FINANCE

The LHoFT Foundation as part of its believes that financial technology is crucial to advancing financial inclusion, and empowering groups that have been left behind by the traditional financial system is set...

Nairobi-based digital payments startup BitPesa has launched in Ghana, enabling Ghanaians to settle global payments in the local currency, the Ghana Cedi (GHS). In a press release, the Fintech company stated that its services will allow Ghanaians to...

Paradise Game (ParadiseGame.net), beacon for esports and edtech in Africa, initiated with VISA, a regional program to promote financial education to equip 200,000 young Africans with economic, budgetary and...

Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia, the Vice President of Ghana has successfully launched the first mobile money interoperability system today, May 10. The system will allow customers to send money from one mobile network...

Ghanaian banking, insurance and financial technology industry players will for the first time organize an event dubbed "Banking, Insurance and FinTech Festival". This event they explained is to celebrate their collective achievements. According...

Visa, the world’s leader in digital payments, in partnership with leading Ghanaian banks, has announced the launch of Visa on mobile service in Ghana. From today, the partnership commences with four Ghanaian...

Leading telecommunication giant, MTN is set to invest over $144 million capital expenditure to improve the quality of their network services. Mrs Pala Asiedu Ofori, the Acting Senior Corporate Services Executive, said...

Utambuzi has launched in Kenya. Utambuzi, which means ‘insights’ or ‘diagnosis’ in Swahili, is a personal finance management product that leverages machine learning to track income and expenses, and...

Vice President of Ghana, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has announced that, by the first half of 2020 Ghanaians will be eligible to make payments on PayPal. This follows a discussion between Ghana and...

Airtel Zambia and Standard Chartered Bank Zambia has partnered to launch a new mobile money wallet platform dubbed “Straight2Bank.” This newly launched mobile money wallet is expected to give customers the chance...