMMEs

SMEs

Fintechs could be the lifeline to SA's SMMEs

Dalene Deale 15 Jul 2020

#BlockchainAfrica: The state of the crypto-economy in Africa

Blockchain Africa

#BlockchainAfrica: The state of the crypto-economy in Africa

Evan-Lee Courie 6 Mar 2020

Myths and realities of fintech lending

Technology

Myths and realities of fintech lending

18 Dec 2019

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Agriculture

Land reform report big on historical context, sketchy on the future

Professor Nhlanhla Cyril Mbatha 15 Aug 2019

Branding

Brand Africa announces the Most Admired Brands in Kenya

26 Jun 2019

Branding

Africa's top 100 brands announced

27 May 2019

Data breaches compromised 4.5 billion records

Cybersecurity

Data breaches compromised 4.5 billion records

11 Oct 2018

Mobile loan solutions

Mobile

Mobile loan solutions

8 Aug 2018