Is cash still king? Perhaps, but the acceptance and use of digital channels across Africa are rapidly increasing, experiencing their highest adoption rate in history. Currently,...
By Christian Bwakira, Group Chief Commercial Officer at Onafriq Mobile money has exploded across African economies as an enabler of financial inclusion by bringing in large...
By Yohannes Tsehai – Country Manager Onafriq Ethiopia The fintech sector has been one of Africa’s biggest technology success stories. According to one report, the continent’s...
By Yvonne-Faith Elaigwu, Head of Operations and Governance, OnePipe ‘Cashless’ has probably become one of the most popular words in Nigeria in the last few months....
M-Pesa, the fintech service provided by telecom company, Safaricom, is dipping its feet into the remittance market through a partnership with eCommerce behemoth, Amazon. Founded in...
Grey, a fintech started by two Nigerians to simplify sending and receiving foreign payments for Africans, has raised $2 million in seed funding. The service offered...
Airtel Money has announced a partnership with an African payments company, Flutterwave, to expand the former’s services to East African markets. Through the partnership, businesses integrating...
Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the fastest-growing investment zones for financial technology companies, according the trade body that represents the interests of global mobile network operators....
Branch, the most downloaded finance app in Africa, announced a new global partnership and investment from Visa. The two companies share a vision of bringing...
Safaricom, Kenya’s biggest telecoms company, is piloting a social messaging app that will link to its mobile money platform in an attempt to move the company...
