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Trusted Digital Identities and biometrics: digital protection today
The increased use of online services, which the pandemic accentuated, begs the following question: How safe are the users’ data? Data privacy and security are legitimate concerns for the users and providers of digital services alike. Indeed, as these services…
Top tech trends for 2022: expectations of the 2021 best tech company
2021 has been yet another eventful year for the digital sector as a whole. It was characterized by further expansion and innovation despite, but also as a result of, the…
Is the African ICT sector living up to the expectations of recovery?
Flashback to the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. What started as a health crisis quickly morphed into a financial one. The ICT sector was almost immediately affected by an interruption…
GVG, Technology Company of the Year!
GVG has been nominated Technology Company of the Year by Africa Tech Week during an awards ceremony held digitally last week. As a pioneer developer of RegTech, with more than…
Exploring the interoperability situation in Africa
Interoperability has been flagged as a significant factor in the development of the cashless economy and of financial inclusion. Indeed, among many other benefits, it can help reduce the cost of incoming and outgoing remittances. This would help promote this…
Exploring the interoperability situation in Africa
Interoperability has been flagged as a significant factor in the development of the cashless economy and of financial inclusion. Indeed, among many other benefits, it can help reduce the cost…
Digital Transformation: A vehicle for transparency in the telecommunications and digital financial transactions sectors
Technological innovation is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it increases productivity and gives citizens the possibility to enjoy new and improved services in virtually all sectors of the…
“Tech for Good” Webinar: showcasing the role of technology in fostering inclusion and sustainability
In 2015, all United Nations Member States adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in a bid to foster sustainability and inclusion for both people and the environment. On 29…
Costa Rica: 10 years of continuous telecommunications advancement
In today’s post, we speak to Hannia Vega, Telecommunications Superintendent at SUTEL (Costa Rica) about the sector’s achievements, challenges and opportunities for improvement in the Central American country. Costa Rica’s achievements Over the last decade, Costa Rica has reached important…
“The absence of regulations has fostered the existing illicit flows”
In Africa, the mobile money boom has led to an increase in the number of illicit financial transactions, for want of an appropriate regulatory framework. Madina Adam SERE, senior financial analyst…
“There are several battle fronts to turn a country into a digital nation”
Luis Alberto Powell, Director of Telecommunications for ASEP in Panama gives us an accurate overview of the reality that the country and, more specifically, its telecommunications sector, are experiencing in…
An expert’s perspective on the African remittance market in a pandemic context
Francine Dove, Project Manager at DMA Global Ltd, a company based in the UK and with an office in Ghana, is a specialist in remittances and diaspora affairs. We have…
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Trusted Digital Identities and biometrics: digital protection today
The increased use of online services, which the pandemic accentuated, begs the following question: How safe are the users’ data? Data privacy and security are legitimate concerns for the users and providers of digital services alike. Indeed, as these services…
Top tech trends for 2022: expectations of the 2021 best tech company
2021 has been yet another eventful year for the digital sector as a whole. It was characterized by further expansion and innovation despite, but also as a result of, the…
Is the African ICT sector living up to the expectations of recovery?
Flashback to the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. What started as a health crisis quickly morphed into a financial one. The ICT sector was almost immediately affected by an interruption…
GVG, Technology Company of the Year!
GVG has been nominated Technology Company of the Year by Africa Tech Week during an awards ceremony held digitally last week. As a pioneer developer of RegTech, with more than…
Exploring the interoperability situation in Africa
Interoperability has been flagged as a significant factor in the development of the cashless economy and of financial inclusion. Indeed, among many other benefits, it can help reduce the cost…
Technology, the master key to effective public management
It is almost impossible to talk about the new post-Covid reality without mentioning the increased use of modern technology. Many of us are aware of the positive role technology has…
RegTech: Optimizing governments’ regulatory capacities
Regulatory technology (RegTech) is positively reshaping the digital and regulatory landscapes and is growing in popularity as a result. How? By allowing governments and regulatory authorities to enforce compliance in…
The rise in mobile data consumption: facts & figures
Has your mobile data consumption increased over the past 18 months? You are not alone. As a matter of fact, the whole world is in the same situation. Indeed, in…
Optimizing governments’ payment processes and resources through interoperability
The promotion of cashless payments and financial inclusion has never been higher on governments’ digital transformation agenda. Due to the popularity of electronic payment methods such as Mobile Money, this…
Digital Transformation: A vehicle for transparency in the telecommunications and digital financial transactions sectors
Technological innovation is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it increases productivity and gives citizens the possibility to enjoy new and improved services in virtually all sectors of the…
Trusted Digital Identities and biometrics: digital protection today
Trusted Digital Identities and biometrics: digital protection today
The increased use of online services, which the pandemic accentuated, begs the following question: How safe are the users’ data? Data privacy and security are legitimate concerns for the users…
Top tech trends for 2022: expectations of the 2021 best tech company
2021 has been yet another eventful year for the digital sector as a whole. It was characterized by further expansion and innovation despite, but also as a result of, the…
Is the African ICT sector living up to the expectations of recovery?
Flashback to the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. What started as a health crisis quickly morphed into a financial one. The ICT sector was almost immediately affected by an interruption…
Exploring the interoperability situation in Africa
Exploring the interoperability situation in Africa
Interoperability has been flagged as a significant factor in the development of the cashless economy and of financial inclusion. Indeed, among many other benefits, it can help reduce the cost…
Digital Transformation: A vehicle for transparency in the telecommunications and digital financial transactions sectors
Technological innovation is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it increases productivity and gives citizens the possibility to enjoy new and improved services in virtually all sectors of the…
“Tech for Good” Webinar: showcasing the role of technology in fostering inclusion and sustainability
In 2015, all United Nations Member States adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in a bid to foster sustainability and inclusion for both people and the environment. On 29…
Costa Rica: 10 years of continuous telecommunications advancement
Costa Rica: 10 years of continuous telecommunications advancement
In today’s post, we speak to Hannia Vega, Telecommunications Superintendent at SUTEL (Costa Rica) about the sector’s achievements, challenges and opportunities for improvement in the Central American country. Costa Rica’s…
“The absence of regulations has fostered the existing illicit flows”
In Africa, the mobile money boom has led to an increase in the number of illicit financial transactions, for want of an appropriate regulatory framework. Madina Adam SERE, senior financial analyst…
“There are several battle fronts to turn a country into a digital nation”
Luis Alberto Powell, Director of Telecommunications for ASEP in Panama gives us an accurate overview of the reality that the country and, more specifically, its telecommunications sector, are experiencing in…
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Trusted Digital Identities and biometrics: digital protection today
The increased use of online services, which the pandemic accentuated, begs the following question: How safe are the users’ data? Data privacy and security are legitimate concerns for the users and providers of digital services alike. Indeed, as these services…
Trusted Digital Identities and biometrics: digital protection today
The increased use of online services, which the pandemic accentuated, begs the following question: How safe are the users’ data? Data privacy and security are legitimate concerns for the users…
Top tech trends for 2022: expectations of the 2021 best tech company
2021 has been yet another eventful year for the digital sector as a whole. It was characterized by further expansion and innovation despite, but also as a result of, the…
Is the African ICT sector living up to the expectations of recovery?
Flashback to the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. What started as a health crisis quickly morphed into a financial one. The ICT sector was almost immediately affected by an interruption…
GVG, Technology Company of the Year!
GVG has been nominated Technology Company of the Year by Africa Tech Week during an awards ceremony held digitally last week. As a pioneer developer of RegTech, with more than…
Exploring the interoperability situation in Africa
Interoperability has been flagged as a significant factor in the development of the cashless economy and of financial inclusion. Indeed, among many other benefits, it can help reduce the cost…
Technology, the master key to effective public management
It is almost impossible to talk about the new post-Covid reality without mentioning the increased use of modern technology. Many of us are aware of the positive role technology has…
RegTech: Optimizing governments’ regulatory capacities
Regulatory technology (RegTech) is positively reshaping the digital and regulatory landscapes and is growing in popularity as a result. How? By allowing governments and regulatory authorities to enforce compliance in…
The rise in mobile data consumption: facts & figures
Has your mobile data consumption increased over the past 18 months? You are not alone. As a matter of fact, the whole world is in the same situation. Indeed, in…
Optimizing governments’ payment processes and resources through interoperability
The promotion of cashless payments and financial inclusion has never been higher on governments’ digital transformation agenda. Due to the popularity of electronic payment methods such as Mobile Money, this…
