Revenue leakage continues to be a real headache for governments around the world. Many countries opt for “DIY fixes” to repair this endless drain on precious financial resources as if it were a mere water leak. When you find a…
The COVID-19 crisis has turned technological resilience into a must-have for any tech company. But what does resilience in technology mean and why is it now a trend? Are we forgetting the relevance of innovation and leaving it behind? Technological…
Most people now have access to electronic financial services, thanks to the ever-increasing digitization of the economy and penetration of Smartphones. For instance, 1 billion people currently use Mobile Money services worldwide! As a result, billions of digital transactions are…
Revenue leakage in Africa continues to be a serious issue for the continent today. Its main symptoms? Illicit financial flows, mobile and SIM box fraud and cyber-attacks. Annual losses of more than 60 billion USD These are just some…
The whole world has prepared to face an uncertain 2021. From a business perspective, companies have established their objectives and strategies. As for governments around the world, they have already closed their budgets and visualized their growth opportunities in this…
We may barely be a week into the new year, but at GVG we believe that learning from the past is the best way to move towards a brighter, more efficient future. We therefore face 2021 with a positive energy,…
2.5 quintillion bytes of data are generated every day in the world. Africa, with its 1.2 billion inhabitants and a mobile penetration rate that has been steadily increasing in recent years, could soon become the new “data Eldorado”. Indeed, according…
In the information era, “big data” have become the “new gold”. In August of this year, Thestar published that “[i]n any one minute, 208,333 people take part in a Zoom video meeting, almost 42 million messages are sent on WhatsApp,…
Latin America has long been aware that digital transformation was a determining factor in its social, economic and productive development. The continent’s resources have been focused on reducing the digital divide with the OECD, to enable a 3% growth per…
Tech startups in Africa, a promising market What geography comes to mind when we talk about development, innovation and growth? What if we add the words "startups" and "technology"? You are probably walking through Silicon Valley now, right? Surprisingly for…
