Could innovation in payments and e-commerce expand intra-African trade?
The African Continental Free Trade Area going live heralds exciting times for tech innovation in payments, e-commerce and trade across Africa
E-payments for the unbanked are booming
The pandemic is providing mobile phone network operators with a unique chance to partner with fintech firms and banks to deliver clever e-commerce solutions to the informal sector in Africa
Digital financial services could fast-track UN SDGs
COMMENT The world is going through unprecedented challenges caused by a novel, rapidly transmitted coronavirus. Experts predict difficult times ahead with shrinking economies, loss of life and livelihoods and some structural changes — a new normal. Change is afoot in Africa as governments work tirelessly to identify their most vulnerable citizens for emergency disbursements. Banks, […]
