SLA Mobile and Blue Turtle Technologies Launch Direct Operator Billing in the African Market

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SLA Mobile, a global mobile solutions provider, announced an agreement with Blue Turtle Technologies (Blue Turtle), a leading IT management solutions company, to bring together managed Digital Services to the African market. Blue Turtle is a South African Enterprise Technology company focused on optimising, enhancing and leveraging existing IT investment. Their expertise within the IT,

Zimbabwe Introduces New Bond Coins

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The Bankers Association of Zimbabwe, which represents all banking institutions in Zimbabwe, welcomes the introduction of the new Bond coins, which were unveiled by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe and will come into circulation on the 18th of December 2014. The Bond coins, which have been issued on a one-to-one equivalence to the United States

PayGate Introduces Enhanced Online Fraud Protection in Global Partnership

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E-commerce payment services provider PayGate says its new partnership with global fraud prevention company ReD, an ACI Worldwide company, will give added protection to South African online merchants. “As e-commerce in South Africa has matured, more and more local merchants are doing business outside our borders,” says PayGate’s head of business development Brendon Williamson. “This

Payments Afrika’s Most Popular Articles for 2014: South Africa

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2014 was an exciting time for payments in South Africa, here are a few of the top stories which made headlines over the past year. South Africa’s Top Five Articles:  FNB’s Easy Account Cheapest Full-Service Bank Account in South Africa The Solidarity Bank Charges 2013 report shows that FNB’s Easy Account is the cheapest full-service

BeepTool Partners with Conect2U in South Africa Expansion

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BeepTool, who has nearly 40,000 users around the world, is expanding to offer its popular vouchers in South Africa. Starting today, users will be able to top up at internet cafés and schools across the country, thanks to a new distribution partnership with Conect2U, a Welkom-based technology company. The vouchers are available in small denominations,

StreetCred Secures Exclusive Partnership with Nomanini

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Zambian airtime distributor StreetCred (Zambia) Ltd. secured an exclusive partnership with Nomanini – a South African-based mobile point of sale service that specialises in facilitating cash transactions in informal markets. Vahid Monadjem, CEO of Nomanini, comments: “We have been working with StreetCred for the past nine months or so, trialing and increasing the number of

Mobile Payments, Banks Drove Excellent e-commerce Growth in 2014

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Online shopping hit the mainstream in South Africa during 2014, says e-commerce payment services provider PayGate and the growth is set to continue during 2015. “The number of merchants we serve doubled this year, and the vast majority of those are new entrants to the market,” says PayGate CEO Peter Harvey. “We’ve also seen significant

E-Kwanza Mobile Payment Service Launched in Angola

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Angolan Investment Bank (BAI) has launched e-Kwanza a mobile money service that allows users to make transfers and payments for goods and services across the country. In a statement the bank said the service allows its individual customers to transfer money to family and friends anywhere in the country and make payments easily, quickly and

Supermart.ng, BidorBuy, Yuppiechef join eCommerce Africa’s advisory panel

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Organisers of eCommerce Africa Conference 2015 have announced members of the conference’s advisory panel. They are Nigeria’s Supermart.ng, South Africa-based Bidorbuy.co.za and ecommerce platform Yuppiechef.com Participants at the conference will enjoy tech demo sessions, networking opportunities, cocktail functions and supplier demonstrations. The expert-led advisory panel which includes Raphael Afaedor, Co-Founder of Jumia, and CEO and

Management Changes at BancABC

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ABC Holdings Limited announces that Doug T. Munatsi, Group CEO, Beki Moyo, Group CFO, and Francis M. Dzanya, Group COO, will be stepping down from their roles at BancABC at the end of the year. This follows Atlas Mara Co-Nvest Ltd’s (“Atlas Mara”) successful completion of its acquisition of BancABC in August 2014. Since the