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AfCFTA needs to benefit all states

January 4, 2022

What is the balance sheet after one year of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area agreement?

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Go beyond marketing in banking for women

December 17, 2021

Getting more women into the banking system needs more than a pink debit card. Demystifying the process of banking and making it accessible will help to bring more women into the formal financial sector. 

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The identity conundrum

December 17, 2021

How do you know that you are you? This existential question plagues humankind, as identification is not the same as identity. 

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Banks a crucial part of the 'passion economy'

December 1, 2021

Is the industry ready to offer services to this smaller sized, but fast-growing segment of the corporate market?

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Cloud adoption enters its next phase

December 1, 2021

Spurred on by the pandemic, the banking sector looks set for a more concerted push into cloud-based IT usage.

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Why banks need to finance futuristic ideas

November 8, 2021

Revolutionary change is sometimes hard to understand – but we are on the cusp of a new reality.

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Leapfrog and scale: the rise of fintech in Africa

November 4, 2021

Fintech investments on the African continent exceeded $1.35bn last year. The question now is whether a lack of incumbent legacy systems can help propel the sector further.

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Quantum computing holds huge promise for banking

October 27, 2021

The financial sector is one of the fastest growing markets for quantum technologies, and the long-term impact could be significant.

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ESG is now a core strategic issue

October 26, 2021

The performance of companies against environmental, social and governance criteria is increasingly impacting stock market valuations and is expected to be central to creating value in a changing economy.

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Is a single global payments area possible?

October 26, 2021

What will it take to make cross-border payments as easy, quick, inexpensive and transparent as domestic payments? The debate continues.

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