Posts By Angela Scott-Briggs
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5.9KBusiness newsTourism Technology Innovations and Investments in Africa
According to a report by World Tourism Organisation, “innovation” and “technological change” are currently occupying a privileged place in the cyclical succession...
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4.9KBusiness news
Industry Technology Innovations and Investments in Africa
According to Li Yong, the Director of the World Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), Africa remains a weak link in today’s global economy....
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5.0KCryptocurrency
Can Blockchain be the Key to Overcoming the AML Challenge in Crypto-Currency?
Special Counsel Roy Keidar of law firm Yigal Arnon & Co examines how blockchain could provide the answer to the anti-money laundering...
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5.7KBusiness news
Energy Technology Innovations and Investments in Africa
In 2016, the World Energy Outlook reported that 1.2 billion people in the world did not have access to electricity; 95% of...
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12.1KFintech News
Here is why Banks will soon be acquiring fintech startups instead of investing in them
Industry experts have opined that JPMorgan’s interest in Worldpay is likely to mark the beginning of acquisition of European fintech startups by...
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10.6KFintech Careers
Educational technology Innovations and Investments in Africa
There is much hype about Educational Technology. ‘Disruption’ and ‘transformation’ are common bullets in presentations at large education gatherings mostly in North...
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6.7KCryptocurrency
Demystifying Initial Coin Offering
The no-holds-barred philosophy of “asking for forgiveness as opposed to permission” reigns in bitcoin-land where developers write software and entrepreneurs build businesses...
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5.4KBusiness news
Changing role of business and IT: Balancing self-service, governed BI and analytics
Faced with rapidly changing customer demands and digital-driven experiences, today’s business leaders walk a tightrope where they must quickly acquire information to...
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12.5KFintech News
Banking Technology Innovations and Investments in Africa
According to the latest report by the world bank, 66% of the people in the Sub-Saharan Africa do not have a bank...
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20.5KBig Data
Social Media and the Future of Big Data
In 2016, KPMG reported that many organisations were struggling to keep pace with changing customer behaviour, globalization, regulatory policies and disruptive technologies....
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10 Popular RegTech Startups in Ireland
Between 2009 and 2017, 54,000 regulatory documents have been published by 130 regulatory bodies in the G20 countries alone. The non-G20 countries...
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8.9KFintech News
How Boston Fintech is Boosting like the Major Global Fintech Hubs
Boston, the capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States, is doing really well in fintech....
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7.6KInnovation
The Need and Opportunities for Smart Cities Technology Innovations and Investments in Africa
The Population Reference Bureau predicts that Africa will be home to 2.4 billion people in three decades, more than double the current...
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4.9KFintech News
Boost as Major Global Banks Join SWIFT’s Blockchain Proof of Concept
SWIFT is the global provider of secure financial messaging services. Its secure messaging platform connects over 11,000 banking and securities companies across...
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Japan Takes Active Steps to Promote Fintech
The financial regulator in Japan, the Financial Services Authority, intends to establish a fintech hub that will provide a framework to enable...
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7.3KFintech News
PNC Seeks Partnership with Fintechs While Some Banks Consider Venmo a Threat
In February this year, Bloomberg reported that big banks in the U.S had declared war on Venmo. However, for Mike Lyons, the...
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7.1KBlockchain
Santander Bank Proactive in Fintech as it Establishes a Blockchain Network
Recently, a consortium of Spanish companies has created the first multi-sector Blockchain-based technology platform known as Red Lyra. This is an important...
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34.4KFintech Events
London Fintech Week 2017: A Fintech Innovation Conference
London fintech week involves a series of conferences, workshops, exhibitions, meetups, hackathons, and parties. On each day of the week, a different...
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102.3KLatest News
10 Popular RegTech Firms Specialising in Regulatory Reporting
Regulatory reporting has increased significantly with regulators requiring more frequent and more granular reporting. Nevertheless, it is not immediately clear how effectively...
