Vodacom Group and the SADC Banking Association have signed a memorandum of understanding that will allow the Vodacom Group to join the South African Development Community’s Transactions Cleared on an Immediate Basis (TCIB) payment scheme.
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E-Newsletter Issue 15 – February 2019
Introducing The SADC TCIB Payment Scheme The SADC Treaty aims to promote regional integration; sustainable economic growth and social development; and the eradication of poverty and improvements in the quality of life of the people of the region. The treaty sets out several areas of [...]
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SADC: LEGAL FRAMEWORKS NEED TO WORK IN HARMONY
A recent report: In Pursuit of Efficient Financial Markets for the SADC Region, highlights the need for the harmonisation of legal frameworks to support global best practices in banking contracts, in the SADC region. The report was published by the South African based Centre of [...]
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SADC BA Newsletter Issue 13 – May 2018
THE SADC BA UPDATE The SADC BA is pursing mobile payments, ahead of the other mechanisms, as part of its cross-border payment initiative. This strategy has the support of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. This year the SADC BA has worked with banks and [...]
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PUBLIC-PRIVATE – PARTNERSHIPS IN AFRICA
Government and business leaders across Africa have come to accept Public-Private-Partnerships (PPPs) as a means of procuring and financing infrastructure projects. The SADC BA acknowledges the contribution of this article by André Kruger, Head Trainer, NBF. An increasing number of countries are developing PPP policies [...]
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SADC BA TRAINING IN THE REGION
INCREASING THE SKILLS AND CAPACITY OF BANKERS IN THE REGION IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE WORK OF THE SADC BANKING ASSOCIATION. It is within this context that the SADC BA are expanding its training offering further to include the following training programmes for the [...]
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The SADC BA Update Issue 13 – APRIL 2018
The SADC BA is pursing mobile payments, ahead of the other mechanisms, as part of its cross-border payment initiative. This strategy has the support of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. This year the SADC BA has worked with banks and mobile money service providers [...]
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E-Newsletter Issue 12 – October 2017
Comoros BECOMES A MEMBER OF SADC At the 37th SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government meeting in Pretoria, Republic of South Africa has admitted the Union of Comoros as a new member of SADC. The admission of the Union of Comoros will bring [...]
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