Do you know your govtech from your suptech? Your fintech from your regtech? The digital transformation has led to a surge in technological innovation in most sectors of the global economy. And with these new technologies have come new “tech…

Africa is a continent rich in diversity and contrast. While this may be considered a strength on certain levels, it can also represent a challenge from a regulatory perspective, against the backdrop of the continent’s digital transformation. In February of…

Covid-19 created a need for physical distancing, which fueled a surge in the demand for systems supporting remote living. As a result, only two months into the pandemic, digital transformation had already advanced by two years. The pandemic, therefore, caused…

This year, business is back to normal at the Mobile World Congress (MWC)! After being cancelled in 2020 due to the pandemic, the world’s largest and most influential connectivity event had taken place in a hybrid form the following year.…

An increasing number of Africans are enjoying access to formal financial services, thanks to the growing availability of digital services such as Mobile Money. According to the International Financial Corporation (IFC), there are now more digital financial services deployments in…

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…

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 pandemic-related challenges. At GVG, as digital technology experts, we are…

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 of the technology supply chain and by the cancellation of…