The Trade Mission includes a 15-day visit to DRC between 29th November and 13th December in Kinshasa, Lubumbashi, Goma, and Mbuji Mayi Investors from Kenya will meet and network with their counterparts in DRC in exploring opportunities that have the potential to Unlock Trade, Tourism and Investment opportunities in DRC and the Great Lakes Region
As part of the visit to Kenya of the French Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade and Economic Attractiveness, Franck Riester, Proparco granted Equity Bank two guarantee facilities, ARIZ and EURIZ totalling €39 million (5 billion KES) to help the Kenyan bank further support job creating MSMEs. Proparco also granted a €550,000 technical assistance facility to
FIS, Moneris, Global Payments, ANZ, CIBC, HSBC, ScotiaBank and more rolling out Visa Installments Solution to their customers, adding scale, brand trust and convenience to popular financing option Klarna signs global brand deal with Visa to accelerate expansion and scale in several markets As consumer demand for ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ (BNPL) solutions continues to grow, Visa has announced a growing list of
Misr Digital Innovation (MDI) is one of Banque Misr Companies, was established to launch the first digital bank in Egypt The seven-year strategic partnership agreement will see Mastercard support MDI with the issuance of debit, credit, and prepaid cards Mastercard will provide MDI with advisory, marketing, and product innovation support The new initiative will drive
Temenos Transact and Temenos Infinity will power the bank’s digital banking transformation to meet customers’ future needs as an agile, high-touch, high-tech bank Temenos, the banking software company, has announced that MIDBANK, a universal bank in Egypt providing retail, corporate, and investment banking services, has selected Temenos’ open banking platform to power its digital transformation.
Merchants can enable more than 50 cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, as alternative payment methods grow in demand ACI Worldwide, a leading global provider of real-time digital payment software and solutions, has announced a strategic partnership with RocketFuel Blockchain, Inc. (OTC QB: RKFL), a global provider of payment solutions via Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. ACI Secure eCommerce will offer RocketFuel’s solution via
Discover how Mojaloop can support hub operators to deliver instant interoperable payments for schemes in this recently published whitepaper. This whitepaper shares insights into: Interoperable instant payments and financial inclusion Defining good instant push payment interoperability Schemes and consortiums Things to consider when choosing technology The significance of Mojaloop approach Download the full executive briefing
iVeri has announced that it has completed integration with software and consulting company Synthesis Software Technologies to increase the opportunities available to businesses using software-based Point of Sale (SoftPOS) across Africa and the Middle East. Synthesis became the first Tap on Phone solution provider in Africa when it launched Halo Dot with Nedbank in June 2020. This launch was
Temenos’ open banking platform will enable Barko to offer affordable, accessible banking services to unbanked South Africans Temenos (www.Temenos.com), the banking software company, has announced that Barko, a leading microfinance company, plans to enter the retail banking market in South Africa with a new digital bank built on Temenos Transact and powered by The Temenos
By Paul Kent, CEO at Adumo The early stages of the pandemic were marked by a sudden shift away from cash purchases as consumers sought to limit their exposure to items that were seen as unclean. Industry figures indicate that 89% of South African consumers have used contactless payments to purchase groceries since the start
