Kenyan’s prepaid smart card with chip and PIN technology Huduma Card has launched. The card…
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Fortunately and thanks to technology, the concept of fintech came up and it has unarguably…
Online savings and investment platform, Piggybank.ng has announced a change of its name to PiggyVest.…
South African civic technology platform GovChat has introduced a virtual wallet which allows citizens to…
Kenyan Digital Finance platform Jisort has launched multiple lenders services with the aim of running…
Nigeria Fintech startup, Flutterwave has partnered with Visa to launch a consumer payment product for Africa called GetBarter.…
Not only in Nigeria but across the continent of Africa, mobile penetration has significantly increased.…
MTN Uganda has also partnered with MTN Rwanda and Safaricom to facilitate regional cross-network mobile money transfers.
Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore has said the telco is expanding its M-Pesa systems to take 1,200 transactions per second.
This is an upgrade to the old KCB-M-Pesa system where borrowers could only take another loan after clearing the outstanding balances.
Digital mobile lending in Kenya is a space that is ever-growing, whether the motivation is…
Cassava SmarTech Zimbabwe (CSZL), the fintech-focused spin-off from Econet, made its debut on the Zimbabwe Stock…
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe’s fintech business Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe Limited (CSZL) will be listed on the…
EcoCash, Steward Bank partner to offer hassle-free small loans with Steward Bank also unveiling instant *236# bank-account opening service.
Cassava introduces EcoCash FCA Wallet
Online merchants and consumers alike expect online buying and selling to be easy, efficient, and…
Asset and Resource Management (ARM) Holding Company in partnership with Pan-African venture capital firm Ventures…
Strive Masiyiwa says spinning off Cassava Smartech from the telecoms business will attract a different type of investor to the ones who have traditionally invested in the telecoms sector.
Demerging and listing of the technology company Cassava separately from Econet on the main bourse is expected to allow the group to focus on the growing digital service opportunities in Zimbabwe.
Steward Bank achieved a 123% growth in profits to $19 million during the 6 months ended August 31, 2018 compared to $8.5 million same period prior year.