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Beyond COVID-19, however, digitalisation has been seen to provide the opportunity for Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Africa MSMEs to leverage the benefits of the recently implemented African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The AfCFTA delivers a channel for the region’s fragmented countries to unite to seek alternative paths to development by harnessing …

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Ghana’s leading payments service provider, Hubtel has launched its direct bank-to-any-account contactless payment service myGhQR.com today in Accra, in collaboration with the Ghana Interbank Payments and Settlement Systems (GhIPPS). According to a statement available to BizTech Africa, myGhQR.com is Ghana’s first-ever self-service portal to enable direct bank-to-bank transfers. It said the service eliminates the need of paying in cheques or using POS card machine …

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Online marketplaces could create 3 million new jobs in Africa by 2025; Jumia (NYSE: JMIA), which has already created 5,000 direct jobs on the continent contributed to the report. A new report released recently by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), dubbed “How Online Marketplaces Can Power Employment in Africa”, shows that online digital platforms, such …

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Sokowatch, the East African e-commerce company using innovative technology to improve supply chain inefficiencies, was selected among hundreds of candidates as one of the World Economic Forum’s “Technology Pioneers”. Sokowatch which currently has over 22,000 active shops across 9 major cities in Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda serve informal retailers that the mass market relies …

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