Banking in a Cashless Society Will Require African Solutions for African Problems
African economies are well positioned to benefit from rapidly accelerating technological change if they can harness the current open landscape ...
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Ecobank Launches Fintech Challenge: Top 10 Finalists To Be Made Fellows
Ecobank is inviting African fintech entrepreneurs to enter its Ecobank Fintech Challenge. Fintech is a portmanteau of financial technology that describes ...
Ghana Ripe For Cashlite Economy
Mr Alhassan Andani, Chief Executive of Stanbic Bank Ghana, says going cashlite may be a way out of the recent ...
Ofori-Atta Leads Gov’t Delegation On Non-Deal Roadshow To Asia
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta is leading a government delegation on a study tour of the financial sector of Hong Kong ...
Vodafone Headlines 16th Banking Awards
Mobile telecommunication network, Vodafone Ghana, is set to headline this year’s 16th Ghana Banking Awards; representing a solid three-year run ...
Are US Banks Regaining Their Appetite For Acquisitions?
News that JPMorgan Chase considered bidding for British payment company Worldpay signals that big US banks could be shifting back ...
BoG Gives Authorization For GN Bank Mobile Money
The Bank of Ghana has given authorization to GN Bank to introduce mobile money to the public. The BOG authorization ...
Cellulant Fosters Ghana-Kenya Trade
Organisers of the Kenya Trade Expo Ghana 2017 have signed an agreement with Cellulant, a Pan-African FinTech Company. The agreement ...
Cellulant Supports Kenya Trade Expo Ghana
Pan-African FinTech Company, Cellulant, has announced the signing of a partnership agreement with the Kenya Trade Expo Ghana 2017 during ...
Shippers In Ghana To Pay For Services Via Mobile Money
Shippers can now effect payment for services rendered to them in the clearance chain via mobile money, online as well ...
Ecobank Announces Finalists of 2017 Ecobank Fintech Challenge
Ecobank has announced the finalists in the ‘Ecobank Fintech Challenge,’ a competition for African technology start-ups. The list includes 20 innovators ...
Telcos Can Pay Salaries Through Mobile Money – Vodafone CEO
Some players in the telecom industry have indicated their readiness to handle the payment system of workers in the country ...
Slydepay Has Over 30,000 Subscribers – Derrydean Dadzie
CEO of DreamOval, Derrydean Dadzie has said that Slydepay now has over 30,000 subscribers. According to him, Slydepay, which started ...
The Celebrities Dishing Out Random Acts of Kindness
Grime star Stomzy hit headlines earlier this week after an unexpected act of generosity. When Oxford University student Fiona Asiedu ...
Mobile Money Fraud and Sustenance; Network Companies Must Sit Up
Mobile Money fraud and sustenance; Network companies must sit up All the Telcos in the country provide mobile money services ...
IMF Spring Meetings 2017
A clear theme running through the meetings was the need to protect the growth momentum The world’s economic leaders and ...
Wikipedia Founder Creates News Service
Wikipedia's co-founder Jimmy Wales is planning a news service that combines the work of professional journalists and volunteers. His goal ...
African Small-Scale Farmers To Benefit From Ecosystem Initiative
The integrated Financial and Commodities Ecosystem (FinComEco) on Monday launched an initiative aimed at driving improvements in food security, economic ...
Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales Creates News Service Wikitribune
Wikipedia’s co-founder Jimmy Wales is planning a news service that combines the work of professional journalists and volunteers. His goal ...
Patronise Instant Pay, Mobile Money Services
The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems (GhIPSS), Archie Hesse has encouraged the public to ...