Why financial infrastructure needs to be rebuilt – from the inside out

Why financial infrastructure needs to be rebuilt – from the inside out

Deon Tromp South Africa’s financial services sector is under pressure to modernise – yet few businesses are solving the right problems. While digital banking apps and fintech interfaces have advanced rapidly, the underlying infrastructure often remains fragmented, outdated and over-reliant on rigid integrations. It’s a challenge Omnea knows well – and one the company was…

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Africa: Financing for Development – Reforming Global Financial Systems Must Center African Women

Africa: Financing for Development – Reforming Global Financial Systems Must Center African Women

As the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4)  concluded in Seville, Spain in early July 2025, global leaders adopted the “Seville Commitment,” reaffirming the urgent need to reform the international financial architecture, expand fiscal space, and advance gender equality. These commitments are timely and necessary. But without actionable and enforceable reforms, African countries—and African women…

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Africa: Financing for Development – Reforming Global Financial Systems Must Center African Women

Africa: Breaking Chains – Africa Pushes to Overhaul Unfair Financial Order

Africa is intensifying its calls for reforms to the global financial system, arguing that the current standards for accessing international concessional finance and building competitive financial institutions remain under the control of outdated frameworks that disadvantage the continent. During the African Union Commission’s 7th Mid-Year Coordination Meeting held in Malabo, AU Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Ali…

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Banking on LEO: Q-KON transforms financial services connectivity

Banking on LEO: Q-KON transforms financial services connectivity

Q-KON, a leading provider of satellite communication solutions, recently shared the significant success and proven efficacy of its Twoobii-LEO satellite services, powered by Eutelsat OneWeb, in revolutionising connectivity for the financial services industry in South Africa. This innovative low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite technology is transforming how South African banks ensure secure, high-speed and reliable communication…

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Africa: Financing for Development – Reforming Global Financial Systems Must Center African Women

Africa: ECA Chief Calls for Financial Instruments That Reflect Africa’s Development Needs

Addis Ababa, — Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Claver Gatete has urged a shift from rhetoric to results, calling for financial instruments that reflect Africa’s development needs. Speaking at a joint side event hosted by the UN’s five regional commissions at the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4)…

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Biometric fee hike threatens financial inclusion, says TymeBank

Biometric fee hike threatens financial inclusion, says TymeBank

Cheslyn Jacobs, TymeBank chief commercial officer. TymeBank has warned that a proposed increase in biometric verification fees, from 15c to R10, could result in the financial exclusion of its low-income clients, particularly grant recipients, from formal banking. This, after the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) yesterday rolled out its new National Population Register (NPR). This…

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Africa: Financing for Development – Reforming Global Financial Systems Must Center African Women

Africa Unites to Take Stock of Disease Burden and Financial Needs Towards NTDs Elimination By 2030

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | June 26, 2025 — Fifty African Union Member States have endorsed a ground-breaking digital micro-planning portal co-created by Africa CDC to accelerate the elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases — a diverse group of infectious diseases that primarily affect impoverished communities in tropical and subtropical areas. This innovative platform developed with inputs…

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