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South Africa: BankservAfrica and AfricaNenda collaborate for instant and cross-border payments in SADC
BankservAfrica and AfricaNenda are pleased to announce their new partnership to broaden access to the TCIB (Transactions Cleared on an Immediate Basis) payments ...
Innovation
SA: Mukuru Expands Services and Unlocks Value for Africans with New Campaign
The campaign recognises Africa’s rising global stature in both fintech and sport Mukuru (www.Mukuru.com), a leading next generation financial services platform in Southern ...
Africa
African Development Bank’s Coding for Employment Program Selects 500 Digital Ambassadors to Lead Peer-to-Peer Training Model
The Bank and its technical partner, Microsoft, selected the Digital Ambassadors from more than 21,000 applications received from all over Africa The African ...
Africa
Africa: Africa-Focused Fintech Zazuu Raises $2m to Scale Its Cross-Border Payment Marketplace
The remittance inflows to sub-Saharan Africa over the past decade have been on an upward trajectory since 2020; last year, it increased by ...
Regulatory
South Africa: Reserve Bank outlines plans to regulate crypto in South Africa
The South African Reserve Bank is set to bring cryptocurrencies into the regulatory oversight of the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA), signalling the first ...
Egypt
Egypt: Durable, flexible, dirt-resistant Why Egypt’s new plastic money ‘environment-friendly’
How does the new polymer-made currency contributes to Egypt Vision 2030? Although one can go cashless in Cairo, and use their credit cards ...
Africa
Africa: AfDB Signs €50m Risk-Sharing Facility Deal with Societe Generale to Support Banks, SMEs in Africa
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group on Wednesday 13 July approved a EUR50 million unfunded risk-sharing facility partnership with ...
News
South Africa: Competition Commission takes direct aim at Google
The Competition Commission has proposed imposing radical changes to Google’s search results in South Africa that go to the heart of the US Internet ...
News
Tanzania: NMB CEO Zaipuna Gets Top Continental Business Leadership Award
THE Chief Executive Officer of NMB Bank Plc, Ms Ruth Zaipuna, has been awarded the prestigious ‘African Business Leadership Commendation Award’ for 2022 ...
South Africa
South Africa: Startup Launches Virtual Community Parliament for South Africans
Kleva Bucks, a tech startup founded by Lucky Kgwadi, a 31-year-old tech entrepreneur and Innovator, has launched a virtual community parliament for South ...