30 results
- 17 Jul 2025
PalmPay Named Among CNBC and Statista’s World Top 300 Fintech Companies 2025
PalmPay, a leading neobank and fintech platform focused on emerging markets, has been recognised in CNBC and Statista’s 2025 Top 300 Fintech Companies in the World list. This marks the second year in…
- 19 Jul 2024
PalmPay Named Among Top 250 Fintech Companies in the World by CNBC and Statista
Africa-focused fintech platform, PalmPay, has been included in the 2024 edition of CNBC and Statista’s prestigious list of the “Top 250 Fintech Companies in the World.” This recognition underscores…
- 13 Mar 2024
Empowering African Tech Talent: Jumia's Commitment to Local Innovation
The need for Africa to nurture homegrown tech talents has never been more pressing than it is now. Data, published on Statista , from a survey highlighting the need for more talents in the global…
- 5 Oct 2021
Research Identifies KongaPay as Nigeria’s Leading e-wallet Platform
KongaPay, a Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)-licensed fintech platform, has been identified as the leading provider of digital payment services for e-commerce transactions in Nigeria. The rating came…
- 16 May 2024
Again, Financial Times Recognises BHM as one of Africa’s Fastest Growing Companies
In a remarkable achievement, Nigerian company BHM has earned a coveted spot in the Financial Times ranking of Africa's fastest-growing companies for the second consecutive year. The prestigious FT…
- 26 May 2020
PayPal Quarterly Payments Jump 85% in 3 Years to Hit 3.2Bn in March 2020
Smart devices and a booming global eCommerce market have driven the rapid adoption of digital payments worldwide. Digital payments have changed the payment industry traditionally dominated by cash…
- 15 May 2024
Again, Moniepoint Inc Emerged as Africa's Fastest Growing Financial Institution by the Financial Times
Moniepoint Inc, parent company of Nigeria’s leading financial institutions, Moniepoint MFB and TeamApt Ltd has been ranked by the Financial Times, one of the world’s leading business news…
- 9 Sept 2021
MTN Group Partners Flutterwave to Deploy Mobile Money Services Across Africa
MTN has entered into a new partnership with Africa’s leading payments technology company, Flutterwave, to deploy mobile money services across Africa. This partnership will allow businesses…
- 22 Nov 2020
COVID-19: Mobile Phone Industry to Lose $51Bn in Revenue
The coronavirus outbreak caused the worst smartphone market contraction in history, as global demand plummeted in the first and second quarter of the year. Although the last few months witnessed a…
- 29 Oct 2021
Africa’s Insurance Firms Increasingly Look to Cloud to Bolster Business
More insurance companies in Africa are looking to leverage cloud solutions to strengthen market presence and service delivery. According to Deloitte’s Insurance Outlook Report EA 2020/21 insurance…
- 24 Nov 2019
Report Finds Three-in-10 Adults in Emerging Economies as Not Having Phone
As ownership of mobile phones, especially smartphones, spreads rapidly across the globe, an average of three-in-10 adults in emerging economies still do not own a phone. This is one of the key…
- 15 Dec 2020
Op-ed: Intelligent Customer Engagement
By: Murray Gardiner, MD of Bluecode Africa The customer is always mobile. This is the adage that defines customer engagement today thanks to ubiquitous smartphone penetration and ownership,…
- 17 Mar 2021
Flutterwave, PayPal Announce Lucrative E-commerce Pact
FLutterwave has partnered with global payment platform PayPal to enable African merchants to receive payments from over 300 million PayPal users. “The collaboration will be instrumental in supporting…
- 20 May 2021
Rural Resident that Shops Online for her Beauty, Fashion Needs
There are increasing signs that e-commerce is making inroads in rural communities in Nigeria with testimonials from residents who are active users of the services. From ordering of gadgets and…
- 20 Nov 2020
Why November 22nd Should Be Recognized As Global Day of Influence
November 22, 2020 will mark the inaugural edition of the Global Day of Influence - a day to discuss, interrogate and celebrate the concept, principles, and impact of influence in today’s world.…
- 11 Sept 2019
DHL Expands Africa eShop to 34 Countries Across Sub Saharan Africa
Since its initial introduction in April of this year, the DHL Africa eShop app has seen its user base grow rapidly, and within the first three months of operation, it had already been rolled out to…
- 17 Jan 2019
How Konga is Bridging E-Commerce Gap for Millions of Unreached, Under-Served Nigerians
For a population of over 190 million, it is perhaps shocking to countenance the fact that about 70% of Nigerians - a whopping 130 million - are still skeptical of shopping online and yet to be…
- 28 Oct 2021
Standard Bank Group Selects Flutterwave to Drive Digital Transformation Efforts Across Africa
Standard Bank, Africa’s largest bank by assets, has partnered with Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company, to enhance digital payments experiences for its customers in Nigeria,…
- 22 Oct 2021
Mobile App Revenue to Soar as Smartphone Adoption Escalates
With roughly 5.3 billion mobile phone users worldwide − or 57% of the world’s population − using smartphones, global mobile app-generated revenue is expected to increase by 55%, reaching $613 billion…
- 8 Jun 2020
Plaqad Launches SocialCred, A Tool To Rank Online Clout
Plaqad, Africa’s leading marketing technology company has launched SocialCred, the continent's first-ever social media clout ranking app. The SocialCred works by assigning and summing up points…
- 27 Mar 2019
History as MTN Unwraps World-First Airtime Top-up Via WhatsApp
MTN Group Limited, said that it has begun the "world first" WhatsApp channel that allows customers to buy airtime and data bundles. With customers able to purchase them through the messaging…
- 15 Sept 2021
Digital Transformation: DT-TWGs Critical to Implementation of NDEPS — Prof. Pantami
Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, minister of Communications and Digital Economy, has said that the Digital Transformation Technical Working Group (DT-TWG) is a critical instrument for the…
- 31 Oct 2021
KongaPay Projected to Hit 3m Subscribers by 2022
KongaPay, a Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)-licensed fintech platform, is on course to grow its active subscriber base to over three million by 2022, data released by the company has shown. The mobile…
- 30 Nov 2021
Flutterwave Unveils e-Commerce Platform for SME Growth
A new e-commerce platform to scale the growth of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) has been introduced by Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company. The new platform called…
- 27 Dec 2021
SHAREit Lite Aims to Connect with Users
In furtherance of its commitment to enhance content accessibility through fast peer-to-peer file transfer without internet connection, high-speed file transmission app, SHAREit Lite has launched a…
- 23 Dec 2021
SHAREit Lite Aims to Closely Connect with its Users this Festive Season
In furtherance of its commitment to enhance content accessibility through fast peer-to-peer file transfer without internet connection, high-speed file transmission app, SHAREit Lite has launched a…
- 11 Jan 2022
E-commerce Showing Huge Contribution to Nigeria's Economic Direction
The e-commerce section of the Nigerian digital economy holds immense potential for the overall growth of the economy. With 58 online marketplaces in the Nigerian e-commerce space, the contribution of…
- 19 Jan 2022
Microsoft Plans Metaverse Dominance with Activision Blizzard
Software giant, Microsoft is planning to dominate the metaverse with its move to acquire Activision Blizzard, a game development and interactive entertainment content publisher, in a mega deal. This…
- 23 Jan 2022
WorldRemit Proffers Digital Remittance as Panacea for Financial Insecurity
Cross-border payment company, WorldRemit has suggested embracing digital remittance payments to enhance financial security of Nigerians. Karen Jordaan, Head of UK at WorldRemit, expressed this during…
- 11 Jul 2021
Jeff Bezos, Amazon and e-commerce Wealth: Can Konga Defend Africa’s Position?
By Kingsley ‘Bobby’ Collins On Tuesday, July 6, 2021, the world awoke to the news that Jeff Bezos, founder of e-commerce giant, Amazon, had further left the rest of the world behind in the wealth…