Ukheshe
Payment

Building Trust in Digital Payments in Africa 

While cash and mobile money remain the dominant payment methods in Africa, they come with significant challenges. Cash is inefficient,

Payment
Payment

Fintechs are Set to Transform Cross-border Payments in Africa

For centuries people have crossed borders to live, work, and trade. While cross-border payment systems are crucial for financial inclusion

Ukheshe
Entrepreneurship Fintech

Entrepreneurs Need to Better Understand Risk and Fail Better by Failing Fast and Forward

Are entrepreneurs risk takers at heart or calculated visionaries?  According to serial entrepreneur and Ukheshe Technologies CEO, Clayton Hayward, many

Payment
Payment

Cash is King – But Digital Payments Are Coming For The Throne

Even with a high banked population and a multitude of electronic payment options available, the average South African still use

Telkom
Partnership Payment Technology

Telkom Launches Africa’s First Virtual Card For Transacting on WhatsApp

Ukheshe, Mastercard, Nedbank, and Telkom collaborate to grow access to the digital economy with a virtual product that enables secure

Mastercard
Appointment

Mastercard Appoints Victor Ndlovu as Director, Country Business Development Lead, East Africa

Mastercard has announced the appointment of Victor Ndlovu as Director, Country Business Development Lead, East Africa. Victor is a seasoned

digital
Fintech Partnership Payment

Affordable Digital Banking to Revolutionise Price-sensitive East African Payments Market

In a region still dominated by cash and mobile money options, like M-Pesa, new collaborations between fintechs are looking to

Ukheshe
Financial Inclusion Fintech

Closing the Digital Divide Reaches Urgent Levels as Covid-19 Leaves Devastation in its Wake

There is a growing appreciation of financial inclusion and its role in economic development. Tied closely to this is the

Mastercard
Entrepreneurship Fintech Startup

Mastercard Announces Fintech Express to Empower MEA Fintechs to Launch and Expand Rapidly

Mastercard has launched Fintech Express in the Middle East and Africa, a program designed to facilitate emerging fintechs’ launch and

Nokwary
Competition Entrepreneurship Fintech

Ghana’s Nokwary Named Winner of Ecobank Fintech Challenge 2020

Nokwary Technologies, a Ghanaian fintech startup, has been named winner of the Ecobank fintech challenge after an exciting virtual event