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South Africa: Call for Whatsapp to Revise Privacy Policy in SA
The Information Regulator of South Africa has, after correspondence, written to WhatsApp LLC requesting the company to revise its privacy policy in South ...
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DR Congo: Mastercard and Billetera combine to offer digital payments
In conjunction with Billetera, a Kenya-based digital technology company, Mastercard wants to provide access to formal financial and digital services to the unbanked ...
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Bento, MatchKit, Imfuyo and AgriCool make it to top four at the AlphaCode Incubate Demo Day
10 startups have completed a 3-month programme competing for one of the four places with an extended 6-month programme valued at over R1.5 ...
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New venture capital funds in Egypt to receive $120 million from GIZ programme
GIZ has launched a $120 million funding programme, VC University as cooperation between Germany’s international development agency, GIZ, Egypt’s Micro, Small and Medium ...
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Nigeria: VP Osinbajo sees Digital ID as key driver of Financial Inclusion
Digital ID would help Nigerians, especially the ones that are not financially inclusive, operate in global space.” These were the words of Vice ...
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TAB Bank selects Volante Technologies for RTP network payments
US-based TAB Bank, a full-service digital bank that services SMEs, has selected Volante Technologies, to help it provide real-time payments over the RTP ...
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N26 issued order by German regulator to improve AML measures
German digital bank N26 has been issued an order by its country’s financial regulator, Bafin, to improve its current anti-money laundering (AML) measures. ...
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Teraco Boosts Regional Interconnection With MÉTISS Cable
Teraco, Africa’s largest and most interconnected data centre operator, has become an integral node to the Meltingpot Indianoceanic Submarine System (MÉTISS) MÉTISS is ...
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Visa and Tala to promote financial inclusion in the crypto economy
Tala and Visa have announced a partnership that they claim will help the underbanked population participate in the crypto economy. Tala’s partnership with ...
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Tink and American Express sign European open banking deal
Tink and American Express have signed an open banking partnership to improve onboarding for European accounts. The deal extends across several European ...