Egypt’s Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA) has collaborated with Visa to launch their fintech training programme for…

The Bank of Ghana launched a regulatory and innovation sandbox pilot in collaboration with fintech firm EMTECH which…

Fintech funding in Africa jumped 49.3% in 2020 to US$160 million. The amount was raised by 99 fintech…

South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya have historically been the fintech hubs of Africa, but the next chapter for…

In Tanzania, the fintech sector is still nascent with less than 50 companies, among which 68% in their…

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has released a draft document outlining a five-year digitalization plan to modernize…

The Arab Investment Bank announced that it has selected Temenos, a Swiss banking software company to bolster its…

Fintech revenues in Nigeria are projected to reach an estimated US$543 million by 2022, driven by increasing smartphone…

Knowledge Officer announced a collaboration with the Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ) to launch the Fintech Academy, which…

3 Swiss fintech startups namely 4bridges, AgFlow and e-traid (e-commerce) were among the startups chosen to be a…

Refugees in Europe are struggling to access basic financial services, and though this would have typically represented an…

Vodafone Egypt, the largest mobile network operator in Egypt in terms of active subscribers and Tpay Mobile, a…

CREST, the not-for-profit accreditation and certification body for the technical security industry, has received a grant of $1.4…

In 2019, 80% of central banks were engaged in work related to central bank digital currency (CBDC), compared…

ENPO, one of the largest and oldest postal, financial and governmental service providers in the Middle East, has…