Apr 8, 2024
Last month, we commemorated national Human Rights Day in South Africa, writes George Barrett, country director: South Africa at the British Council. It gives pause to reflect on the long, hard-fought struggle for freedom and constitutional rights won 30 years ago....
Mar 15, 2024
Businesses in Kenya are growing increasingly concerned about being targeted by cyber threats, especially ransomware attacks, which are growing in both frequency and sophistication and can have devastating effects on organisations. By David Mugo, senior solution...
Mar 15, 2024
As the Southern African Development Community (SADC) sees growth in fintech operators, it will become easier and safer for people to send money back home, writes Nikki Kettles, executive of licences and payments regulation at Mukuru. With half of Africans migrating to...
Mar 13, 2024
A partnership between payment innovation company ExiPay and loans and financial services provider Izwe has resulted in an all-in-one point of sale (PoS) solution, called Izwe Pay, that facilitates payments across mobile money and card payments in Zambia. It also...
Mar 12, 2024
AGRA has released the 3rd edition of the ‘African Agribusiness Outlook Report’ which sheds light on the impact of the “Triple Crisis” – Covid-19 pandemic, climate change, and the Russia-Ukraine conflict – on small and medium-sized...
Mar 8, 2024
Africa’s fintech sector is expected to be worth approximately $65-billion by 2030, aligning with the United Nations (UN) projection that the continent’s population will double to 2,4-billion by 2050, with half of the population being under the age of 25....
