In 2016 $5.5bn of venture capital investment went into payments startups. This represented 22% of…
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After receiving so much pressure from the developer community, Safaricom finally gave in and has…
With effect from 1 August, Econet-owned EcoCash lowered its tariffs. EcoCash is an innovative mobile…
Nigerian Fintech startup, Paystack, just announced that it has hit 1 billion Naira ($3.2 million)…
Safaricom, Kenyan telecoms giant, is to launch its “Masoko” E-commerce portal in the weeks ahead to take…
A record number of Ghanaians are saving money using mobile phones as lenders push products…
World Bank’s latest financial report indicates that about 66% of the people in Africa do…
EcoCash was launched by Econet Wireless in September 2011, since then, across Zimbabwe a network…
Founded a couple of years ago, Zeepay is now a leader in the mobile money…
The South African financial technology company that brought card-payment systems to smaller businesses as far…
MobiCash is a multi-access financial transaction platform that offers a unique and refreshing approach to mobile…
IroFit has emerged victorious, out of 20 finalists, winning the top prize of $10,000 USD. IroFit aids small…
Nigeria’s economy may be in a difficult period, but with digitalisation at the core of…
WorldRemit, a digital money transfer service today announced the addition of Android Pay to its…
Youtap, a global provider of contactless mobile money payments and financial services software, has announced…
Rand Merchant Investment Holdings through AlphaCode, RMI’s innovation hub for fintech entrepreneurs and Nedbank Private Equity…
PayU yesterday announced it has rolled out strategies to intensify efforts to connect businesses to Nigeria’s…
Ecobank has announced the finalists of its $500,000 Ecobank Fintech Challenge which is a competition for financial…
Nigeria’s IroFit along with VugaPay of Rwanda and Sokowatch of Kenya have been declared winners…
The government of Ghana has partnered with the Switzerland government to establish a challenge fund…