By Patrick Nyaga For decades, cooperatives have been a cornerstone of Kenya’s economic development and social empowerment, significantly reducing poverty, creating jobs, and mobilizing communities to pool resources for the common good and building a [c]
By Christopher Saul Kenya’s financial services sector is in constant flux thanks to the adoption of new technologies and state-of-the-art consumer and business solutions. The era of cloud computing marks a turning point in terms [c]
Kenya-based PR and Communications consultancy, Glass House PR, has announced that the third edition of the annual Africa Digital Finance Summit (ADFS) will be held in Johannesburg, South Africa. The three-day event, which will be [c]
The 2023 edition of the Visa Everywhere Initiative (VEI), a global open innovation competition that invites startups to showcase and pitch their innovative solutions to solve tomorrow’s payment and commerce challenges, is now open for [c]
Under the agreement, DTB will leverage Mastercard’s technology to enable fintechs to issue their own card propositions. [c]
Modern customers expect fintechs to focus as much on the experience they provide as the products and services being offered. [c]
As the fastest-growing start-up industry in Africa, African fintech raised over $1.3 billion in 2021 alone, the success of fintech companies is being fuelled by several trends, including increasing smartphone ownership, declining internet costs, expanded [c]
JuicyScore, an anti-fraud solutions vendor, has reaffirmed its commitment to tackling the rising online fraud that is emanating from access to digital loans illegally. According to Chris Akolo, the Regional Business Development Director at JuicyScore, [c]
If banks are to adequately compete and address the challenge posed by the growing influence of fintechs into their space, they will need to modernize their systems to exceed the services offered by these financial [c]
Visa showcased key innovation capabilities that will accelerate financial inclusion in sub-Saharan Africa. Hosting industry stakeholders at an event focused on innovation, the company highlighted co-creation as an essential component in developing market-ready payment solutions [c]
The African fintech startup scene is set for a boost after Flourish Ventures, a global fintech venture capital firm, announced a new office based in Nairobi to help its investment team better serve entrepreneurs across [c]
Lendable has announced that it has invested over $100 million in credit, to help fintech companies in emerging and frontier markets to expand their operations and footprint. It has also become a 2X Challenge eligible [c]
By Vincent Chen In the banking industry, the stable running of IT systems is imperative. This is what drove the industry to begin IT construction relatively early and what continues to drive it to make [c]
After a successful pilot run with select fintechs in early 2020, the pan-African Banking Sandbox of Ecobank is now live and acessible, on request, to Africa’s fintech community. The Sandbox allows fintechs to access Ecobank’s [c]
Fintechs are a central part of the global payments ecosystem, and amidst COVID-19 have launched further into the spotlight, reporting sizable upticks in the usage of their apps, as more people manage their money from their [c]
Infobip, a cloud communications company for businesses and vendor of omnichannel engagement solutions, is enhancing its presence in Kenya. By using Infobip’s omnichannel solution, Kenyan businesses can choose the optimal communication channels for specific types [c]
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