Africa

The African Union (AU) must embrace change to adapt, not wait.

At the very time, the African Union is most needed to manage crises, many of its operations have been put on hold. In ...

By Regtech AfricaApril 6, 20200

News

Philippine Securities and Exchange Regulator warns of international Ponzi offering 300% daily returns

The Philippines Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) warned of a crypto Ponzi scheme targeting Filipino, Australian, and European investors on March 30. The scheme, “Bitcoin Revolution”, comprises ...

By Regtech AfricaApril 6, 20200

News

Africa focused Helios has $350m set for expansion after pandemic eases

Helios Towers Ltd.’s plans to expand following last year’s London share sale may have been waylaid by the coronavirus outbreak, but the Africa-focused ...

By Regtech AfricaApril 5, 20200

News

CBN temporarily suspends the operation of Dispute Management Portal for failed Visa and Verve card transactions

The Central Bank of Nigeria has suspended operation of the Dispute Management Portal for failed Visa and Verve card inter-bank transactions, following the ...

By Regtech AfricaApril 5, 20200

Opinions

Data and Artificial Intelligence in the Covid-19 crisis

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has developed dramatically over the past few years and has the potential to assist us with some of the most ...

By Regtech AfricaApril 5, 20200

Opinions

Cybersecurity: I’ve been hacked! What must I do? …

With all the hype around cyber-attacks and every single cybersecurity enterprise talking about cyber resilience to improve a business’ security posture, nobody really ...

By Regtech AfricaApril 5, 20200

Ghana

Ghana:Zeepay Becomes First Non-Bank Institution To Secure Mobile Money License

Zeepay, a leading African fintech giant that operates as a mobile financial services company from Ghana, covering an additional 20 other African markets ...

By Regtech AfricaApril 5, 20200

Regulatory

Kenya lowers Value Added Tax (VAT) to cushion COVID-19 effects on the economy

Kenya recently cut down the value-added tax rate to 14 per cent from 16 per cent as part of a series of measures ...

By Regtech AfricaApril 5, 20200

News

Lockdown: Nigeria Port Economic Regulator offers clearing agents, port workers free buses rides

The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has announced that it would be providing free buses to ease movement of accredited clearing agents and port ...

By Regtech AfricaApril 5, 20200

Intelligence

Nigeria: Geopoll Survey and Insights on Adoption of eCommerce, Income and Consumer Behaviour

As Africa’s largest economy, with high mobile penetration, Nigeria is one of the most prosperous consumer markets in Africa. Analysis of the consumer ...

By Regtech AfricaApril 5, 20200