AI, blockchain, cybersecurity and the technologies reshaping African finance.
From 30% faster onboarding to real-time fraud scoring and alternative credit models, AI has become production infrastructure in African banking.
As cybercrime grows more inventive, AI offers security teams a way to spot anomalies in data traffic — but the same tools can be abused.
Juniper Research projects AI identity verification will cut digital onboarding times by about a third, with developing markets leading adoption.
From Cyberchain 2019 in Lagos: how decentralized ledgers remove intermediaries from data and money — and what bitcoin ATMs change for everyday spending.
Bundle Africa, LocalBitcoins, Paxful and LocalCryptos — the crypto winter and regulation redrew the map of Africa-focused exchanges.
Launched in January 2022 by Afreximbank and the AfCFTA secretariat, PAPSS settles intra-African trade in local currencies — and national instant switches from NIBSS to TI