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africanews.com /1 month ago

Growth, urbanisation and fintech: How Africa's economy has evolved over the last 10 years

Africa has experienced an acceleration of its economic and digital transformations over the last decade. This evolution is driven by strong population growth and rapid urbanisation...

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allafrica.com /1 month ago

Africa: Africa Tightens Ai and Data Regulations As Stablecoin Adoption Grows in Finance Sector

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- As banks, financial institutions, telecommunications firms and payment service providers (PSPs) increasingly adopt stablecoins as core infrastructure for tr...

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premiumtimesng.com /2 weeks ago

Africa’s economies must reform financial systems to unlock industrial growth — Oyedele

The Minister warns that Africa remains trapped by a “prejudice premium” in global finance, calling for urgent reforms to unlock affordable capital and drive industrial growth acros...

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allafrica.com /1 month ago

Africa: Africa's Non-Bank Capital Pools Cross $2 Trillion Mark

[New Times] Africa's domestic capital base has reached a scale that now exceeds external financing flows over the past decade, marking a turning point in how the continent funds it...

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thecitizen.co.tz /2 weeks ago

How inclusive financial policies can address SMEs’ challenges in Africa

Many women entrepreneurs, including small and medium enterprise (SME) operators across Africa and other developing countries, continue to face structural barriers that prevent them...

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bmmagazine.co.uk /5 days ago

South Africa’s digital economy is growing faster than ever before

There's a massive behavioral shift going on in the world, that makes financial technology incredibly important right now. Technology completely alters how South Africans navigate t...

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africanews.com /1 month ago

Can Africa’s informal economy become the continent’s next investment frontier? {Business Africa}

Formalising Africa’s sizable informal sector: how an investment company is turning unreported consumer power into verifiable, high-growth portfolios. While Kenya’s housing faces c...

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news.bitcoin.com /1 month ago

VALR and Onafriq Pioneer Direct Local Currency Funding for African Crypto Users

VALR has integrated with Onafriq to allow users across the continent to fund their wallets using mobile money. Key Takeaways: VALR and Onafriq integrated to allow mobile money fund...

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premiumtimesng.com /3 weeks ago

UBA Pushes Deeper Bank-Fintech Collaboration at pan African Conference

The conference convened more than 20 leading fintechs and ecosystem stakeholders, including PalmPay, OPay, PayAza, Mastercard, Visa, Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System, and repre...

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finextra.com /1 month ago

Fintech Investment Trends in Africa: Where Capital Is Flowing? (Nikunj Gundaniya)

What if the next big fintech opportunity is not where you usually look, but where capital is quietly...

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finextra.com /1 month ago

The Great Unbundling: How AI and No-Code Are Rewriting the Rules of African FinTech (John Pabi Ntifo)

For the past decade, the narrative around African FinTech has been all about infrastructure. We f

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theeastafrican.co.ke /1 month ago

African economies explore stable coins option for cross-border settlement

A stablecoin is a digital asset backed by a reserve asset, usually the currency it is pegged to.

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theeastafrican.co.ke /2 weeks ago

Africa targets $4tr from wealthy class to fund new energy sources

Despite significant discoveries, inadequacy of capital has led to delays in exploration and commercialisation.

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punchng.com /1 week ago

Africa’s growth needs finance talent, not just policy

Africa’s economic growth hinges on developing skilled finance talent. Discover how modern qualifications are essential for sustainable development across t Read More: https://punc...

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punchng.com /5 days ago

Loma Bank expands digital finance access for SMEs

Loma Bank partners with Liberty Hub to provide embedded finance, digital accounts, and loans to over 11,000 SMEs, boosting financial inclusion in Nigeria. Read More: https://punch...

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newsonlineng.com /1 week ago

Beyond the vibe: Bridging Africa’s Build Divide with Intelligent Infrastructure

Africa has always found its own way around barriers. When fixed-line banking proved too slow and too exclusionary, Kenya did not wait for the infrastructure to catch up. It built M...

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thisdaylive.com /4 weeks ago

Ugwuanyi: Financial System Must Reflect Culture to Drive Growth

Kuni Tyessi in Abuja Nigeria cannot achieve sustainable economic growth without a functional, inclusive and culturally responsive financial system, Wilfred N.J. Ugwuanyi, a Profess...

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thisdaylive.com /1 month ago

EFInA Intensifies Efforts in Advancing Women’s Financial Inclusion

Enhancing Financial Inclusion and Advancement (EFInA) has intensified efforts to advance women’s economic empowerment and financial inclusion as it recently brought together wo...

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theeastafrican.co.ke /4 weeks ago

Africa enduring ‘good’ problem of spending own growth funds

While Africa possesses significant domestic capital such as in pension funds and insurance reserves, these are often managed by institutions with high risk aversion.

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theeastafrican.co.ke /2 weeks ago

Mo Ibrahim: Africa loses $5bn in currency conversion costs yearly

This increases the cost of intra-Africa trade, which is still grappling with other barriers.

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africanews.com /1 month ago

Finance body says Africa faces an 86 million tonne fuel shortfall by 2040

The Africa Finance Corporation says this highlights the continent's vulnerability to global shipping chokepoints.

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allafrica.com /2 days ago

Nala Secures $50m Credit Line for Stablecoin Payments

[Daba Finance] Nala secured up to $50 million in credit financing from Liquidity to support its stablecoin-powered cross-border payment network. The facility starts with an initial...

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thisdaylive.com /1 month ago

Africa’s Domestic Capital Hits $2tn, Overtakes External Flows, Says AFC Report

*Says Nigeria, others must shift focus from funding gap to deployment challenge Festus Akanbi in Nairobi Africa’s domestic capital base has risen to over $2 trillion, surpassing cu...

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allafrica.com /1 month ago

Africa: Gulf Shock, African Shield

[Independent (Kampala)] Cairo, Egypt -- Africa's multilateral lender, African Export-Import Bank, has approved a $10 billion emergency facility to shield African and Caribbean econ...

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