Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a futuristic fantasy; it’s a colossal economic force, projected to balloon into a $4.8 trillion market. That’s the…
Nigeria’s PalmPay launches new payment security campaign
The Nigerian fintech start-up PalmPay launched a new campaign to raise payment security awareness in a desperate attempt to help customers improve their overall…
Luno welcomes SARB green light for crypto exchanges
Global cryptocurrency investment app Luno has welcomed a guidance note issued by the South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB) prudential authority which confirms that banks…
Kenya-based start-up Afya Rekod partners with UK group
Medi-science International Limited and Kenya-based start-up Afya Rekod says it will partner to transform healthcare delivery through improved access to personal health data in…
Cross-sector collab can unlock financial inclusion in SA
Nomvula Nyandeni, business development lead at Pay@, discusses how innovative thinking and cross-sector collaboration is needed to ensure that appropriate financial services, and instruments…
Conversational AI: Africans disproportionally disadvantaged
With about 3 000 different languages and dialects, Africans lose out when it comes to technology that is usually in English and major European…
Fintech revolution: Interoperability can empower Africans
For the African fintech revolution to reach its true potential, interoperability cannot be confined to the continent. It needs to be completely borderless. MFS Africa…
What investors look for before funding tech start-ups
As media and ecosystem lead at AfricArena, Nathaniel Witbooi has peaked beyond the veil of investment, boasting high-level interaction with investors, start-ups and the…
SA logistics start-up makes courier services more accessible
The face of retail changed forever during the Covid-19 pandemic. Such was the explosion for home deliveries in South Africa that e-commerce more than…
The power of she-networking and women-focused funding
In Africa, more than half of all entrepreneurs are women with 70% of them from the informal sector with limited access to financial services….
Tripesa to digitise tourism MSMEs following pre-seed round
The Ugandan tourism-tech start-up Tripesa has closed a pre-seed round with participation from Eric Osiakwan, Future Africa, Consonance Investment Managers and LTNT Investments to…
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