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Burkina Faso Introduces Digital System to Enhance Transparency in Public Spending

Burkina Faso has taken a major step toward modernising its public administration with the launch of the e-Dimaakia digital platform, designed to digitise the management

Zimbabwean billionaire’s firm teams up with US fintech to expand stablecoins in Africa

This agreement, representing Circle’s inaugural venture within the African continent, is designed to facilitate the transmission and receipt of funds via USDC, Circle’s dollar-pegged digital

Fintech Startup littlefish Raises $9.5 Million to Support SMEs Across Africa

littlefish, a Johannesburg-based fintech startup, has raised $9.5 million in Series A funding to expand its financial infrastructure platform for small businesses across Africa. The

Ghana Puts Fintech at Center of Digital Economy Push Ahead of 3i Summit

Ghana is strengthening its push toward a digital and innovation-driven economy, with a renewed focus on fintech as a key driver of growth and financial

Lucia Okafor: Powering global payments with African insight

Spotlight Summary Profile Summary Lucia Okafor is a fintech and payments leader from Nigeria, currently based in the United Kingdom, operating at the intersection of

Wallets and Interoperability Drive Next Phase of P2P Competition

Interoperability is moving from technical aspiration to what looks to be a defining feature of peer-to-peer payments, as digital wallets evolve from simple payment tools

Venmo Connects to PayPal Network, Enabling Cross-Border Transfers

Venmo has announced an expansion that enables its peer-to-peer payment service to connect with PayPal, allowing users to send and receive money with PayPal accounts across more

M-Pesa to Reduce Personal Information Shared During “Send Money’ Transactions

Safaricom is set to introduce an additional layer of data minimization on its M-Pesa platform, extending privacy controls to person-to-person (P2P) transactions effective 24 March

Circle and Sasai Fintech Partner to Accelerate USDC Adoption Across Africa’s Digital Economy

Circle Internet Group, Inc., one of the world’s leading internet financial platform companies, announced a collaboration between one of its affiliates and Sasai Fintech, a business of Cassava

Visa Launches Agentic Ready Programme to Test AI-Driven Payments in Europe

Visa has launched Visa Agentic Ready, a global programme aimed at preparing the payments ecosystem for agent-initiated, AI-driven commerce. The programme will first roll out in

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