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Afro-Descendant Delegation Proposes Digital Projects to Boost Burkina Faso’s Tech Sector

A delegation of Afro-descendants led by Dr. Arikana Chihombori, former African Union Representative to the United States, visited Burkina Faso as part of the Pan-African

Flutterwave and Payful Partner to Simplify High-Value Payments Across Africa

Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company, has announced a strategic partnership with Payful, a global payments technology provider, to simplify high-value payments across the African continent.

Optasia Raises $345M in South Africa’s Largest Fintech IPO

Dubai-based fintech group Optasia officially listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) on Tuesday, November 4, after a R6.5 billion ($345 million) initial public offering

How Accrue is building a human network for stablecoin payments across Africa

Clinton Mbah, co-founder and CEO of Accrue, recalls when the problem became impossible to ignore. In 2022, a friend in Ghana tried to send money

Kenya’s tax tribunal rules payment switches are VAT-free

Kenya’s payment system might just have gotten its biggest legal shake-up yet. On October 24, the Tax Appeals Tribunal ruled that the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)

What must change to unify Africa’s trade and payments landscape?

Despite the African Continental Free Trade Area’s (AfCFTA) promise to unify Africa’s trade and payments landscape, financial institutions still see “limited” impact. Yet, on a

Fintech passport: Why a Ghana license now works in Rwanda and vice versa

Something unusual is happening in African finance. Not a billion-dollar funding round or a shiny new app; but a quiet handshake in the form of

FNB Zambia and Airtel Mobile Commerce Launch Groundbreaking Mobile Money on POS Solution

In a landmark move for the country’s digital finance sector, FNB Zambia and Airtel Mobile Commerce Ltd have launched the Mobile Money on POS solution, a first-of-its-kind partnership that

DisrupTech Ventures Invests in Morocco’s Chari to Accelerate Fintech Innovation Across Africa

DisrupTech Ventures, a leading early-stage fintech venture capital fund, announces its investment in Chari, a Y Combinator–backed startup that is transforming Morocco’s retail sector into a nationwide fintech

Ripple acquires UK digital asset and wallet company Palisade

Founded in 2022, Palisade’s lightweight “wallet-as-a-service” technology combines Multi-Party Computation (MPC) and zero-trust architecture with fast wallet provisioning, multi-chain support, and DeFi integration. The acquisition

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