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Blockchain
Fintech SandBox Policy to be Ready by July 2018, Says CMA Boss, Paul Muthaura
Regulation in the Blockchain and crypto space is inevitable and coming very soon. To enable this, Capital Markets Authority is…
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Finnovation Kenya 2018: Collaboration way forward to driving constructive economic outcomes from the FinTech ecosystem in Africa
Finnovation Kenya 2018 summit kicked off today at the Radisson Blu Nairobi, bringing together more than 200 FinTech experts to…
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Blockchain
Finnovation South Africa 2018: How FinTech is Accelerating Digital Transformation of Banking in Africa
The unique environment for financial services in Africa is fertile ground for innovative FinTech players who are capitalising on the…
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Who wants complimentary passes to the Finnovation Africa: Kenya 2018 summit?
The Finnovation Africa: Kenya 2018 summit is coming to Nairobi on 31st May 2018. The event will bring together more…
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Startups
Lagos based startup LifeBank closes $200 000 EchoVC-led round
Lagos based last mile medical supply startup LifeBank has closed $200 000 seed round, led by EchoVC Pan-Africa fund. Also…
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COLUMNS
Cloud computing can improve local realities in Kenya
Corine Mbiaketcha Nana, Managing Director Kenya Hub covering East, Central and West Africa at Oracle Kenya has distinguished itself as…
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Jim Rogers: Cashless Africa – A dream tech investment
It took the chance encounter of being held hostage in the Congo in the 1990s to awake in James Beeland…
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FinTech in South Africa: Accelerating the Digital Transformation of Banking & Financial Services
Ethico Live has announced the launch of Finnovation South Africa summit. The event will see participants from established banking powerhouses…
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BUSINESS
Digital credit scoring is paving the way to more affordable microloans in East Africa.
Fintech companies are using digital technology to score the creditworthiness of people in emerging markets, potentially enabling millions of people…
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FinTech players to gather in Nairobi for the Finnovation Africa Series summit
More than 300 participants from established banking powerhouses to FinTech start‐ups will in May gather in Nairobi for the Finnovation…
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CYBER SECURITY
Artificial Intelligence: Your Bot Will See You Now
Next time you contact your insurer there is a good chance that you will be dealing with Artificial Intelligence (AI).…
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Modex partners with BlockEx to launch ICO pre-sale for Smart Contract Marketplace
Modex has announced that the ICO pre-sale for its smart contract marketplace will open today in partnership with BlockEx a leader…
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#AfricaCom2017 – Driving Digital Democracy in Africa
The 20th anniversary of Africa’s largest tech-focused event may have come and gone, but beyond the record-breaking number of visitors,…
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BUSINESS
Youtap launches mobile money payment processing platform as a cloud-based service
Youtap has launched a new payment processing platform delivered as a cloud service for mobile money and payments providers in…
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Addressing Financial Inclusivity through Digital Democracy: Is Bitcoin the digital version of gold?
Financial inclusivity is a pre-requisite for building any economy, none more so than in Africa. Acknowledging the role Fin-Tech is…
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AfricaCom 2017 to be held from 7th-9th November as it celebrates its 20th Anniversary
One of Africa’s leading technology event AfricaCom will be held from 7th to 9th November 2017 in Cape Town, South…
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COLUMNS
A new meaning for CIOs: Champions of Innovation in Organisations
Kenyan CIOs should be ready to surf the next wave of digital disruption By Nikki Summers, Regional Director for Sage…
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COLUMNS
CIOs should embrace the role of championing innovation and agility in the business
The previous wave of digital disruption, triggered by mobile technology, caught most CIOs and organizations off guard. 10 years ago, hardly…
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COLUMNS
Opinion: A look to the bank of the future
Imagine a world where you could predict when your customers will have their first thought about retirement planning and be…
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BUSINESS
Why Wechat is a threat to Safaricom’s M-Pesa.
A few days ago I visited Chinese internet finance museum for a blockchain event organized by okcoin, one of Bitcoin’s…
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CYBER SECURITY
Zcash Fever: Criminals Exploiting Users PCs to Make Profits Mining Cryptocurrency
At the end of October, the new cryptocurrency Zcash was launched. It is positioned by its creators as a more…
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News
IBM Opens Industry’s First Cloud Data Center in Norway
Customers throughout Fetsund, Norway will now have local access to a complete portfolio of IBM cloud services after IBM opened…
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IBM opens first Innovation Space in Africa at iHub, Nairobi
By Nixon Kanali / TechTrendsKE Tapping expertise from IBM’s existing Innovation Centre and Research Lab in Kenya, IBM has announced a new innovation…
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