FinTech

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  Ecosystem, Mobile Money

  Mobile money users in Tanzania are going back to cash payments to avoid high transaction charges

  Kenn Abuya

  22nd October 2023

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  FinTech, Startups

  Exclusive: Kippa lays off 40 employees as it exits agency banking

  Ngozi Chukwu

  19th October 2023

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  Mobile Money

  Exclusive: Safaricom launches standing orders for M-PESA users

  Kenn Abuya

  12th October 2023

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  Digital Lending, FinTech

  Defaulting on your loans has more far-reaching consequences than you think

  Hannatu Asheolge

  11th October 2023

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  FinTech

  Cameroonian fintech, Koree, wins Ecobank Fintech Challenge 

  Muktar Oladunmade

  9th October 2023

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  FinTech

  Exclusive: Nigerian fintech PayDay is looking to sell the company six months after $3m raise

  Ngozi Chukwu

  20th September 2023

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  FinTech

  Stitch launches WigWag, a social commerce payments platform for SMEs

  Ephraim Modise

  13th September 2023

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  FinTech, News

  Interswitch announces support for Google Pay on its payment gateway

  Ngozi Chukwu

  11th September 2023

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  FinTech, Funding

  Anchor closes $2.4 million to scale banking-as-a-service for African businesses

  Abraham Augustine

  4th September 2023

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  Mobile Money

  M-PESA to introduce standing orders as Safaricom strengthens its mobile money product

  Kenn Abuya

  2nd September 2023

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  FinTech

  How Moniepoint wants to win the retail banking market

  Ganiu Oloruntade

  1st September 2023

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  FinTech, Mobility, Startups

  Ugandan fintech Asaak acquires FlexClub Mexico as it expands to Latin America

  Abraham Augustine

  31st August 2023

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  FinTech

  Egyptian payments provider Fawry is considering digital banking

  Ganiu Oloruntade

  25th August 2023

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  FinTech, Funding, News, Startups

  LemFi raises $33 million to bring free remittance payments for global migrants

  Abraham Augustine

  24th August 2023

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  Mobile Money

  M-PESA goes live in Ethiopia today, but it has a long way to catch up to Telebirr

  Kenn Abuya

  16th August 2023

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  Mobile Money

  After M-PESA, Airtel Money increases wallet limit to $3,400

  Kenn Abuya

  15th August 2023

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  Mobile Money

  In a move to support SMEs, Safaricom’s M-PESA increases daily limit to $3,400

  Kenn Abuya

  14th August 2023

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  FinTech

  Cashlinq wants to foster financial inclusion in Zimbabwe. Here is how

  Ephraim Modise

  8th August 2023

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  Business, FinTech

  Banks are winning the opportunity to facilitate cross-border payments for Africa’s small businesses

  Abraham Augustine

  5th August 2023

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  FinTech

  Seven months after its launch, CBN’s fintech sandbox has made no real progress

  Ngozi Chukwu

  3rd August 2023

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  FinTech

  Cellulant is betting on Nigeria’s small and mid-sized merchants. Will it pay off?

  Abraham Augustine

  29th July 2023

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  Banking, Mobile Money

  M-PESA experiences downtime in Kenya as bank-to-mobile money transfers stall

  Kenn Abuya

  27th July 2023

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  Mobile Money

  As M-PESA plans to enter Ethiopia, it faces a stiff rivalry from Ethio Telecom’s Telebirr

  Kenn Abuya

  26th July 2023

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  FinTech

  Electronic transfers make up 82% of all B2B payments in SA, according to study

  Ephraim Modise

  26th July 2023

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  FinTech

  Can Flex Finance conquer Africa’s $1.4 trillion business spend market?

  Abraham Augustine

  20th July 2023

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  Analysis, Ecosystem, FinTech

  Analysis: How Egypt’s fintech ecosystem is finding its pace and dragging banks along

  Abraham Augustine

  19th July 2023

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  FinTech, Newsletters, The Next Wave

  Next Wave: Nigeria’s wrecking ball

  Abraham Augustine

  17th July 2023

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  FinTech, Newsletters, The Next Wave

  Next Wave: Technology in financial services has a localised trust barrier

  Abraham Augustine

  10th July 2023

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  Mobile Money, News

  PoS operators may stop services as FCCPC blocks price increase

  Joseph Olaoluwa

  7th July 2023

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  FinTech

  Mastercard and SomBank partner to launch debit cards in Somalia

  Caleb Nnamani

  6th July 2023

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  FinTech

  Beyond innovation, Nigerian fintechs must build strong partnerships to truly win

  Ganiu Oloruntade

  6th July 2023

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  FinTech

  Here’s why Latin American fintechs are expanding to Africa

  Abraham Augustine

  3rd July 2023

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  FinTech, Newsletters, TC Weekender, Telecoms

  Mobile data is literally money in Kenya

  Ngozi Chukwu

  1st July 2023

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  FinTech

  Nigeria’s Central Bank issues new rules for contactless payments

  Abraham Augustine

  30th June 2023

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  FinTech

  Following chargeback fraud fiasco, Union54 is back with a superapp

  Ephraim Modise

  30th June 2023

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  Mobile Money

  Despite Kenya’s central bank backing, mobile money rivals are no match for M-PESA

  Kenn Abuya

  26th June 2023

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  FinTech

  Flutterwave eyes Egypt’s cross-border payments market as it plans IPO

  Abraham Augustine

  23rd June 2023

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  FinTech

  This SA startup plans to eliminate digital payments failure in Africa. Here is how

  Ephraim Modise

  23rd June 2023

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  FinTech

  Flutterwave wants to make Kigali its settlement hub in East Africa

  Abraham Augustine

  23rd June 2023

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  FinTech

  Flutterwave and Microsoft enter 5-year strategic partnership

  Joseph Olaoluwa

  23rd June 2023