News
SA: Nestlé, Nomanini and Standard Bank Partner to Solve the Stock Needs of Africa’s Underbanked Informal Retail Traders
A collaborative partnership between Nestlé Eastern and Southern African Region, Nomanini and Standard Bank is providing MSMEs with access to working capital via ...
Innovation
SA: Coca-Cola Launches JAMII: its New Sustainability Platform in Africa
Newly unveiled platform, JAMII unites resources and partners to achieve more for Africa Today, Coca-Cola Africa (www.Coca-ColaCompany.com) Operating Unit (“AOU”) and its bottling ...
South Africa
SA: MTN Partnership as Ayoba app reaches 10 million monthly active users
MTN in partnership with ayoba, has reached an exciting milestone of over 10 million monthly active users. 2021 has been a fast-paced year ...
South Africa
SA fintech startup Entersekt recieves investment from US based Accel-KKR
Leading identity and global authentication solutions provider Entersekt has raised an undisclosed investment amount from US private equity firm Accel-KKR. The funding will go towards accelerating ...
Innovation
SA: Mukuru enables eCommerce purchases for South African customers
Mukuru, one of Africa’s largest remittance companies has announced that its Mukuru Card has been activated for online purchases in South Africa, allowing holders ...
Regulatory
South Africa’s financial regulator plans to introduce framework aimed at protecting vulnerable crypto investors: Report
The commissioner of South Africa’s Financial Sector Conduct Authority, Unathi Kamlana, has reportedly said the government’s rollout of a crypto framework would be ...
News
SA: MTN announces appointment of new Digital and Fintech CTIO
MTN Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Hermann Tischendorf as our Chief Technology & Information Officer for Digital and Fintech. “We are ...
South Africa
SA: Tyme raises $180 million in funding deal involving Tencent and UK’s CDC Group
Multi-country digital banking group, Tyme, has secured $180 million Series B capital raise from Chinese multi-national technology conglomerate Tencent and UK impact investor CDC Group. ...
News
SA: E-waste regulations come into force, with threat of fines and jail time
New regulations dealing with the end-of-life management of lighting and electrical and electronic waste have come into full force in South Africa – ...
News
South Africa: SARB Publishes Interest Rate Benchmark Report
The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has published the Technical Specification Paper (TSP) report on public comments received on the draft statement of ...