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MEDIA MONITORING
Technology
From the 7th to the 13th September 2020
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07/09/2020
➢ MoneyGram Helps 28 Markets in Africa Gain Access to Mobile Wallets
According to the GSMA‘s growing mobile money transaction continents in
2019 State of the Industry the world with an estimated 190 million active
Report on Mobile Money, the wallets. MoneyGram International, Inc, a global
mobile money industry is leader in cross-border P2P payments and
recording astonishing growth money transfers, announced four mobile wallet
with roughly $730 billion and fintech partnerships that give the company
global transactions in 2019. access to mobile wallets in 28 markets in Africa,
The organisation reports creating the largest footprint in the industry.
Africa as one of the fastest
Source : thefintechtimes.com (Link to the article)
08/09/2020
➢ Interswitch CEO Mitchell Elegbe to discuss African fintech at TechCrunch Disrupt
The CEO of Pan-African continent’s rare fintech unicorns. The company
fintech unicorn is poised to list on a global exchange, which
Interswitch, Mitchell would also create Africa’s next big tech IPO.
Elegbe, is set to speak at
TechCrunch Disrupt At Disrupt 2020, TechCrunch will seek Elegbe’s
2020 on September 16. perspective on the continent’s fintech scene,
He founded the company in Lagos in 2002 to Interswitch’s venture plans and the economic
connect Nigeria’s — then — largely impact of COVID-19 on African startups. This
disconnected banking system. year’s event is 100% virtual, making it possible
for anyone with an internet connection to sign in
Over the next decade-plus, Interswitch and learn more about Elegbe’s company and
accelerated the adoption of digital payments digital innovation in Africa.
across Africa and now stands as one of the
Source : techcrunch.com (Link to the article)
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➢ Gabon : L’Arcep met en garde Gabon Telecom et Airtel contre « l’épuisement inexplicable » des
crédits de communication
L’autorité de En effet, Lin Mombo, le président du conseil de
régulation des régulation de l’Arcep, explique que depuis
communications quelques temps l’Arcep reçoit de nombreuses
électroniques et de la plaintes faisant état d’une inadéquation entre les
Poste du Gabon a débits internet fournis par les opérateurs des
publié ce 04 septembre 2020 un communiqué réseaux de communications électroniques, les
mettant en garde les opérateurs de volumes des données internet souscrits par
télécommunications locaux de ce qu’il qualifie « leurs abonnés respectifs et ceux qui sont en
d’épuisement inexplicable du crédit monétaire ». définitive réellement consommés par ces
derniers.
Source : digitalbusiness.africa (Link to the article)
09/09/2020
➢ Liquid Telecom Revolutionises Cybersecurity With New Offering
Liquid Telecom has “Although we’re unveiling the cybersecurity unit
unveiled its today, Liquid Telecom is not new to this space.
cybersecurity unit We have successfully secured our own network
which offers end-to-end for the past 15 years, and now through our
managed services for strategic partnerships with Netskope, Logicalis,
digital security Microsoft, and Cyber Risk Aware we have
solutions. curated the best solutions in the industry to
address the changing demands of a digitally
The offering is designed to protect customers at transformed business world. Allowing
every intersection of their digitally transformed customers to focus on their core business
business including network, people, and offering while we manage their complete IT
systems, revolutionising how cybersecurity is environment,” said David Behr, Group Chief
approached. Digital Officer, Liquid Telecom..
Source : cio.co.ke (Link to the article)
➢ Nigerian fintech startup Sparkle partners Visa to empower consumers, SMEs
Nigerian fintech Disrupt Africa reported back in June on the
startup Sparkle, a launch of Sparkle, founded by former Diamond
digital ecosystem Bank chief executive officer (CEO) and tech
providing financial, entrepreneur Uzoma Dozie with the aim of
lifestyle and business providing seamless solutions to Nigerian
support services, has partnered Visa in a individuals, SMEs and retailers.
collaboration that will enable it to issue Visa
cards to its users, benefiting consumers,
entrepreneurs and SMEs.
The startup, which was granted a banking
license by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN),
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offers comprehensive support for individuals, mobile app gives customers full and free access
including flexible payments, savings and to one account that offers multiple services and
analytics to provide greater freedom, flexibility different wallets. experiences.
and control over finances and lifestyle. Its
Source : disrupt-africa.com (Link to the article)
10/09/2020
➢ African executives say cyber threats rise during COVID-19 era
The threat of attack on digital infrastructure initial COVID-19 cases were reported in the
owned by Africa-based enterprises has African continent," said Zikhali.
increased during the COVID-19 era, executives
said during a virtual briefing on Wednesday. He said that African businesses should have
contingency plans in place to boost their cyber
Sizwe Zikhali, a senior Solution Architect at resilience in the face of sophisticated threats to
Microsoft, said that cybercriminals escalated their supply chains during the pandemic.
attacks on Africa-based enterprises during the
early stages of COVID-19 pandemic in Nic Rudnick, Group CEO of pan-African
February. Telecommunications firm, Liquid Telecom, said
that cybercriminals have taken advantage of
"Sustained malware attacks against corporate COVID-19 related disruptions to stage attacks
organizations intensified in February when the on small and large business entities.
Source : china.org.cn (Link to the article)
➢ African tech startups are beating the pandemic’s odds and racking up multimillion-dollar exits
When modern-day promise of the continent’s startups, the topical
versions of African focus soon shifted with more scrutiny paid to
tech ecosystems just how quickly investors could expect
began taking shape profitable exits. Yet, amid the tumultuous
a decade ago, the circumstances of a global pandemic that has
big, existential question was about where triggered a health crisis and widespread
investment would come from. economic uncertainty, that question is
increasingly being answered.
As successive years of record-breaking
funding signaled investor conviction in the
Source : qz.com (Link to the article)
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11/09/2020
➢ New research of cyber readiness during pandemic reveals security gaps, need for new
solutions
Acronis, a global complexity of ensuring an organisation’s cyber
leader in cyber security while improving its data recovery
protection, yesterday posture and enabling greater productivity.
announced the “This new product comes at the right time –
release of Acronis businesses are struggling to safeguard their
Cyber Protect 15, which integrates backup, data and infrastructure against the risks and
disaster recovery, next-generation anti- challenges of the new remote work landscape,”
malware, cyber security and endpoint observes Peter French, Managing Director at
management tools into a single solution. This Synapsys, the leading distributor of Acronis
one-of-a-kind integration eliminates the cyber protection in Africa..
Source : itweb.co.za (Link to the article)
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