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- 14 Mar 2018
Emerging Technologies are Enabling Fintech Companies to Improve Financial Inclusion - Report
Today, fintech companies are making significant progress in promoting financial inclusion through innovative business models, products and use of emerging technologies such as digital identity,…
- 31 Aug 2018
UK Fintech Firm Partners Interswitch Group On Instant Money Transfers
European digital money transfer service, has announced a strategic partnership with leading African payments business, Interswitch Group, to further enable instant money transfers from 23 countries…
- 16 Mar 2022
Luno to Support Fintech Founders with Luno Expeditions
Luno, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Digital Currency Group (“DCG”), announces the launch of Luno Expeditions, a global, early-stage investment arm to support the best fintech and crypto/web3 founders…
- 9 Dec 2020
Path Solutions Receives FINTECH Prize in Two Categories
Path Solutions, the global Islamic banking software company, announced it has been awarded ‘Best Islamic Fintech Solution Provider’, whereas Mohammed Kateeb, the company’s Group Chairman & CEO…
- 23 Jan 2025
Visa, Moniepoint Join Forces to Accelerate Financial Inclusion in Africa
Moniepoint Inc, one of Nigeria’s leading business payments and banking services platforms, has secured an investment from Visa, a global leader in digital payments. The investment marks an important…
- 29 Feb 2024
MTN, Mastercard Partner to Accelerate Mobile Money Payment Across Africa
Mastercard and MTN Group Fintech have signed an agreement to provide all MTN MoMo customers with payment cards. In a joint statement on Thursday, the companies said a virtual and physical Mastercard…
- 18 Feb 2017
Banks, FinTech Partnership Key to Drive Financial Inclusion - Expert
As financial technology (FinTech) gradually seeps into the growth strategies of traditional banks, expert have expressed concern that the two components would need to work together in order to drive…
- 14 Apr 2021
Path Solutions wins 2020 World Islamic Fintech Awards
Path Solutions, a global software and services provider to the Islamic financial services industry, today announced it has emerged as winner of the ‘Best Islamic Financial Software Provider’ category…
- 18 Nov 2020
Accelerex Holdings Secures $20m Investment from ACA
Accelerex Holdings, Mauritius (“Accelerex”), has signed an investment agreement with regional private equity firm, Africa Capital Alliance (“ACA”), for the Capital Alliance Private Equity IV (CAPE…
- 15 Apr 2021
Accelerex Gets Investment Grade Credit Ratings from GCR
Global Accelerex, the Nigerian subsidiary of Accelerex Holdings Mauritius (Accelerex) has been assigned A-Credit rating by Agusto & Co and A2NG (short term, stable outlook) credit rating by…
- 13 Oct 2022
Two Nigerian Fintech Companies Among Finalists in the Ecobank Fintech Challenge 2022
The six finalists were chosen following extremely strong competition from over 700 fintechs from 59 countries; Grand Finale to be held on 28 October at the Ecobank Group Pan African Centre in Lomé,…
- 1 Aug 2017
Path Solutions Bags Global Award for Quality & Ideal Performance
Mohammed Kateeb, Group Chairman & CEO of Path Solutions received ‘The Global Award for Perfection, Quality & Ideal Performance in 2017’ by the France-based Otherways Management &…
- 5 Jul 2026
PufferPay CEO to Keynote Business Journal Fintech & Financial Inclusion Roundtable 2026
Mr. Emmanuel Ovaga, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of PufferPay Limited will deliver the keynote paper at the 3rd Business Journal Fintech & Financial Inclusion Roundtable 2026 scheduled for…
- 18 Mar 2024
Nigerian fintech Zone raises $8.5M seed to scale its decentralized payment infrastructure
Zone, Africa’s fast-growing payment infrastructure company (the “Company”), has raised $8.5 million in an oversubscribed seed funding round led by reputable VC firms Flourish Ventures and TLcom…
- 26 May 2016
TMT Finance Partners IHS Towers on Inaugural Forum in Lagos
TMT Finance, the global telecom investment news and events provider, and IHS Towers, the largest mobile telecommunications infrastructure provider in Africa, Europe and the Middle East, have…
- 12 Apr 2021
Accelerex Gets Investment Grade Credit Ratings from Agusto & Co, GCR
Global Accelerex, the Nigerian subsidiary of Accelerex Holdings Mauritius (Accelerex) has been assigned A- (stable outlook) credit rating by Agusto & Co and A2NG (short term, stable outlook)…
- 17 Mar 2026
Breaking.......Nigerian Firms Pledge Millions, Create UK Jobs
Hundreds of new jobs are set to be created as Nigerian banks, fintech innovators and creative industry businesses scale up their operations in Britain. UK-Nigeria The move will see millions invested,…
- 20 Mar 2024
Konga May Disrupt The Nigerian Stock Exchange By 2027
Konga Online Shopping Limited, leading ecommerce giant could be preparing its runway for a listing on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) within the next 3 years, news sources gather. Working with…
- 18 Dec 2024
UBA to Deepen International Expansion, Others with N239bn Rights Issue
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc said it will utilise the net proceeds of its ongoing N239.4 billion rights issue to invest in additional digital technologies and business expansions that will…
- 15 May 2018
The Rise Fund Leads $47.5m Series C for Cellulant
The Rise Fund, a global impact investing fund managed by growth equity platform TPG Growth, has announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire a stake in Cellulant, a leading digital payments…
- 12 Jun 2020
Fintechs Key to Bridging Financial Inclusion Gap in Africa
By Ebehijie Momoh, SVP, General Manager West Africa, With many countries across the globe still under lockdown, perhaps more than ever before, there is a dire need to strengthen financial…
- 16 Oct 2017
NITRA: Okere Advocates for Improved FinTech Innovations
As “money is going digital” around the world, with central banks from England to China publicly floating the notion of issuing their own national digital currencies, it has become imperative for…
- 17 May 2026
Digital PayExpo 2026 to Convene Africa’s Most Influential Payments Leaders in Lagos
Africa’s digital payments ecosystem will take center stage as Digital PayExpo 2026 returns to Lagos on June 17–18, 2026 , at the Landmark Centre, Victoria Island, under the theme: “Seamless Digital:…
- 9 Aug 2018
11 Startups Emerge Finalists at the Ecobank Fintech Challenge 2018
Ecobank, the leading independent pan-African banking group, has announced the finalists for the 2nd edition of the annual Ecobank Fintech Challenge, a competition for Africa-focused technology…
- 5 May 2026
Africa Fintech Revenues to Hit $65 billion by 2030 - Report
African fintech revenues are projected to expand 13-fold to approximately $65 billion by 2030, marking the continent as the world's fastest-growing digital finance market. The "Beyond Payments:…
- 6 Feb 2016
Visa Opens Global Network with “Visa Developer” Launch
Visa Inc. has announced the launch of Visa Developer, a milestone that transforms the world’s largest retail payments network to an open platform that will drive innovation in payments and commerce.…
- 23 Sept 2020
Mastercard Announces Fintech Express to Empower MEA Fintechs to Launch and Expand Rapidly
Mastercard has launched Fintech Express in the Middle East and Africa (MEA), a program designed to facilitate emerging fintechs’ launch and expansion. Leveraging the power of partnerships and…
- 30 Sept 2025
Africa Breakfast Convos at UNGA 80: Leaders Unite to Drive Youth, Innovation, and Sustainable Growth
On Friday, September 26th, African business leaders, policymakers, and innovators convened at the World Trade Center in New York City for the Africa Breakfast Convos (ABC), a high-profile side event…
- 23 May 2019
Access Bank Partners Fintech to Modernise Banking Processes
Mr. Herbert Wigwe, Group Managing Director, Access Bank Plc, has said that Access Bank has continued to innovate through the creation and adoption of modern banking tools and by leveraging on…
- 1 Aug 2023
Beyond doing good: Why ESG makes great business sense for African fintechs
By Funmi Dele-Giwa, General Counsel & Head, GRC at MFS Africa If you’re reading this, there’s a very good chance you’re already familiar with the acronym ESG. Standing for “environmental”,…