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FinTech is accelerating the digital transformation of banking in Africa

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FinTech is accelerating the digital transformation of banking in Africa

FinTech is accelerating the digital transformation of banking in Africa say more than 200 international experts gathered at the Finnovation Ethiopia event – but highlight that collaboration is the way forward Due to their potent blend of trail‐blazing technology and disruptive innovation, FinTech players are positively impacting the digital transformation of financial services in Africa and, in turn, further spurring incumbent banks to rapidly ramp‐up their own innovation initiatives to meet the financial needs of under‐served…

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As Leadership Vote Looms, Four Scenarios for South Africa’s ANC

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As Leadership Vote Looms, Four Scenarios for South Africa’s ANC

JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – South Africa’s ruling African National Congress is due to elect a new leader next month and the race is proving to be one of the most hotly contested and divisive in the 105-year-old party’s history. The front-runners to succeed President Jacob Zuma are his deputy Cyril Ramaphosa and Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Zuma’s ex-wife and the former chairwoman of the African Union Commission, with ANC Treasurer-General Zweli Mkhize seen as a possible compromise candidate. While it remains guesswork who’ll…

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Analyst says 94% of bitcoin’s price movement over the past four years can be explained by one equation.

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Analyst says 94% of bitcoin’s price movement over the past four years can be explained by one equation.

LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Tom Lee, cofounder of FundStrat Global Advisors, is bullish on bitcoin and has a unique way of valuing the cryptocurrency. His short-term valuation model is built on Metcalfe’s law, and he says it can explain the vast majority of bitcoin’s volatility. He explained his reasoning to Business Insider on our cryptocurrency show, “the bit.” Metcalfe’s law basically says that the value of a network is proportional to the square of…

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Guptas Accuse Regulator of Urging Banks to Shut Their Accounts

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Guptas Accuse Regulator of Urging Banks to Shut Their Accounts

JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – A group of companies linked to South Africa’s politically connected Gupta family said the country’s banking regulator encouraged lenders to shut their accounts, broadening a battle to retain the last of their banking services. The 20 businesses, which are suing Bank of Baroda’s local unit to keep their accounts open, have now included Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyagoand the Registrar of Banks Kuben Naidoo, whose office sits in the central…

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Surviving on $3 an Ounce Has Lonmin in Race Against Time

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Surviving on $3 an Ounce Has Lonmin in Race Against Time

JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – Every day, Lonmin Plc sends thousands of miners hundreds of meters below ground, where they use drills, diggers and explosives to extract about 40,000 metric tons of rock laden with precious metals. The ore is milled, crushed, concentrated, smelted and refined in a month-long process that eventually yields about 4,100 ounces of platinum-group metals each day. Yet for all its trouble, Lonmin’s revenue in the most recent quarter was barely $3 an ounce…

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Truecaller Phone App Maker in Talks With Airtel About Africa

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Truecaller Phone App Maker in Talks With Airtel About Africa

LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Swedish phone-app developer True Software Scandinavia AB is in talks with wireless operators including Bharti Airtel Limited to expand its fast-growing Truecaller spam-filtering service in Africa. Truecaller is seeking to roll out a version of the app that works with 2G phones, Chief Commercial Officer Ted Nelson said in an interview in Cape Town on Wednesday. About 70 percent of cell users in Africa use so-called service phones — devices that…

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The Internet of Tomatoes Is Coming, Starting With Boston Salads

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The Internet of Tomatoes Is Coming, Starting With Boston Salads

LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Intrigued by how blockchain was changing finance, an ex-banker at Wells Fargo & Co. and a former executive at Nasdaq Inc. began looking for other opportunities. They looked at applying the technology to insurance, law, even music.  Then they hit on farming. Raja Ramachandran and Phil Harris met when they were both working on Wall Street, in 2005 after Citigroup Inc. acquired electronic trading company Lava Trading. The pair remained friends for more than a…

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