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Opinion: Pan-Africa regulatory platform needed to boost financial inclusion
An Africa-wide regulatory platform is needed to harness the continent's…
Diaspora banking: A niche category blossoming in the digital era
Remittances from sub-Saharan African migrants to their origin countries accelerated…
What’s needed to reshape Africa’s ‘inaccessible’ housing market?
Financial experts at a webinar organised by the AFRICA FINANCIAL…
Neobanks: What next for the new challengers to African legacy banking?
Africa-focused neobanks are riding the wave of online banking’s growing…
Trade finance: Can African banks go digital to fill the $80bn gap?
By Shane Starling Digitisation can support much-needed SME trade finance…
Critical financial industry reforms are needed to accelerate African integration and make AfCFTA work
As the continent suffers the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic,…
Cryptocurrencies: “Africa is the target”
Nicolas Cantu was already a geek before the word existed.…
The secret to growing Africa’s mobile money market The secret to growing Africa’s mobile money market
Participants in the first webinar organized by AFIS in May…
The digital pursuit of Africa’s cash-only retailers
While cash rules in informal retail in Africa, the African…
How has Africa’s mobile money market adapted to the pandemic?
Covid-19 led to widespread regulatory limits on mobile money transaction fees to boost financial inclusion through the…
Crypto lending finding a foothold in Africa
Crypto-based lending, mostly in the form of micro-loans, is an…
Renewable energy or gas - Which is a sounder investment for Africa’s banks?
Even if fossil fuels account for 80% of Africa’s electricity,…