Mar 1, 2018
Mastercard will use Facebook Messenger to provide technology to small businesses in Africa and Asia to drive affordable acceptance of electronic and mobile payments. Access to digital payments will help these businesses expand to new markets, and unlock financial...
Mar 1, 2018
Although the claim that 70% of aid budgets are “stolen off the top” has been widely debunked, the loss of aid to theft and fraud is a cause for concern. A massive 30% of aid is lost to corruption and fraud, then-UN secretary-general Ban-Ki Moon pointed out...
Mar 1, 2018
According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, worldwide smartphone shipments declined 0,5% in 2017, the first year-over-year decline the market has experienced since the introduction of what we now know as smartphones....
Mar 1, 2018
Young African innovators are taking charge of their future and designing innovative agricultural technologies despite lacking access to finance, innovation hubs, and information. This is according to a new report released by the Mastercard Foundation Youth Think Tank....
Mar 1, 2018
Artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), advanced analytics and blockchain are some of the trends driving competitive advantage for supply chains. Olay Skin Advisor is a mobile app that relies on machine-learning algorithms to analyse skin care needs....
Mar 1, 2018
Kaspersky Lab’s anti-phishing technologies detected over 246-million user attempts to visit different kinds of phishing pages in 2017. Of those, over 53% were attempts to visit a financial-related website – 6 percentage points higher compared to data from...
