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4.6KAdvisory NewsVast opportunities for digital finance and payments in the Cloud
Africa has been the poster child for innovation and improvisation by using technology to transform financial services. Many of the founding team...
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3.4KAdvisory NewsAfrica Tech Summit London announces the first 20 speakers
The Africa Tech Summit London brings together 200+ tech leaders, international investors, banks, entrepreneurs, African governments, trade bodies, media and leading ventures...
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4.1KAdvisory NewsAfrica Tech Summit London – Where African Tech and Europe Connects On April 20th
Africa Tech Summit London (ATSLDN), the event where African Tech and Europe connects returns to London on April 20th, providing unrivaled insight and networking with the...
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4.9K3East AfricaBitPesa closes a $2.5M round to expand digital payments business beyond Africa
BitPesa, the leading frontier market digital currency payments company, has closed a $2.5 million Series A round to expand its services in...
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4.3KEast AfricaMastercard launches agri-tech platform 2KUZE to connect East Africa’s farmers and buyers
Mastercard has launched 2KUZE, a digital platform that connects smallholder farmers, agents, buyers and banks in East Africa. 2KUZE, which in Swahili...
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3.1KInnovationAmerican Express expands across Africa through partnership with Societe Generale
Societe Generale has signed a merchant acquiring partnership with American Express in eight countries in Sub-Saharan Africa where the Bank operates. The...
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3.1KInnovationSA marketing platform delvv.io raises over $450K
Less than a year after launching, South African creative technology startup delvv.io has successfully concluded first-round funding, securing R6.5 million to further...
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4.8KInnovation@SW7 launches tech co-working space in northern Johannesburg
Sw7 one of Africa’s leading technology accelerators has announced the opening a technology innovation hub in the Johannesburg northern suburbs called @Sw7 Workspace....
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5.6K1AppsFirst cohort pass out from Barclays Africa Accelerator
10 companies have showcased their innovative fintech businesses at a ‘Demo Day’ in Cape Town, as the first-ever cohort of the Barclays...
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4.5KInnovationTech boom in Nigeria boosting demand for rooms and creating new businesses
Nigeria’s rapidly expanding tech scene is creating opportunities in other sectors such as hospitality where soaring demand means hotel prices are among the...
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2.5KInnovationSuregifts launches new credit platform
While Nigerian consumers have some credit options, they are largely difficult to access because of the very high interest rates, difficult payment...
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4.6KAppsPaga to capitalise on new investment
With the majority of Africans unbanked, mobile money and payments are critical and one of the biggest hurdles for the growth of...
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3.2KAppsFuture for money remittances in Africa
SimbaPay a fintech finalist in the upcoming Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards 2015, is a digital money transfer provider that enables Africans living abroad to...
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4.9KAppsBitcoin: a cryptocurrency ideal for Africa?
Bitcoin entrepreneurship is taking hold worldwide. The first quarter of 2015 saw record levels of investment pumped into Bitcoin startups across the...
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3.9KCryptocurrency AfricaReaching the unbanked in Africa through digital currency and blockchain
Africa is seeing a rise in Bitcoin activity, with the continent’s first Bitcoin conference having taken place earlier this year, and startups...
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Innovation
The e-payment last mile hurdle for tech companies in Nigeria
Even though Uche (pseudonym) works with a tech company that provides electronic payment services in Nigeria, he is not keen on using...
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East Africa
Want to invest directly in growth stage African companies?
As of today ordinary investors can now invest directly in equity and debt fundraising campaigns by unlisted growth-stage companies in select frontier...
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East Africa
Mobile Money to go cross border in East Africa
East Africa will by the end of 2015, be able to transfer money via mobile phones across borders if full implementation of...
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Ghana
Airtel money gains traction in Ghana
Airtel Money breaks the 1.5 million subscriber mark in Ghana, offering the ability to link bank accounts and electronic wallets for simple...
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East Africa
UK crowdfunding platform opens the door to emerging markets investments
A new UK crowdfunding platform aims to give UK-based investors the chance to invest in some of the most exciting frontier and...
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3.6KEthiopiaInteroperable mobile money service goes live in Ethiopia
Another day, another mobile money initiative in Africa in an ever changing landscape. Today Ethiopians have been given access to mobile financial...
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East Africa
The first mobile money service to pay profit to its users
Tigo has announced the first of its regular quarterly payments worth 3bn/- (US $ 1.8 million) to Tigo Pesa users in Tanzania
