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African banks to become more competitive with SWIFT gpi
5 African banks have signed up to SWIFT’s global payments innovation (gpi) service, the new standard for cross-border payments. Of these, four are already live – Standard Bank of South Africa, FirstRand Bank, ABSA Bank and Nedbank – and many…
Nigeria: Edo State gets innovation hub
Nigeria’s Edo State government, has announced the launch of a state-backed innovation hub. The state partnered with tech companies, Microsoft and Siemens through its skills development arm Edojobs. The partnership will equip youths with skills and expertise to drive inclusive…
Piggybank.ng secures $1.1 million seed funding
Nigeria’s Piggybank.ng, an online and mobile app savings platform targeted at African Millennials, has announced that it has closed on Seed Funding of USD $1.1M, from High Net Worth Individuals, led by Olumide Soyombo, Founder of LeadPath Nigeria, and with…
Unpacking the benefits of wearable technologies
Wearable technologies are the wave of the future, and can have a positive impact on a range of industries – provided there is fast, high-quality connectivity for them to make use of. The idea of wearable technology has been with…
Hybrid Cloud as a platform for business innovation
Cloud computing is one of those innovations that opened a door through which has flooded even more innovation. Originally, infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) offerings built on server and storage virtualization enabled rapid deployment of virtual servers. As IaaS has matured, though, it’s…
Apple working on NFC tech for iPhones that unlocks doors
Apple is taking digital technology to a whole new level. According to the records by The Information, the giant technology company is expected to enable the NFC enabled iPhone to be used for opening hotel rooms, opening cars or for…
New technologies expanding satellite markets
Satellite has proved its worth as a connectivity medium in areas where there is no fixed line infrastructure. While it has remained a niche solution as a result of the logistics involved in the installation and management of the…
MoneyGram launches services to all bank accounts in Ghana
MoneyGram announced on Tuesday 29 May 2018, the launch of money transfer service directly to any bank account in Ghana. Funds can be sent via MoneyGram online or at any one of MoneyGram’s thousands of locations around the world. The…
Innovation for a smarter world: ITU Telecom World 2018
Creativity and innovation have driven human development throughout the course of history. From agriculture to industry to the information age, revolutionary innovations in technology have marked major leaps forward in the development of our societies. As the pace of technological…
Creating the best cyber-security defences for the public sector
In the public sector, the risks of data breaches are vast, costing millions in halted or impacted operations, lost revenue, data recovery and more. Allied to this is the loss of integrity and reputation when personal and critical data is…
Kora uses blockchain platform to empower social change in rural Africa
Kora, the blockchain platform that unlocks growth in emerging markets, introduces its blockchain infrastructure for a more inclusive financial system and announces their upcoming sale, which went public on May 11, 2o18. Kora aims to engage with existing communities in rural…
A brave new world for accountants?
Accountants need to adapt to a new reality, one where technology is a dominant feature of our financial systems, capital markets, and organisational processes. This is according to Anton Colella, CEO of Moore Stephens International Limited. He notes that, while…
Gemalto’s eSIM technology to integrate into Snapdragon mobile PC platform
Gemalto announced a new collaboration that will see its mobile connectivity solutions integrated with Qualcomm Snapdragon mobile PC platform, a product by Qualcomm Technologies, a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated. This paves the way for iSIM commercialization on a growing range…
Freshworks AI tools to help filter Twitter messages
Against a background where market disruption is key to creating new opportunities, Freshworks has embraced Artificial Intelligence (AI). Having identified Twitter as a key channel through which customers often engage companies, Freshworks has developed a social AI entity called Social…
The war on cybercrime – why all Kenyan organisations need to play their part
Cyberattacks in Kenya are on the rise. There’s barely a day that goes by where you don’t hear about a major data breach or an organisation that has unsuspectingly fallen victim to ransomware, spear-phishing or impersonation fraud. The government has…
Lidya raises $6.9 million in a Series A led by Omidyar Network
Lidya, a digital financial services platform that provides access to credit for micro-, small-, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Africa, announced that it has raised $6.9 million in a Series A investment round, one of the largest in Nigerian tech…
