“No reason why South Africa cannot follow the UK and Singapore in becoming a fintech centre of excellence,” says head of AlphaCode, a club for fintech entrepreneurs. “Now that the South African […]
Senior leaders the hot ticket in Africa’s booming fintech sector
With the rapid and sustained growth of the fintech sector in East Africa, in particular in Kenya, there has been a sharp rise in demand for skilled leaders to fill […]
R4-million awarded to four of SA’s top BEE fintech startups
Merrill Lynch South Africa funds R3 million and Royal Bafokeng R1 million The winners: (above, from left) Justin Bothner, head of investment banking, Merrill Lynch South Africa; Neo Ratau, Founder […]
FICA finally made simple: take a photo and a selfie
Thursday, 25 October 2017: The South African-based fintech startup that offers the cheapest cross-border money transfer rates into key African countries and now into India, has introduced the easiest online […]
FICA record-breaker ThisIsMe wins African Fintech Awards
ABOVE: Co-founders of ThisIsMe, David Thomas and Juan Furmie. Cape Town, Tuesday, 17 October 2017: ThisIsMe won top spot at the African Fintech Awards hosted at the Finance Indaba last week. […]