Time for SMEs to play their cards right
The existence of many businesses depended back in the day on cash. Cash is king, went the adage! Cash flowed, literally through the books...
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- Sep 14
- 3 min
Why digitalisation is central to sustainable SME growth
If necessity is the mother of invention, then it is entrepreneurs with small businesses that best respond to gaps in the market, filling...
- Aug 11
- 3 min
One Africa: Towards a future of integrated digital payments
The free flow of goods and services is a foundation of economic prosperity. The easier and faster the corridors of trade can flow between...
- Jul 26
- 3 min
Fintech for humans: How technology is putting customers back at the heart of banking
In the days before banking, there were cows. Not surprisingly, these 600kg financial assets were quite cumbersome to store and use as...
- Jul 13
- 3 min
Payment Modernisation: Creating a more open and inclusive payments ecosystem
Digital transformation is moving us, at quite a dramatic pace, into an ever more connected world. It has created a generation of...
- Jun 27
- 3 min
From tech holdout to digital native - how to transform your customer base
Slow and steady wins the race, right? Well, not always. With the Fourth Industrial Revolution upon us and technology moving at a heady...
- Jun 14
- 3 min
Blockchain is reshaping finance as we know it - here's a glimpse into the future
Blockchain technology is changing the world one industry at a time. Known best as the technology that enables the existence of...
- May 20
- 3 min
Cash is no longer king: How fintech has transformed the SME landscape
Fintech is a term loosely thrown around, usually by a godson in IT, or corporates who have traded in slacks for sneakers, but the average...
- May 11
- 2 min
How embedded finance is revolutionising financial services
Embedded finance – the latest buzzword in the digital space, and for good reason: it is changing how we interact with financial services....
- Apr 13
- 3 min
From startup to scale-up - Takeaways from Ukheshe's inspiring growth journey
Startups as we know them today are the great disruptors of society, rooted in innovation and intent on solving deficiencies in existing...
- Mar 24
- 2 min
The power of one - will multi-purpose super apps replace all other apps?
How does an app become a super app? Much like Superman, it gains extra powers. With mobile software applications available to assist us...
- Mar 10
- 2 min
Mobile money is driving financial freedom in Africa
International remittances – a portion of earnings that migrant workers send home - are often a financial lifeline to families, especially...
- Feb 23
- 2 min
Ukheshe - partnering beyond borders to drive financial innovation
Emerging markets in Africa are fertile ground for financial innovation, offering opportunities to address the decades-long challenge of...
- Feb 10
- 3 min
This year's emerging fintech trends
Last year saw an unprecedented rate of change in the financial sector, with huge growth in the use of digital financial services. A...
- Jan 19
- 2 min
Ukheshe - looking forward to another year of growth in 2022
The fintech industry is in a period of hyper-accelerated growth, with venture capitalist investment in young fintech companies having...
- Dec 15, 2021
- 3 min
Ukheshe 2021 Year in Review - Partnerships, Growth and Innovations
While 2021 was challenging for many businesses and characterised by an economy struggling to get back on its feet after months of...
- Nov 24, 2021
- 2 min
The Rise of Digital Banking
There is no doubt that fintechs are the drivers behind the financial sector’s major transformation. Innovative platforms and ecosystems...
- Nov 4, 2021
- 2 min
How 'buy now, pay later' is driving change in the payments sector
Three waves of COVID-19 over the past 18 months, and a fourth one looming, have all but devastated the South African economy. The...
- Oct 20, 2021
- 2 min
Money 20/20 - Key Takeouts
Europe’s leading fintech show brought together the global financial industry to share its vision on the future of payments. Paul Selibas,...
- Oct 14, 2021
- 3 min
The Connected Continent
Africa is leading the way in mobile money, and it will change banking as we know it By Mark Dankworth, President International at Ukheshe...