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Mukuru

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Mukuru and JUMO partner to launch responsible Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered credit solution in South Africa

Fast Loan set to help customers build credit profiles, alleviate financial pressure, and participate in the formal financial system

Mukuru (www.Mukuru.com), a leading next-generation financial services platform, has partnered with AI-powered banking technology provider JUMO to launch ‘ Fast Loan’, a scalable, mobile-first credit solution designed to address a critical gap in South Africa’s financial ecosystem. According to TransUnion (https://apo-opa.co/4nVVSPL), 16.8 million people in South Africa remain outside the…

Afriex Inc

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Afriex Collaborates with Visa to Facilitate Real-Time Cross-Border Payments to 160+ Markets

Integration with Visa Direct expands Afriex’s global reach, enabling users to send funds in real time to participating Visa endpoints

Afriex (www.Afriex.com), a global fintech platform, today announced a collaboration with Visa, a world leader in digital payments, to bring real-time cross-border payments to more than 160 markets. By integrating Visa Direct through Afriex’s financial institution partner, Afriex is making it faster and easier for individuals and businesses to send…

Equality Now
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New Research Reveals How Digital Platforms are Being Weaponised to Abuse and Exploit Women in Kenya

Social media platforms such as Facebook, WhatsApp, and TikTok, dating sites, encrypted messaging services, and mobile money applications like M-Pesa are increasingly used to lure women and girls into harmful situations

Across Kenya, online sexual exploitation and abuse (OSEA) is escalating rapidly, with predators exploiting digital technologies to recruit, groom, abuse, and traumatise women and girls. Two new reports uncover how the digital realm is being weaponised to perpetrate harm online and offline through technology-facilitated sex trafficking, online sexual coercion and…

Gebeya
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Gebeya Inc. Launches ‘Gebeya Dala,’ a Groundbreaking Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Powered App Builder Designed for Africa

The new platform enables users to build digital tools using simple voice or text prompts in local languages, directly from a mobile phone, democratizing software creation across the continent

Gebeya Inc. (www.Gebeya.com), a platform technology company empowering Africans in the service economy , today announced the launch of Gebeya Dala, a revolutionary AI-powered app builder engineered specifically for the African context. Born from the need to overcome unique local barriers to tech creation, Gebeya Dala empowers anyone, from curious…

Clickatell

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    • Celebrating 25 years of innovation, Clickatell reflects on its beginnings, defining moments, and vision for a unified, AI-powered chat platform that makes every interaction effortless
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Clickatell Celebrates 25 Years as it Enters the Age of Agentic Commerce

From an SMS pioneer to a globally trusted AI-powered chat commerce innovator

Clickatell (www.Clickatell.com), a pioneer in mobile messaging and global leader in chat commerce, is celebrating its 25th anniversary, marking a quarter-century of transforming how brands interact and transact with their customers. Founded in Cape Town, South Africa, in 2000 (https://apo-opa.co/4q874Ld), Clickatell made history as the first company to connect businesses on…

KnowBe4
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Cybersecurity, gamified: Can fun actually build better habits and protect users?

Applying game-design elements, such as points, badges, leaderboards and rewards, to cybersecurity training taps into our natural desire for achievement, competition and progress

Traditional cybersecurity and compliance training can be dull as dishwater, which can lead to poor engagement and low retention among employees. Gamification, if done well, offers a refreshing alternative, transforming boring modules into interactive experiences that foster real behavioural change and strengthen your organisation’s overall security posture, argues KnowBe4 Africa’s Anna…

Visa Inc.

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Visa Pay Launches to Expand Access to Digital Payments across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

As a mobile-first solution, Visa Pay offers easy enrolment, advanced risk and fraud prevention capabilities, and near real-time account-to-account money movement in two currencies – CDF and USD

Visa Pay is an interoperable payments solution that enables users to pay, get paid and move money.   Visa Pay is now available as a mobile app on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store and as a flexible integration option for banks to embed Visa Pay features directly into…

Truecaller

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Truecaller Transforms Caller ID with Artificial Intelligence (AI): Know Why They’re Calling, Not Just Their Name

Truecaller’s edge lies in its adaptive AI, which detects emerging fraud patterns in real time and learns from them across regions, languages, and formats

With a global community of over 450 million active users, Truecaller (www.Truecaller.com) has become more than just a caller ID service; it's a trusted guide in helping people understand not only who is reaching out, but the intent behind every call. Truecaller has now started providing deeper contextual insights using…

RS South Africa
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The New RS Export App Puts the World at Your Fingertips

The app is for existing and new RS customers that export goods from South Africa and the UK to the Sub-Saharan African region

RS South Africa (www.Africa.RSdelivers.com), a global product and service solutions provider for industrial customers, committed to empowering industrial customers and suppliers involved in designing, building, or maintaining industrial equipment and facilities, has launched the new RS Export Mobile App (https://apo-opa.co/47Pr928). Whatever your industry, managing operations on-the-go has just become easier. In the…

Republic of South Africa: The Parliament
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Committee Notes Termination of Master Service Agreement Between South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) and Postbank

The committee resolved to conduct an oversight visit to rural communities to assess the impact of the closure of the cash pay points services to grant beneficiaries

 The Portfolio Committee on Social Development has noted the termination of the Master Service Agreement (MSA) between the South African Post Office (SAPO) and the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) at the end of September 2025. SASSA has informed the committee that the resources that were allocated to the…