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As artificial intelligence progresses in Africa, it seeps ever further into the continent’s financial sectors and continues to reshape them. Automating certain tasks, simplifying financial processes for customers and financial service providers – these are the...

The boom of crypto trading and investment in Africa means that traditional centralised banking may eventually no longer have a place on the continent. As such, central banks are scrambling to keep up, with many starting to introduce their own official virtual...

Many economists, scientists, and environmentalists have stated that Africa is in a better state to fully adopt a circular economy than any other continent in the world. With most nations around the world having been based on linear economies for so long, building...

Africa has long relied on natural resources, mostly raw, unprocessed materials, as its chief exports – in 2020, raw goods accounted for more than half of the continent’s total exports. The continent’s reliance on raw material exports is widely considered excessive by...

Paypal and Transferwise might be some of the most used payment gateways on the African continent, but were founded by international companies. However, we’re more interested in payment processing platforms founded right here in Africa and are at the forefront of...

Africa is known for having spearheaded the global mobile money sector and continuing to be the world leader in the industry, with the chief players being the continent’s leading telecoms corporations. Even prior to the coronavirus pandemic, Sub-Saharan African...

Amazing the world, fintech businesses and corporations in Africa have somehow defied the COVID-19 pandemic, continuing to expand their capital throughout 2020 and into 2021. Africa has emerged as a promising market for fintech as start-ups continue to sprout up around...

The COVID-19 pandemic quickly drove the global economy into a recession last year with the suspension of much international trade and production activity. This trade shock caused commodities markets worldwide to take a huge knock. In 2021, however, with exporting and...