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Of Computer Glitches, Moving Human Fingers and Illicit Financial Flows

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Kenya is patently a kleptocracy where both the government and society are imbued by corruption and runaway greed. Dr Nicholas Githuku explores how the combination of...

Rahma Hersi: Banking for the COVID-19 Era? Islamic Banking's Possibilities

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Rahma Hersi: Banking for the COVID-19 Era? Islamic Banking’s Possibilities

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Rahma Hersi is an Islamic finance lawyer and advocate for economic justice in Africa. She is Head of Africa of Gateway Global LLP a global professional...

Another False Messiah: The Rise and Rise of Fin-tech in Africa

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Another False Messiah: The Rise and Rise of Fin-tech in Africa

By Milford Bateman, Maren Duvendack and Nicholas Loubere

The rise of a global technology industry to support financial services, known as fin-tech, has grown enormously in Africa in the last decade. Across the continent,...

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Of Computer Glitches, Moving Human Fingers and Illicit Financial Flows

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Rahma Hersi: Banking for the COVID-19 Era? Islamic Banking’s Possibilities

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Another False Messiah: The Rise and Rise of Fin-tech in Africa

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