Tag: Fintech
Prudential Financial invests $1.5million in the emerging market-focused LeapFrog Talent Accelerator
OnTalent development is the single greatest challenge most firms in emerging markets face. To help solve these problems, LeapFrog Investments has launched the LeapFrog Talent Accelerator (LTA), the private equity industry’s first talent development programme for CEOs, C-suite executives and middle managers in…
Peer-to-peer marketplace Pezesha to participate at the Blackbox Connect 20 in Silicon Valley
OnKenya’s Pezesha.com a peer-to-peer micro-lending marketplace for Africa has been selected to participate at the upcoming Blackbox Connect 20 accelerator programme, a two-week residential programme for startup founders from across the globe. Holding in Silicon Valley in November this year, Blackbox is…
Apply: 2017 Zambezi Prize for Financial Inclusion Ventures in Sub-Saharan Africa
OnApplications are open for the 2017 Zambezi Prize, which is aimed at raising awareness of entrepreneurship and financial inclusion, encouraging the flow of capital to financial inclusion ventures, and advancing entrepreneurship and financial inclusion to fuel broad-based prosperity. The Zambezi Prize is…
Oxford University and Get Smarter Launch FinTech Programme
OnOxford University’s Saïd Business School and South African e-learning company GetSmarter have launched an online FinTech programme to help meet the challenges of a rapidly changing financial services industry. The new digital open enrollment programme on financial technology and innovation was lanched…
Sureswipe launches an integrated point-of sale system to reduce contracts costs for merchants
OnSouth Africa’s Sureswipe, an independent payment service provider has launched a new Integrated Payments product expected to reduce manual hours spent on reconciliations, making customer payments quicker and safer. According to Paul Kent, managing director of Sureswipe: “Our new Integrated Payments product…