The Impact of AI on Industries and Daily Life: Healthcare, Finance, Retail, Education, Energy and Transportation

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become one of the most talked-about and fastest-growing fields in the world, revolutionizing the way we live, work, and interact with the world around us. With the potential to transform industries such as healthcare, finance, retail, education, and transportation, it’s no surprise that AI has piqued the interest of job seekers, […]

FinTech in Africa: After Payments What Next?

The pandemic has intensified the role of digitization, banks cutting costs, with customers handling transactions on their phones. Banks and fintech companies are competing for market share, sometimes collaborating, and competing to recruit top talents. Many African consumers are unbanked, underbanked, and underserved. Lack of access to financial services, especially in rural areas, affordability, expensive […]

FinTech Development in Nigeria: A Brief

Nigeria is the largest economy in Africa in terms of nominal GDP, and 26th in the World according to the IMF World Economic Outlook. Being the continent’s largest unbanked population, with a population of 200 million—40 percent of which is financially excluded, and digitally savvy, middle-aged and young affluent individuals, Nigeria’s FinTech space is worth looking into. Regulatory drive to […]

Central Bank Digital Currency vs Cryptocurrency: What We Need to Know

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have become an increasingly established part of the financial landscape. Bitcoin has become a reference point for controversy since it was introduced to the world. Licit and illicit traders quickly adopted cryptocurrency. One of the primary concerns for governments is the use of cryptocurrency as a means to accommodate illegal financial transactions and anonymity. […]

Payment Innovations Government of Developing Economies Could Endorse

Technology adoption is rapidly increasing. The activity most affected by technological innovation and adoption has been payments. Money has taken many forms from objects like seashells, precious metals, paper, and now digital currencies, all to handle obligations between parties. Merchants are no doubt the lifeblood of economies. And one language every merchant speak is “payment”.  The pandemic has accelerated the transformation of payments, with many countries looking into upgrading real-time gross settlement systems.