New Financial Scams Sweep Kenya As Authorities Watch
Reported cybercrime incidents in Kenya rose 67 percent in the first half of 2026, with mobile money fraud accounting for...
August 8, 2026Topic
Fintech
Bank of America Bets on South African M&A Wave Despite Global Uncertainty
Bank of America expects South African dealmaking to hold up, and has promoted its South Africa investment banking head to...
August 6, 2026
Nigeria’s SEC Approves Tokenized Equities on NASD Platform
Nigeria’s SEC has approved tokenized equities trading on the NASD OTC Securities Exchange, with the first public digital securities offering...
August 6, 2026
Mercado Libre Plans a US$287 Million Bond Sale in Mexico
Mercado Libre plans up to MXN 5,000 million (about US$287 million) in bonds on Mexico's BIVA to fund Mercado Pago's...
August 3, 2026
Colombia’s Bancolombia Migration Fails, 20M Locked Out
A failed Bancolombia system migration in February 2026 knocked its app and online banking offline for five days, hitting more...
August 3, 2026
Ghana’s MTN Faces Mobile Money IP Lawsuit in US$498B Market
MTN Ghana vows to contest a July 2026 intellectual property lawsuit filed by Clydestone Ghana over the origins of its...
July 31, 2026
Fintechs LemFi and BVNK Use Stablecoin Rails to Cut Kenya Fees
LemFi and BVNK partner to shift diaspora remittance settlement onto stablecoin rails, cutting costs for Kenya's US$4 billion corridor and...
July 27, 2026
Kenya’s Maisha Namba Digital ID Reaches 1.7 Million Cards
Kenya's Maisha Namba digital ID is rolling out in 2026 despite data-protection pushback; a 2023-24 court halt was lifted in...
July 26, 2026
Kenya Startup Funding Slows Sharply as Investors Pivot to Quality Over Quantity
Kenyan startup funding concentrates in fewer, larger deals as global investors demand profitability and governance, with cleantech absorbing 46% of...
July 21, 2026