Nov 9, 2016
Norway, Sweden and Denmark are examples of countries moving towards becoming true cashless societies, in which retailers or petrol stations won’t be obliged to accept cash payments. Yet cash still accounts for about 85% of global consumer transactions and in...
Nov 8, 2016
For insurers, the Internet of Things(IOT) can provide value in the form of new insurance models and products based on deeper insight into the customer’s needs, writes William Mzimba, chief executive South and sub-Saharan Africa at Accenture. The rapid increase...
Nov 7, 2016
FirstBank has launched its updated iOS mobile banking application with fingerprint biometrics capability and authentication from Entersekt. FirstBank is Colorado’s second largest bank and the third largest privately held bank in the nation. FirstBank has...
Nov 4, 2016
A South African entrepreneur is preparing to launch an innovative new automated chronic medicine dispensing system in a pilot project for the national Department of Health. “The Technovera Locker system, is a most deserving winner in the Samsung South Africa...
Nov 3, 2016
As part of its longstanding commitment to Africa, Johnson & Johnson today announced the launch of the Africa Innovation Challenge, an initiative to support Africa’s vibrant and growing innovation ecosystem and to help develop important and locally...
Nov 2, 2016
Compuscan, one of the largest independent credit bureaus in Africa, has established a strategic partnership with Coremetrix, a UK-based company powered by Creditinfo, the world’s leading creator of psychometric data for consumer risk assessment. The new...
