The African Crowdfunding Association is delighted to join MFW4A – Making Finance Work for Africa. As a Non-funding Member, ACfA looks forward to contributing its expertise and crowdfunding industry knowledge to the organisation’s members. Building awareness of crowdfunding amongst this prestigious member base is an important step to bridge the gap between fintechs and institutional financiers. https://www.mfw4a.org/ Cape Town, 9 October 2020 The post ACfA joins MFW4A – Making Finance Work For Africa appeared first on ACFA ..read more

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PRESS RELEASE African Crowdfunding Association (ACfA) and Refinitiv to organize their first compliance workshop on: “The Fight Against Money Laundering & Financing of Terrorism in the African Crowdfunding Sector” The African Crowdfunding Association (ACfA) announced that it will be holding a special compliance training seminar on “fighting money laundering and terrorism financing” for its members. This virtual webinar event will take place on Thursday 23 April 2020. The seminar, titled “The Fight Against Money Laundering & Financing of Terrorism in the African Crowdfunding Sector”, is ..read more

Session 1: 23 April 2020, 3pm SAST Session 2: 30 April 2020, 3pm SAST Session 3: 7 May 2020, 3pm SAST. A three-part webinar series discussing tangible solutions that address the challenges facing African start-up economy, co-organised by Founders Factory Africa and AfricArena, with the participation of ACfA. Taking into account the challenges facing the African start-up economy, the webinars will focus onthe concrete and practical solutions that are evolving in the market. By engaging entrepreneurs, early-stage investors, ecosystem enablers, regulatory bodies, and corporate partners, we hope t ..read more

Photo Illustration: IGAD leaders hold a virtual summit to discuss COVID-19 response. Regulators need to digitise their operations and their decision-making protocols to keep regulations responsive to the market during the crisis. Regulating the financial markets is no easy task, and in Africa it is arguably more difficult than in many other places. Our continent has 54 countries and multiple regulatory regions – some regions such as CEMAC and WAEMU have a common regulator per region, but most other countries have individual regulators. Their task is to ensure that they have their finger on the ..read more

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