Fresh from its debut of a partnership between itself and SAP, Microsoft, through its Microsoft for Startups initiative, has announced the launch of its Global Social Entrepreneurship programme. FULL STORY >

New trends in the payment space, coupled with a growing realisation that the retail experience today is driven by the consumer, will be among the drivers for significant change in this market space, asserts Craig... FULL STORY >

Lori MacVittie, Principal Technical Evangelist at F5 Networks explores digital transformation in the new decade. FULL STORY >

MTN today announced that its mobile money service, MoMo will go live in January 2020, allowing customers to send, receive, save and spend money as well as pay for goods and services using their mobile phones. FULL STORY >

F5 Network's Lori MacVittie explores what digital transformation entails in the year ahead and in the decade to come. FULL STORY >

Thomas Pays, CEO of Ozow, offers insight into Facebook Pay and why its introduction spells a massive disruption for the payments industry. FULL STORY >

FSS, one of India’s largest payments processor and a leading global provider of integrated payment products, and US-based Oracle Financial Services, will collaborate to enhance digital payments for banks. FULL STORY >

Business leaders should take a page from companies further along the AI curve to access the skills needed for business transformation, says Lillian Barnard, the Managing Director at Microsoft South Africa. FULL STORY >

The road is open for African banks, particularly challengers, to shake up the market with best new technologies and services, according to Andile Solutions FULL STORY >

Aida Diarra, Senior Vice President and Group Country Manager for Visa Sub Saharan Africa explains what fundamentals are missing in African SMEs - and what they can do about it. FULL STORY >

A new workplace survey has revealed that almost 80% of employers aren’t worried about the unethical use of AI — and suggests that they should be. FULL STORY >

Lance Fanaroff, a Director at iiDENTIFii, explains why biometrics is essential to banks if they wish to come out ahead of cyber attacks and handle the rise of digital transformation. FULL STORY >

The Molecular Sciences Institute (MSI) at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in Johannesburg, South Africa, in partnership with the Cirrus Initiative, have announced plans for a new artificial intelligence (AI) research... FULL STORY >

Blue Prism will showcase its comprehensive artificial intelligence Digital Exchange (DX) at AI Expo Africa this week, setting in place the foundation for South African businesses to begin their journey into the era of AI. FULL STORY >

Crowdsourced innovation management plays a vital role in financial services firms of the future, asserts Steve Lauter, Head Banking (Africa) at Wipro Limited. FULL STORY >