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'Keep an open mind': Q&A with 2025 Innovation champion Johan Coetzee

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How business owners find calm on the road ahead

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#AfricaCom: Smartphone costs the biggest barrier to a digitally inclusive Africa

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How Ghana is acing its transition to mobile financial services

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Facebook's Libra has staggering potential - state control of money could end

Gavin Brown 27 Jun 2019

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How Nomanini built its remote POS voucher platform

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Africa's big 5 keys to financial transformation, inclusion

Africa's big 5 keys to financial transformation, inclusion

9 May 2019

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Failure to integrate gender equality is costing African economies billions of dollars

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US-Africa pension funds explore investment opportunties

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Digital media platform for African finance needs repurposed

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Policy and the potential of mobile money for financial inclusion

Akinwale Goodluck 29 Mar 2019

Interoperability and financial inclusion in Africa

Interoperability and financial inclusion in Africa

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Listen up! Why Mastercard is becoming a sonic brand

Leigh Andrews 8 Feb 2019

#BizTrends2019: Private equity's African story

#BizTrends2019: Private equity's African story

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Visa and Vivo Energy partner to enhance digital payments

Visa and Vivo Energy partner to enhance digital payments

28 Nov 2018

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Mobile money transfers have taken off in Somalia. But there are risks

Victor Odundo Owuor 15 Oct 2018

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Digital culture makes or breaks digital transformation initiatives

Jonathan Houston 26 Sep 2018

John Kamaro, director for Global Gaming Africa

Blockchain as a solution to Africa's challenges

Katy Micallef 21 Sep 2018

Beijing has lent $90bn to African governments, SEOs

Beijing has lent $90bn to African governments, SEOs

Said Aboubaker & Savious Kwinika 31 Aug 2018

Fay Mukaddam, CEO of 4AX

Are cryptocurrencies the next step in colonialism or the road to upliftment?

24 Jul 2018

Unlocking opportunities in payment systems in Africa

Unlocking opportunities in payment systems in Africa

5 Jul 2018

Visa partners Ivorian government to bring e-payment solutions

Visa partners Ivorian government to bring e-payment solutions

5 Jul 2018

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Akon's building a Senegalese 'smart city' with his cryptocurrency 'Akoin'

Andy Walker 28 Jun 2018

Housing microfinance can be win-win for poor people and financial institutions

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Make the most of your money with AI and machine learning

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Bradley Elliott 9 Feb 2018

Africa's first digital free trade area for rollout in 2018

Africa's first digital free trade area for rollout in 2018

Julius Barigaba 28 Dec 2017

SA approves cross-border mobile money transfers

SA approves cross-border mobile money transfers

7 Sep 2017

Afribiz Invest recognises its women-owned entities

Afribiz Invest recognises its women-owned entities

1 Sep 2017

Innovation doesn't have to be disruptive

Innovation doesn't have to be disruptive

8 Aug 2017

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