News from the RECS
Work continues to bring the SADC, EAC, and COMESA closer together. Meanwhile, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is urging Malawi to complete the process of ratifying…
Read MoreResearch into Mobile Money in Nigeria
The research company, Kasi Insights issued a survey in March (see: www.kasiinsight.com) on Fintech services in Nigeria, most of which are delivered by mobile. On the supply side, all banks (21)…
Read MoreGSMA Releases Its Survey on Mobile Money – Africa Leads
Africa now accounts for 70% of the world’s $1tr mobile money value. The value of Africa’s mobile money transactions edged up 39% to $701.4bn in 2021 from $495bn in 2020,…
Read MoreEcommerce Turnover in Kenya
The Research body, Kasi Insights, has issued its Brand Intelligence Tracker from 2021 which looks at how COVID affected the take-up of ecommerce in Kenya according to the report, ecommerce…
Read MoreMore on Telecoms Connectivity
Pan-African technology group, Liquid Intelligent Technologies, also announced that it has acquired space on the Google-backed Equiano subsea cable. The firm’s latest acquisition gives it the capacity to transport traffic…
Read MoreData Centres in Africa
Readers will recall that one of the major policy issues recently has been the storage and flow of data in Africa. Some “data localisation” regulations exist (specifically for financial data,…
Read MoreNews From Africa
New Trends in Payments – Interview with Michael Avery 102.7 FM Hot Business host Michael Avery will be interviewing EFSA Chair, Karen Nadasen, Board member Andrew Ma, BankServ Africa expert…
Read MoreWorld Intellectual Property Day, 26 April
Well, I missed it, and it deserved to be recognised. Intellectual property (IP) is a vital part of the global creative and innovative ecosystems, especially for individual creators, entrepreneurs, start-ups,…
Read MoreSoutheast Asia Also Turns to ‘Social Commerce’
Just as Africa has embraced social commerce over the last three years, Southeast Asia has adopted the use of social media platforms to overcome its digital divide. The region is…
Read MoreEFA and the E-Merchants Trade Council
A new body, the E-Merchants Trade Council, Inc., has been set up in the USA to promote exports and imports generated by online sales. It has already started to lobby…
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