Big data and the business potential for Africa

Data, on its own, is quite inconsequential – a small moving part in a bigger operation. Only when it is made valuable and accessible can companies explore its true potential in improving decision-making and measuring positive business outcomes. By James Bayhack,...

Mobile technology makes water accessible and affordable

The UK based RSKeWATERservices has won a tender to install 650 solar powered eWaterPay pay as you go water meters across two districts in Tanzania: Dodoma and Singida. eWATERservices employs a low-cost pay as you go water system using mobile technology that is already...

Nokwary wins Ecobank Fintech Challenge

Ecobank Group has announced the winners of its Ecobank Fintech Challenge after an virtual event streamed live from Accra Ghana. Nokwary Technologies edged out the rest of the finalists to emerge winner of the competition. The first and second runner up spots were...

Regional integration as a tool for African wealth creation

By Khaled Sherif, vice-president: regional development, integration and business delivery at the African Development Bank The Covid-19 pandemic and its health and economic impacts has forced a global rethink of the current multilateral framework and what it means for...

The future of payments in Africa

By 2050 the population of Africa is expected to grow to 2 billion, while the rest of the world experiences flat or declining population curves. By Murray Gardiner, MD of Bluecode Africa Globally, about 1,7-billion adults (31% of adults) remain unbanked — without...

Workonline grows West African footprint

Workonline Communications, a pan-African provider of IP transit, has selected PAIX’s carrier- and cloud-neutral data centre in Accra, Ghana to deploy its first point of presence (POP) in West Africa. The PAIX Accra (ACC-1) data centre (initially founded as...