Affordable digital banking to revolutionise price-sensitive East African payments market
April 21, 2021
By: Ukheshe Technologies In a region still dominated by cash and mobile money options, like M-Pesa, new collaborations between fintechs are looking to capture the price-sensitive market with innovative, open-loop digital payment solutions in East…
Africa private sector recovery lags global trend
April 12, 2021
By Lullu Krugel, Chief Economist for PwC Strategy& Africa, and Dr Christie Viljoen, PwC Strategy& Economist 12-month outlook remains positive Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) reports released by IHS Markit in the first week of April…
Africa is serious about digitisation
April 9, 2021
John Kamau, Corporate Accounts Manager Africa for SSP spoke to COVER about guiding clients through a challenging year. Tony: Technology has become the main enabler across the insurance value chain, especially so for the many…
Insurance Innovation Across Africa
March 11, 2021
COVER recently had the chance to catch up with John Kamau, Corporate Accounts Manager, Africa at SSP. John gives us an update on the technology landscape across Africa. Listen to what he had to say…
Continental Reinsurance Plc positioned to deliver value post-Covid recovery of African nations as Group Managing Director/CEO Dr Femi Oyetunji announces his retirement. Almost 35 years after it was founded in Lagos, Nigeria, leading private pan-African…
Distributed by: APO Group on behalf of African Development Bank Group In a letter, dated 29 January 2021, S&P Global Ratings noted the Bank’s $115 billion capital increase, approved by its shareholders in October 2019ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast,…
Ukheshe and KCB in Deal to Boost East African Payment Services
February 1, 2021
By: Ukheshe In an initiative that will see the growth and development of payment services within the East Africa region, leading digital fintech platform provider, Ukheshe, has announced the conclusion of a new agreement with the…
Why Kenya is ready for sustainable finance
December 3, 2020
By: Faizal Bhana, Director, Middle East, Africa and India, Jersey Finance. The warm response to Kenya’s first green bond earlier in the year was a breath of fresh air in a market that has struggled to…
