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Healthcare systems cannot fund what they cannot measure
Every day, healthcare funders make decisions based on data. They know how many patients were admitted to the hospital. They know how many procedures were performed. They know how many days a hospital bed was occupied. These activities are measured,…
Fortune 500 solar manufacturer enters SA market
SOLARWORLD Africa and IBC SOLAR South Africa (Pty) Ltd, this week announced a significant new partnership that will bring Tongwei’s premium photovoltaic (PV) modules to the South African market. As the first preferred distributors in the country to announce the…
HashKey MENA Pilots Stablecoin Payment Corridor Linking Africa and the Middle East
HashKey MENA, a Dubai-based virtual asset exchange licensed by Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA), has launched a pilot initiative to explore regulated stablecoin-powered settlement flows for cross-border trade between the Middle East and Africa.The company has signed a Corridor…
Farhat Bengdara is The Economist Who Ran the Oil Field
A profile of one of the Arab world’s most versatile financial and energy executives, and what three decades of institutional leadership actually produced. Farhat Bengdara was appointed governor of the Central Bank of Libya in March 2006, at 39 years…
EthioPay-IPS Surpasses 1 Million Daily Transactions, Processing Over ETB 5 Billion
BPC, a leading global payment software and service company, today announced that EthSwitch, Ethiopia’s national payment switch, a share company owned by the National Bank of Ethiopia, public and private banks, MFIs, PIIs and PSOs, has reached a major milestone…
Spiro Secures $215M to Accelerate Africa’s EV Revolution
African electric mobility company Spiro has secured a landmark $215 million investment round to accelerate the expansion of its electric vehicle (EV) and battery-swapping infrastructure across the continent. The funding, backed by major institutional investors including Impact Fund Denmark and…
Standard Bank leads South Africa in AI maturity rankings
Standard Bank Group has been ranked the most AI-mature bank in South Africa and the second most AI-mature bank across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) in the inaugural Evident Insights AI Index for Banks – MEA edition. The Group…
RedotPay Enters B2B Market with “RedotPay Connect”
RedotPay, a stablecoin-based payment fintech company, unveils the launch of RedotPay Connect at Money20/20 Europe, marking the company’s first dedicated B2B product since inception and a major step into enterprise payments. Built as a single-integration gateway, RedotPay Connect enables merchants…
Ecobank Introduces World’s First Commercial Bank-issued Nature Bond
Ecobank Group has launched the world’s first ICMA commercial bank-issued Nature Bond on the London Stock Exchange, creating a new route for international and African capital to protect Africa’s biodiversity. Moody’s awarded the transaction its highest possible sustainability quality score, SQS1 Excellent. The bond will support African farmers, sustainable…
Yoco, Stub bring payments and accounting together
Yoco, the payments and commerce platform used by more than 200,000 South African independent businesses, has enabled direct integration with stub, the homegrown online accounting platform. The integration connects Yoco’s system’s sales data with stub’s accounting platform to automate reconciliations,…
Transforming global finance – leveraging African innovation to power emerging market economies
Emerging markets in Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia are rapidly embracing digital finance, driven by demand for inclusion and fintech innovation. Africa, in particular, has leapfrogged legacy banking with mobile-first platforms and stablecoin adoption, building resilient, scalable financial infrastructure…
PayAngel Expands Global Payout Capabilities
PayAngel, a cross-border payments platform built by migrants and shaped by a lived understanding of the migrant journey, today announced an expanded collaboration with Visa, a world leader in digital payments. Leveraging Currencycloud, a Visa Direct solution, PayAngel will strengthen its multicurrency account and…
AVEVA Launches the 1st ever Industrial Intelligence Report with IMD Business School
Caspar Herzberg, CEO, AVEVA
PayPal USD Expands Africa’s Digital Finance Reach
PayPal recently announced it is making PayPal USD (PYUSD) available in 70 markets worldwide. As global commerce becomes increasingly digital, individuals and businesses are looking for faster and more seamless ways to transact across borders. Stablecoins like PYUSD help power…
Sumsub Launches New Partner Hub
Sumsub, a full-cycle verification platform for scalable compliance, has launched the Sumsub Partner Hub—a unified space designed to support both new and existing partners throughout the entire partnership lifecycle. The Sumsub Partner Hub is designed to address the most common…
Healthcare Systems & Interoperability
By David C Howell, Regional Sales Director at ManageEngine South Africa Healthcare systems don’t typically fail where data is created, they fail where it needs to move. The biggest breakdowns happen between hospital systems, EHR platforms, labs, radiology, billing and…
