Start-up of the Week: Lulalend transforming SME finance in South Africa
Lulalend is a South African digital lender building a suite of products addressing the challenges faced by small and medium-sized enterprises in managing their finances...
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IF Insights: Entrepreneurship in second-world countries
One defining characteristic of entrepreneurship in second-world countries is the pervasive impact of socio-economic conditions...
Start-up of the Week: The ‘Remitr’ way of championing SME successes
'Remitr' claims to have solutions that instil trust and accelerate business growth for its clients by reducing friction, increasing speed and lowering costs...
IF Insights: Analysing the ‘Silent Revolution’ in African crypto sector
Nigeria is leading the 'Crypto Revolution' in Sub-Saharan Africa, by securing the second position on the Global Crypto Adoption Index, up from 11th in 2022...
UAE’s debt capital market projected to reach USD 300 billion by 2030: Fitch Ratings
Fitch Ratings observed that its forecast for UAE's DCM market is backed by the fact that banks are important debt investors and are demonstrating decent liquidity as well as solid deposit growth...
New Development Bank sells rand-denominated bonds for first time, expert hails move
In August 2023, the New Development Bank reportedly issued both R1 billion five-year bond and R500 million three-year note, as the auction attracted R2.67 billion in bids...
Start-up of the Week: Dataships set to redefine SMEs’ data privacy game
Dataships helps its clients to use email marketing laws to their advantage, when it comes to staying on the right side of compliance and increasing the revenue flow...
10 steps to start your own small business
There are over 32.5 million small businesses in the United States, defined as businesses with fewer than 500 employees...
IF Insights: Europe’s fintech reforms and the need to eliminate US duopoly in the sector
Europe is known for having a favourable regulatory environment for fintech firms...
AWS opens applications for its inaugural FinTech Africa Accelerator
AWS has opened several offices and data centres as the company intends to become the leading cloud service provider in Africa...