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Why broken payment systems are the hidden taxes slowing Africa’s growth

Abdulrasheed Abubakar

15th October 2025
Cryptocurrency

Stablecoins make up 43% of Sub-Saharan Africa’s crypto transactions in 2024

Emmanuel Nwosu

28th August 2025
Opinion

USSD, trust, and the future of payments: What Africa can teach the U.S.

Guest Author

3rd July 2025
FinTech

Nigeria records largest global drop in cash usage as digital payments surge

Bunmi Bailey

19th March 2025
Banking, Companies, FinTech, Regulation

Safaricom, Kenyan commercial banks propose Pesalink for national payments overhaul

Adonijah Ndege

4th February 2025
FinTech

YC-backed Waza launches Lync, an alternative to Mercury for African startups after $8m raise

Emmanuel Nwosu

20th January 2025
FinTech

Tiger Global-backed Minka is the latest LATAM fintech to set up shop in Africa

Kenn Abuya

2nd July 2024
FinTech

Post-CEO exit, Cellulant appoints new leaders, shifts focus to profitability

Kenn Abuya

17th April 2024
News

Access Holdings’ Hydrogen posts first profit in two years

Joseph Olaoluwa

27th March 2024
Banking, Features

Cashless ATMs: Nigeria struggles to keep up with growing demand

Frank Eleanya

16th February 2024
Features

From zero to ₦15 Trillion in transactions: Hydrogen’s plans for Nigeria’s bustling payments space

Ganiu Oloruntade

7th February 2024
Exclusive, Regulation

Exclusive: CBN targets six months for recertification of PoS terminals to fight fraud

Frank Eleanya

6th February 2024
Events, Recap

How can alternative payments improve Africa’s digital payment landscape?

Eniola

30th November 2023
FinTech

USSD remains Africa’s most popular payment channel despite growing alternatives

Kenn Abuya

25th November 2023
Startups

Exclusive: Flutterwave’s biggest revenue driver in 2023 is its enterprise segment

Ganiu Oloruntade

20th October 2023
Consumer Tech

Receive foreign payments in Nigeria 2023

Damilola Makinde

10th October 2023
FinTech

Nigeria’s Central Bank issues new rules for contactless payments

Abraham Augustine

30th June 2023
FinTech

dLocal secures payment service licence for Kenya and Rwanda

Abraham Augustine

23rd May 2023
News

AfDB loans Sao Tome and Principe $3.2 million for payment system

Muktar Oladunmade

31st March 2023
FinTech, Government, Startups

Nigeria’s central bank issues PSSP licence to infrastructure fintech startup Fincra

Caleb Nnamani

19th January 2023
Funding, Venture Capital

Revio raises $1.1 million to “radically reduce failed payments and churn”

Abraham Augustine

25th November 2022
Companies, FinTech

Interswitch has integrated all its APIs in one platform

Damilare Dosunmu

12th August 2022
FinTech

What does it look like to build a payment network marketplace?

Damilare Dosunmu

30th March 2022
Startups

Why did Mercury restrict tens of African startups’ accounts?

Damilare Dosunmu

2nd March 2022
FinTech

Senegalese payment aggregator PayDunya launches in Togo

Michael Ajifowoke

2nd March 2022
Cryptocurrency, Features

Meet the 19-year-old Nigerian building his own blockchain empire

Damilare Dosunmu

24th February 2022
FinTech

Stitch raises $21m to build a pan-African payment powerhouse

Damilare Dosunmu

14th February 2022
AfCFTA

New pan-African payment platform empowers SMEs and strengthens local currencies

Guest Author

19th January 2022
FinTech

Could Africa ditch cash?

Guest Author

8th December 2021
FinTech

Chipper Cash valued at $2 billion in $150 million series C extension

Damilare Dosunmu

2nd November 2021
FinTech

Nigeria’s E-Settlement acquires Côte d’Ivoire’s QuickCash to increase financial inclusion across Africa

Damilare Dosunmu

1st November 2021
Startups

Klasha launches in Ghana to facilitate e-commerce and cross-border payments

Michael Ajifowoke

12th October 2021
TC Insights

What will it take to build the future of e-commerce in Africa?

Boluwatife Sanwo

10th September 2021
Events

Join Marcello Schermer at the #FutureOfCommerce on the 24th of September

Boluwatife Sanwo

31st August 2021
FinTech

Meet Julaya, a startup solving payment friction for the World Bank in Ivory Coast

Michael Ajifowoke

23rd August 2021
FinTech, Government, News

CBN issues new guidelines for financial institutions

Timi Odueso

6th August 2021
Companies

Paystack becomes WooCommerce’s preferred payment partner in Africa

Damilare Dosunmu

5th July 2021
The Next Wave

The Next Wave: Nigeria and other real-time payments leaders

Alexander Onukwue

31st May 2021
Features

Seller is the little known player taking on Flutterwave and Paystack for social commerce

Olumuyiwa Olowogboyega

20th July 2020
News

Confirmed: OPay temporarily shutters non-fintech verticals

Abubakar Idris

2nd July 2020