Financial inclusion

The Democratic Republic of Congo has become the testing ground for a new payment system that settles mobile money top-ups ...

A new funding opportunity is offering up to $3 million to organisations working to expand digital access and financial inclusion ...

Africa’s payments industry is entering a new phase where growth depends less on adoption and more on connectivity. As fintechs, ...

South African economist Dawie Roodt has warned that tighter crypto regulations could push citizens away from the rand and toward ...

South Africa’s largest crypto exchange, VALR, has launched a direct mobile money on-ramp in partnership with pan-African payments gateway Onafriq, ...

Nigeria and Ethiopia are at the centre of Africa’s fast-growing crypto economy, driving a surge that has pushed on-chain transaction ...

Xpend, a WhatsApp-powered crypto payment platform currently operating in Nigeria and Rwanda, is set to expand into Ghana and Kenya ...

Zambia’s financial technology space is gaining new momentum as Yafika Mobile Money Limited introduces the Bevura app, an all-in-one digital ...

Circle Internet Group has partnered with the fintech firm Sasai, a business of Cassava Technologies, to expand the use of ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has mandated that banks and other card issuers increase the number of Automated Teller ...