Financial technology (fintech) investors are calling for policies that promote development and adoption of innovations to help the continent achieve the World Bank target of universal financial access by 2020. …
Telkom Kenya has launched a revamped mobile money platform dubbed T-Kash which promises customers reliability, value and convenience with an initial outlay of 20,000 agents in urban centres. T-Kash replaces …
FirstBank of Nigeria Limited said it has emerged as the first financial institution in Nigeria and West-Africa to issue 10 million cards to customers across the sub-region. This makes FirstBank …
Collaboration between microfinance banks and telcos in rolling out products and services that boost financing of micro small and medium Enterprises (MSMEs) is imminent, financial sector players say. Microfinanciers are …
Ecobank Scan+Pay with mVisa delivers instant, secure cashless payment for goods and services by allowing customers to scan a QR code on a smartphone or enter a unique merchant identifying …
Equity Direct (a strategic partnership between The Equity Bank Group in Kenya and VFX Financial PLC (VFX) in the UK) has announced the expansion of its Remittances and Commercial Payment …
Sochitel, a global leader in international airtime distribution, has teamed up with Billaway, a U.S. based marketing technology platform that rewards mobile subscribers who respond to surveys and other activities …
Total (www.Total.com) and Worldline [Euronext: WLN] (www.Worldline.com) signed binding technological, commercial and financing agreements with African fintech InTouch (www.InTouchgroup.net) on July 13, 2017. Under the agreements, Total and Worldline will …
Nearly US$ 3 million also committed to winners of the Fund’s Innovation Competition 2016. The MasterCard Foundation Fund for Rural Prosperity (FRP) today launched a new competition to find and support …
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Postbank of Uganda (PBU) and Posta Uganda signed a grant agreement today aimed at expanding the role of postal networks in the delivery …
