Dec 23, 2019
Uganda, Ghana and Botswana are ranked as the top three countries with the highest percentages of women-owned businesses across the 58 markets evaluated around the world in the third edition of the Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs (MIWE). Based on publicly...
Dec 19, 2019
WorldRemit has partnered with Vodacom Tanzania to enable nine million M-Pesa customers to receive money directly to their M-Pesa wallets from friends and family living abroad. The new service increases convenience for money transfer recipients in urban and rural...
Dec 18, 2019
Representatives from 49 African countries have issued a call for a human-centred approach to the future of work, to unleash Africa’s potential for inclusive growth and create a future of work with social justice. The Abidjan Declaration, entitled Advancing...
Nov 20, 2019
FSS, one of India’s largest payments processor, and US-based Oracle Financial Services will collaborate to enhance digital payments for banks. As part of this strategic relationship, FSS will provide specialised integration and hosting services for Oracle...
Nov 12, 2019
The leapfrog theory is attractive. In the words of the Financial Times, it’s “a quick jump in economic development by harnessing technological innovation”. By Andries Brink, CEO of Andile Systems This sounds great, particularly when you factor in the...
Nov 11, 2019
Our continent is hurtling towards an uncertain future that is being shaped by the forces of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. By Pedro Guerreiro, MD: Central Africa at SAP Africa It’s too early to tell how exactly the confluence of rapid change and exponential...
