Standard Bank bolsters SME trade growth as Africa’s trade landscape shifts
from NJABULO MKHIZE in Durban, South AfricaKwaZulu Natal BureauDURBAN, (CAJ News) – IN the face of escalating global headwinds and pressures on trade flows, platforms that…
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New Standard Bank-Fexco partnership enhances tourist payment experience
by SAVIOUS KWINIKAJOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – STANDARD Bank is set to strengthen South Africa’s reputation as a welcoming, tourist-friendly destination through an ambitious…
Google invests $900 million of funds pledged to Africa
by MTHULISI SIBANDAJOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – GOOGLE has invested some US$900 million of the $1 billion it pledged to invest in Africa, over five years from 2021, to support…
Global Africa summit kicks off in America
from RUSSELL ADADEVOH in Accra, GhanaGhana BureauACCRA, (CAJ News) – THE Global Africa Summit in the United States is exploring trade, investment, innovation and Diaspora…
Standard Bank unpacks informal economy
by AKANI CHAUKEJOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – NEARLY 80% of township businesses in South Africa operate without formal registration, limiting their access to finance, markets,…
First South Sudan interbank payment system goes live
by TINTSWALO BALOYIJOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – THE shift from paper-based manual processes to modern digital systems is a milestone in South Sudan’s financial sector…
Trade hopes high for SA firms in Germany
by SAVIOUS KWINIKAJOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – SOUTH African agro-processing entrepreneurs who exhibited at the Anuga Food and Beverage Trade Fair in Cologne, Germany, are…
SA poultry industry warns inquiry: Don’t break what feeds the nation
by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) — THE South African Poultry Association (SAPA) has called on the government to support rather than dismantle the country’s poultry…
New $10.5m boost fuels KOFISI’s drive to transform African markets
by AKANI CHAUKE JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) — PAN-AFRICAN workspace and hospitality operator KOFISI is challenging traditional investment models in Africa, calling for a shift…
Payaza announces $13,5 million debt settlement
from OKORO CHINEDU in Lagos, NigeriaNigeria BureauLAGOS, (CAJ News) – PAYAZA, an African financial technology (fintech) company, discloses it has fully repaid ₦20,3…