On Thursday, Melon Mobile, a brand-new mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), will launch. In a video interview with ITWeb last week, Calvin Collett, the founder, and CEO of Melon Mobile, made the announcement. An MVNO is a company that offers wireless communications services but does not control the wireless network

With the help of Syrve, an all-in-one restaurant management system, Fawry, the country’s top provider of banking services and e-payments solutions, will give Egypt’s food and beverage industry access to an automated checkout process and seamless payments. In New Cairo, Egypt, at the Egypt International Exhibition Centre, the

In order to facilitate secure and dependable transactions between the UK and South Africa, Truzo, the first digital escrow platform with an African emphasis and FCA approval, has been launched in the UK. After winning the UK Tech Hub Going Global 2019 competition and accelerating its growth as part of

Some 20 years ago, businesses had to adopted inefficient payment methods that were thought to be efficient. Typically, the procedure include entering card data into merchant platforms, or accepting payment personally or by mail. Businesses have had to regularly deal with ineffective payment methods, merchant tools, and internal corporate software

For the Africa’s vibrant and expanding private firms, private equity has proven effective in bridging the gap between self-financing and traditional capital market activity. Private equity has profited from advances in African investment environments and experienced some remarkable triumphs, garnering recognition as an efficient and cutting-edge vehicle for private-sector

TymeBank began as TYME in South Africa in 2012, a fintech business that specialized in domestic digital remittance services. In 2017, TymeBank received the country’s first commercial banking license since 1999.  South Africa’s fastest growing digital bank has now bolstered its business banking offering with the acquisition of

Customers of South Africa’s top network, Vodacom, who are traveling abroad for the holiday season can now reduce their international roaming expenses by utilizing the finest international roaming bundles. The 1GB and 5GB Travel Data bundles from Vodacom are now available with 7-day validity in more than 200 locations.

Regulatory permission was given to Vodacom Group today for its $2.3B (R41 billion) acquisition of a 55% controlling stake in Vodafone Egypt. In an interview, CEO of the Vodacom Group Shameel Joosub disclosed the development. According to Joosub, the acquisition of a controlling stake in Vodafone Egypt, the market

Mteto Nyati, a former CEO of MTN South Africa and Altron, has paid an unknown sum for a controlling stake in the local technology and consultancy firm Business Systems Group (BSG). In the South African and African consulting industries, the locally based BSG faces off against multinationals like Deloitte, Accenture,

Orange Botswana has become the first division of the international telecom to offer 5G. The launch does not only further encourage innovation and digital inclusion in the nation but also signal the operator’s first entry into Africa with next-generation mobile services. It comes after the opening of the country’

It seems to be the launching season in Egypt as Emirates NBD has recently launched its businessONLINE platform to assist corporate clients to process the management of their funds and transaction without hitches. The company revealed the launching of its new product service through a press release it made available

Fawry Microfinance, an Egyptian microfinance bank, has finally decided to be tech-enabled, by launching a digital lending platform. The company launched a mobile application, which is meant to be easy to navigate due to its simple design, while it also comes with a tracking tool. The mobile application is meant