The Reserve Bank of South Africa (which is the South African central bank) Governor, Lesetja Kganyago, criticized the crypto industry lobbying of U.S. policymakers, telling a Davos panel event that…
Egyptian fintech and a leading payment orchestration platform in Middle East and North Africa (MENA), MoneyHash, has secured $5.2 million in pre-A funding. The round was led by Flourish Ventures…
Kenyan leading telco, Safaricom, and the Kenya Bankers Association (KBA), have submitted a proposal to the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) seeking to integrate mobile money transfer service M-PESA, with…
The Kenya Cabinet Secretary for Information, Communications and the Digital Economy (MICDE), William Kabogo, has suggested tokenizing key government projects. According to Kabogo, tokenizing will help the government, not only…
Waza, a Y Combinator-backed (YC W23 Batch) B2B payments company, has launched a multi-currency account platform called Lync aimed at helping businesses facilitate international transactions. A Look at the Latest…
The Kenya Ministry of ICT and Digital Economy has released a draft document titled ‘Kenya National Artificial Intelligence Strategy 2025–2030’ with public comments on the strategy expected by January 19…
The USAID Women Entrepreneurship Incubator Program (WEIP) is a transformative initiative aimed at supporting Women-Owned Small and Growing Businesses (WO-SGBs) across Kenya by providing resources, mentorship, and financial support to…
The NFT market faced a challenging 2024, with trading volumes and sales counts plummeting to their lowest levels since 2020, a report by DappRadar, a blockchain analytics platform shows. According…
Diaspora remittances to Kenya hit a record $4.94 billion ( KES 640.75 billion) in the year ended December 2024, marking 18 percent growth that shattered the Central Bank of Kenya…