Africa

Thomson-reuters

Standard Chartered Bank Announces Intent to Join Thomson Reuters KYC Managed Service for Africa

17/05/2017(0)
Standard Chartered Bank today announced its intent to join Thomson Reuters Org ID regional managed service solution for Know Your Customer (KYC) due diligence in South Africa. Standard Chartered ... Read More
nigerian-fintech

The Nigerian Fintech landscape expands

03/01/2017(0)
Africa has caught the world’s attention with its advancements in the financial technology (fintech) space and usage of mobile money. The Nigerian fintech landscape, specifically, has the capability to ... Read More
bitcoin

Uganda Could Be 1st African Country To Regulate Digital Currencies

28/12/2016(0)
Some African countries have openly criticized bitcoin use. Others have taken a wait-and-see approach. Bitcoin has enjoyed a rally in 2016 that’s beaten every major currency, stock index and commodity contract, surging ... Read More
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African fintech hubs join global initiative

27/09/2016(0)
South Africa-based AlphaCode and Kenya’s Nest have joined fintech associations and network providers from more than 20 countries in the Global Fintech Hubs Federation (GFHF), aimed at fostering innovation ... Read More
European Commission President Juncker arrives to address the European Parliament during a debate on The State of the European Union in Strasbourg

EU to boost growth and jobs creation

15/09/2016(0)
The president of the European Commission proposed on Wednesday a revamp of the bloc’s investment strategy aimed at doubling the capacity of a scheme for boosting EU growth and ... Read More
Africa+map

Financial technology: Money finds new paths

12/08/2016(0)
Africa may be slowest to embrace fintech, but the continent is ripe for disruption. WHAT IT MEANS: Australia’s progress a benchmark for Africa. Africa’s unbanked are an opportunity for ... Read More
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Could bitcoin change the game in Africa?

04/08/2016(0)
In the wildest of claims, bitcoin – the virtual paperless and stateless currency transacted on the borderless internet – was going to tear apart traditional money transfer companies and ... Read More
MyBucks

Financial technology company MyBucks starts trading today on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange

23/06/2016(0)
MyBucks – the first African focused Fintech company listed in Germany – starts trading today on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange MyBucks S.A. successfully raised EUR 15.5m in its IPO ... Read More
UHY

UHY strengthens presence in Africa

09/05/2016(0)
New member firm in Seychelles joins the UHY network The global accountancy network UHY extended its coverage withing the African region and has issued a press release to announce ... Read More
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SABMiller, Coca-Cola merge African bottling arms

27/11/2014(0)
Brewer SABMiller, Coca-Cola and the South African Gutsche family have agreed to combine their non-alcoholic bottling operations in southern and eastern Africa, a $2.3bn deal long rumoured to be ... Read More
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