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Didn’t make it to Cape Town for WEF? That’s OK – Below we will share with you some of the insider’s buzz that people in the know were talking about. You had to be there to know this stuff… Among the WEF delegates was Vogue cover girl Thando Hopa, a South African model, activist, and […]
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Africa.com had a chance to do an exclusive interview with Shamina Singh, President of the Center for Inclusive Growth. This interview comes on the final day of the World Economic Forum Africa, taking place in Cape Town, South Africa. Shamina had just concluded an event at WEF featuring a panel discussion on digital transformation hosted […]
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Mastercard in partnership with Deloitte hosted an insightful and robust panel discussion under the theme “When Industries Collide: How to manage the forces of Competition & Collaboration in a Converging World”. The panel was moderated by Martyn Davies, Emerging Markets and Africa Managing Partner | WEF Young Global Leader Alumni, and included these esteemed panelists: Mark […]
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The World Economic Forum on Africa concluded today, having explored the theme, ‘Shaping Inclusive Growth and Shared Futures in the Fourth Industrial Revolution’ over three days in Cape Town, South Africa. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was already in the spotlight as the president of the host country for WEF, […]
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“You need to harness the collective uniqueness of those around you to widen your field of vision – to see things differently, to fail harder, to innovate, and to question everything. Widening that field of vision means widening your worldview.” – Ajay Banga, CEO, Mastercard
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In this 30-minute podcast, Mark Elliott, Division President, Southern Africa, Mastercard provides insightful observations on the future of the payments industry from his unique perspective overseeing Mastercard for all of Southern Africa, including themes such as why cash continues to dominate the payments space, how digital alternatives to cash must compete with cash, regulation, interoperability […]
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By Mark Elliott, Division President of Mastercard Southern Africa Despite positive advances in financial inclusion on the continent, 95 percent of all consumer payments in Africa are still made in cash. Why is this such a bad thing? For the people and microentrepreneurs who are trapped in cash-only systems, it’s much harder to grow a […]
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