African Development Bank approves $310 million financial package for FirstRand Bank to scale up lending to MSMEs, women ...

Moni, a Y Combinator–backed fintech, has officially rebranded as Rank, unveiling a new mission to build Africa’s first fully ...

The African Development Bank Group ( held a joint review of its project portfolio in the Republic of Equatorial Guinea in ...

Nigerian fintech Rank acquires AjoMoney and Zazzau Microfinance Bank to expand services Zazzau rebranded as Rank Microfinance Bank; AjoMoney tech integrated into app New group savings product to offer ...

Across Africa, millions of people continue to rely on traditional, community-based savings systems such as Nigeria’s ajo, ...

Tyme Group, a South African fintech, has secured $250 million in a Series D round, pushing its valuation to $1.5 billion. The funding was led by Nu Holdings, which owns Latin America’s most valuable ...

South Africa's Discovery Bank announced a new partnership with Luno, a cryptocurrency trading platform. With this partnership ...

The International Finance Corporation, the World Bank's private investment arm, is expanding its local-currency lending and ...

A Ghanaian based brokerage firm GFX on Thursday announced a landmark initiative placing the company at the forefront of Africa’s financial innovation. GFX has entered into a strategic arrangement with ...

Adrian Saville works for/consults to the Tennant Group of companies. A study of 160 countries, spanning 60 years of economic history, establishes that there is no country that has been able to ...

South Africa’s central bank chief Lesetja Kganyago said that officially locking in a lower inflation goal could underpin another drop in bond yields, which have already fallen sharply since he ...