Five reasons to be upbeat about Africa’s insurance industry Published by Elmehdi Amid on 30 January 2015 Elmehdi Amid, a senior analyst at Infomineo, highlights five realities supporting the idea of a booming African insurance market.
Why a new fund is targeting intra-Africa trade Published by Kate Douglas on 17 December 2014 COMESA is set to see up to US$1bn injection with new trade finance fund.
What Bitcoin could mean for remittances in Africa Published by Kate Douglas on 10 December 2014 Could Bitcoin help curb Africa’s loss of US$1.8bn annually in remittance fees?
Why a South African law firm is accepting Bitcoin as a payment option Published by Kate Douglas on 5 December 2014 Thomson Wilks is now accepting the crypto-currency Bitcoin as a form of payment from its clients.
US private equity firm Carlyle bullish about Nigeria Published by Staff Writer on 2 December 2014 Carlyle recently made a $147m investment in Nigeria’s Diamond Bank.
Payments company adapts business model to reality of African market Published by Kate Douglas on 20 November 2014 Skrill’s emerging market model will be launching in Côte d’Ivoire, Rwanda and Tanzania in the next few weeks.
Why M-Pesa’s Kenya business model had to be altered for South Africa Published by Kate Douglas on 17 November 2014 Herman Singh explains why M-Pesa’s Kenyan model failed in South Africa in 2010, and why the revamped version will succeed.
Unpacking credit card usage in Africa Published by Eran Feinstein on 11 November 2014 Credit card usage in Africa trails other continents significantly.
New Kenyan ‘thin SIMs’ poised to transform African mobile money Published by Hilary Heuler on 3 November 2014 Equity Bank is rolling out its own mobile network using a new paper-thin SIM card that sits on top of an ordinary SIM.
How Standard Chartered is using smartphones to understand Nigeria’s economy Published by Jaco Maritz on 31 October 2014 Accurate market data is often hard to come by in many African countries.
ATMs still have a future in Africa, says Diebold Published by Kate Douglas on 29 October 2014 While mobile payments is leapfrogging traditional financial services infrastructure in Africa, Diebold says there’s still strong growth potential for ATMs.
‘Facebook and online shopping? Yes! But please no internet banking’ Published by Bode Abifarin on 28 October 2014 Internet-loving Nigerians slow to adopt web banking.
Meet the Boss: Karl Westvig, CEO, AFB Published by Dinfin Mulupi on 20 October 2014 “You can’t build a big business without trusting people.”
AFB’s lending model based on trust rather than collateral Published by Dinfin Mulupi on 14 October 2014 How we made it in Africa speaks to Karl Westvig, CEO of financial services firm AFB.
