Vodacom processed $548 billion in mobile money as fintech surges
Vodacom, a pan-African technology group, processed nearly $548 billion in mobile money transactions over the past year, signalling that the telecom giant’s future... Read more.
Why Vodacom is taking its AI talent search back to university
The battle for artificial intelligence (AI) talent has reached South Africa’s universities. Facing a shortage of engineers and researchers, Vodacom Group, an African... Read more.
How smartphones became South Africa’s most powerful anti-corruption witness
When investigators at the Madlanga Commission, a South African judicial anti-corruption inquiry, projected WhatsApp conversations extracted from seized mobile phones... Read more.
Could stablecoins become AfCFTA’s missing payment rail?
When a South African business pays a supplier in Malawi, the money often takes a detour through the global financial system. Instead of moving directly across the... Read more.
South Africa wants every SIM card to become a trusted digital ID
A mobile number has evolved into one of South Africa’s most trusted digital identity credentials. It secures access to bank accounts, online payments and messaging... Read more.
The AT50 Index wants to make African stock exchanges matter again
For years, listing on Nasdaq or the London Stock Exchange (LSE) has been the ultimate ambition for many of Africa’s most successful startups. But at the Johannesburg... Read more.
Why South African banks still charge for instant payments
Three years after the launch of PayShap, South Africa’s real-time payment system, the technology behind instant bank transfers is no longer the issue. The question... Read more.
Float skipped Africa’s expansion race to challenge UK’s fintech giants
Float, a South African payments startup, is taking a card-linked instalment product developed at home to one of the world’s most sophisticated fintech markets,... Read more.
South Africa’s Starlink row shifts from licencing dispute to politics
Solly Malatsi, South Africa’s Communications Minister, has said the Starlink licencing controversy has evolved from a satellite broadband debate into a political... Read more.
He built a bride price calculator. It became a global curiosity.
When Zimbabwe went into lockdown in 2020, some people turned to baking, binge-watching television, or scrolling social media. Courage Nyoni taught himself how to... Read more.
