UBA Zambia introduces Leo, its digital banking assistant
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Zambia has added to its digital banking platform options with the introduction of Leo, UBA’s digital Banker whom customers can use to carry out banking…
Zanaco and Mt Meru Petroleum partner for digital payments
Zanaco has entered in a partnership with Mt Meru Petroleum for the use of the bank’s digital payment systems at all Mt Meru facilities across the country. Zanaco Head of Corporate and…
Orange Digital Ventures invests in Africa’s Talking, helping it raise $8.6m
Orange Digital Ventures Africa, the Orange investment fund’s new initiative for Africa launched last June, is proud to announce its first investment, helping Africa’s Talking to raise $8.6 million alongside the…
Zanaco hatches growth plan and new money transfer facility called Xap Me
Last night Zanaco launched its refreshed brand with a promise to support the growth of its customers, businesses, communities and the national economy. They also unveiled a new feature called Xap Me…
Tapping digital technologies’ potential for contributing to development
While people in major cities and developed countries enjoy an ever-expanding selection of applications and other innovations to help them live more efficient, safer and entertaining lives, millions in the…
10th ICT4D Conference to focus on impact for development sector
ICT4D Conference 2018, the largest event of its kind for the humanitarian development sector, this year aims at mapping out to the path for technology to make the maximum impact…
How to crush the gender digital divide in technology
Technology is advancing everyday and the target consumers of the products we get from these advancements are humans, but just how many access it, and of those, how many are…
$1 billion in transactions processed on Ecobank Mobile App in Africa
Ecobank The Ecobank Mobile App, a single, unified financial services application across 33 African countries, has processed 9 million transactions worth over $1 billion since launch less than 18 months ago….
Standard Chartered bank launches its first-ever digital bank in Africa
Standard Chartered Bank today announced the official launch of its digital bank in Côte d’Ivoire. This marks the Bank’s first digital bank in Africa and the first-of-its-kind to open in Côte…
Zanaco drives financial inclusion by taking banking services to communities
Zanaco says it’ll leverage its growing agency banking model and its various electronic banking platforms to grow into the top transactional bank in Zambia by 2020. Managing Director and CEO…
Register for ICTforAg 2018
Please register to attend and sign up to present at ICTforAg 2018 on June 14th, at FHI 360 in Washington, DC This one-day conference will build on ICTforAg 2015, 2016, and 2017, bringing…
Postcode Lottery Green Challenge 2018 now underway
Since Thursday, 1 March, green start-ups from all over the world can sign up for the Postcode Lottery Green Challenge. The competition has expanded to become one of the largest annual sustainability…
Mastercard acquires Oltio to accelerate digital payments adoption in Middle East & Africa
Mastercard has completed its acquisition of mobile payments technology company Oltio from Standard Bank Group. The acquisition builds on Mastercard’s longstanding relationship with Oltio, a startup that pioneered and patented…
MTN Mobile Money hits 1 million MAU mark
MTN Mobile Money has marked 1 million active subscribers by announcing increased investment into a robust distribution network, building on the financial services provider’s more than 3,000 booths and 12,000 active agents…
Zoona announced in ‘Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Africa’
Financial services company Zoona has been placed in third position in the ‘Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Africa 2018’ by international business publication Fast Company. The award honours leading enterprises…
Airtel mobile money partners with Standard Chartered’s Straight2Bank wallet services
Airtel has partnered with Standard Chartered Bank Zambia to launch their mobile money wallet and Straight2Bank wallet platform in Zambia which will enable customers to instantly send money directly from…
Bundle Wars: of overpricing, exploitation, and rumoured collusion
A contribution by a technology analyst who preferred to stay anonymous Zambia’s raging telecom battle has all the ingredients of a ‘Hunger Games’ movie: the combination of rivalry, power plays,…
Zambia’s first ever eCommerce Expo to be held in June
The 1st Zambia E-commerce Expo will be held in June 2018 at the Mulungushi Conference Centre under the theme “E-commerce – a catalyst in Zambia’s economic growth“. The expo content…
‘2018 is the year of the customer’ – MTN Zambia
MTN Zambia is targeting growth in 2018 through the delivery of services and products that are relevant and affordable for its customers, This will see the company continue to invest in its…
WorldRemit raises $40m to target 5 million customers in Africa
Digital money transfer service WorldRemit has raised $40m to drive its next phase of global growth, aiming to serve 10 million customers connected to emerging markets. Half of these customers will…
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