While fintech and mobile solutions for money transfers have taken off in Africa, there has been a mixed reaction thus far from governments to the use and regulation of blockchain and cryptocurrency...
23 hours ago
Many central banks are rethinking their approach to the environmental and social impact of their operations...
Danny Bradlow 3 days ago
The operational phase of the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement (AfCFTA) was officially launched at the African Union (AU) summit in Niger in early July...
Virusha Subban & Itumeleng Mukhovha 10 Jul 2019
Fishing, aquaculture, shipping, ports, energy and finance industries all came under the spotlight at the second Africa Blue Economy Forum (ABEF2019) held in Tunis, Tunisia late last month...
4 Jul 2019
The UN recognises 180 currencies worldwide as legal tender, all of them issued by nation states. It does not recognise cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin in this way, even if communities of enthusiasts have been treating them as a means of exchange for over a decade now...
Gavin Brown 27 Jun 2019
Cryptocurrencies offer a financial lifeline to people excluded from the formal financial economy and to those living in oppressive political or economic regimes...
Bronwyn Williams 20 Jun 2019
The World Bank estimates that 66% of people living in Sub-Saharan Africa do not have bank accounts...
13 Jun 2019
Africa is still home to a large unbanked population. Eighty percent of adults in sub-Saharan Africa don't use any formal or informal banking facilities, and only 5% of adults have a credit card...
Vaughan Alexander 12 Jun 2019
Africa boasts some of the fastest growing regions, supported by strong population growth, technological innovation and infrastructure deficit...
5 Jun 2019
Russia has never had an African colony. It stayed out of the scramble for Africa, only engaging with African states in the 19th Century.
János Besenyo 3 Jun 2019
