How Mobile Money Is Transforming Online Trading in Africa
Twenty years ago, opening a trading account in most of Africa meant visiting a bank branch, filling in paperwork, and waiting days for an international wire to clear. For millions without a bank account, it wasn’t an option. That has changed. Mobile money, which lets people store, send, and receive money on a basic phone, […]
How Global Oil Prices Affect African Financial Markets
Oil is the single most important price in the world economy, and nowhere is that clearer than in Africa. A decision made in the Gulf, a tanker rerouted around a chokepoint, or an OPEC+ production change can show up within weeks in Lagos bond yields, Johannesburg share prices, Nairobi pump prices and household food budgets […]
