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Pictures: Aida Diarra, senior vice president and head of sub-Saharan Africa at Visa with Clayton Hayward, group CEO of EFTCorp. Together they have formed a five year partnership to enhance financial inclusion in Africa (Image supplied)

Visa invests $1bn to grow financial inclusion in Africa, partners with EFTCorp

Tigran Gambaryan, an executive of Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, sits as he waits to face prosecution for tax evasion and money laundering at the federal high court in Abuja, Nigeria, 4 April 2024. Reuters/ Abraham Achirga/File Photo

Nigerian court orders release of Binance executive after charges dropped

By Camillus Eboh 24 Oct 2024

Mukuru CEO Andy Jury on stage at Africa Tech Week 2024

#ATW24: Mukuru's customer-first approach behind Africa longevity

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Investment into African tech startups hit record high in 2017

Investment into African tech startups hit record high in 2017

17 Jan 2018

Richard Rattue, CEO: Compli-Serve SA

#BizTrends2018: Ready or not. AI is on its way

Richard Rattue 8 Jan 2018

Chrisna Basson, head of strategy at Weathermen & Co, Namibia.

#BizTrends2018: A positive perspective on moving towards 4.0

Chrisna Basson 8 Jan 2018

#BizTrends2018: Make sure you're at the heart of disruption

Damian Michael 8 Jan 2018

PayU broadens online payments service in Nigeria with PayU Receive

PayU broadens online payments service in Nigeria with PayU Receive

13 Dec 2017

A mobile payments solution for Kenyan retailers

A mobile payments solution for Kenyan retailers

6 Dec 2017

Morocco regulator bans bitcoin payments

Morocco regulator bans bitcoin payments

22 Nov 2017

Arsenal welcomes WorldRemit as official online money transfer partner

Arsenal welcomes WorldRemit as official online money transfer partner

21 Nov 2017

Meet Africa's startup stars

Meet Africa's startup stars

20 Nov 2017

Three key trends for African economic growth in 2018

Three key trends for African economic growth in 2018

16 Nov 2017

Mastercard-Spazapp collaboration brings cashless payments to informal retailers

Mastercard-Spazapp collaboration brings cashless payments to informal retailers

15 Nov 2017

Jason Peisl, PnP's information systems executive. Photo: YouTube

#AfricaCom: How Bitcoin made PnP sexy and other stories

Nicci Botha 9 Nov 2017

Startups winners at AppsAfrica.com Innovation Awards

Startups winners at AppsAfrica.com Innovation Awards

Tom Jackson 8 Nov 2017

#AfricaCom: M-Pesa sees partnerships as the road to growth

Nicci Botha 8 Nov 2017

Zambia's Zazu raises $218k in crowdfunding campaign

Zambia's Zazu raises $218k in crowdfunding campaign

Tom Jackson 2 Nov 2017

The world of payments is changing fast

The world of payments is changing fast

Paul Kent 20 Oct 2017

Image supplied.

#EntrepreneurMonth: Starting up the Girl Boss Hustle with Akro Capital

Leigh Andrews 19 Oct 2017

Alan Knott-Craig

#EntrepreneurMonth: If you can sell your first startup, sell it

Alan Knott-Craig 18 Oct 2017

AfricaCom 2017 Awards finalists revealed

AfricaCom 2017 Awards finalists revealed

17 Oct 2017

#MeetTheInvestor: Duncan Goldie-Scot

#MeetTheInvestor: Duncan Goldie-Scot

Tom Jackson 17 Oct 2017

AfricaCom offers free passes for Cape Town event

AfricaCom offers free passes for Cape Town event

16 Oct 2017

Instant, secure, cashless payment for 33 African countries

Instant, secure, cashless payment for 33 African countries

13 Oct 2017

Unpacking the future for technology, media and telecoms in Africa

Unpacking the future for technology, media and telecoms in Africa

12 Oct 2017

AfricArena tech innovation conference kicks off next month

AfricArena tech innovation conference kicks off next month

11 Oct 2017

Yoco releases free POS solution for small businesses

Yoco releases free POS solution for small businesses

5 Oct 2017

Ghana's digital payments leadership

Ghana's digital payments leadership

28 Sep 2017

Seedstars announces Senegal finalists, heads to Cameroon

Seedstars announces Senegal finalists, heads to Cameroon

22 Sep 2017

Pick n Pay trials bitcoin payments

Pick n Pay trials bitcoin payments

19 Sep 2017

Ethiopia's Meda Messenger combining chat with payments

Ethiopia's Meda Messenger combining chat with payments

Tom Jackson 19 Sep 2017

YUP, Ivory Coast.

A new mobile Africa banking solution

15 Sep 2017

More news

Investment into African tech startups hit record high in 2017

Investment into African tech startups hit record high in 2017

17 Jan 2018

Richard Rattue, CEO: Compli-Serve SA

#BizTrends2018: Ready or not. AI is on its way

Richard Rattue 8 Jan 2018

#BizTrends2018: Make sure you're at the heart of disruption

Damian Michael 8 Jan 2018

Chrisna Basson, head of strategy at Weathermen & Co, Namibia.

#BizTrends2018: A positive perspective on moving towards 4.0

Chrisna Basson 8 Jan 2018

PayU broadens online payments service in Nigeria with PayU Receive

PayU broadens online payments service in Nigeria with PayU Receive

13 Dec 2017

A mobile payments solution for Kenyan retailers

A mobile payments solution for Kenyan retailers

6 Dec 2017

Morocco regulator bans bitcoin payments

Morocco regulator bans bitcoin payments

22 Nov 2017

Arsenal welcomes WorldRemit as official online money transfer partner

Arsenal welcomes WorldRemit as official online money transfer partner

21 Nov 2017

Meet Africa's startup stars

Meet Africa's startup stars

20 Nov 2017

Three key trends for African economic growth in 2018

Three key trends for African economic growth in 2018

16 Nov 2017

Mastercard-Spazapp collaboration brings cashless payments to informal retailers

Mastercard-Spazapp collaboration brings cashless payments to informal retailers

15 Nov 2017

Jason Peisl, PnP's information systems executive. Photo: YouTube

#AfricaCom: How Bitcoin made PnP sexy and other stories

Nicci Botha 9 Nov 2017

Startups winners at AppsAfrica.com Innovation Awards

Startups winners at AppsAfrica.com Innovation Awards

Tom Jackson 8 Nov 2017

#AfricaCom: M-Pesa sees partnerships as the road to growth

Nicci Botha 8 Nov 2017

Zambia's Zazu raises $218k in crowdfunding campaign

Zambia's Zazu raises $218k in crowdfunding campaign

Tom Jackson 2 Nov 2017

The world of payments is changing fast

The world of payments is changing fast

Paul Kent 20 Oct 2017

Image supplied.

#EntrepreneurMonth: Starting up the Girl Boss Hustle with Akro Capital

Leigh Andrews 19 Oct 2017

Alan Knott-Craig

#EntrepreneurMonth: If you can sell your first startup, sell it

Alan Knott-Craig 18 Oct 2017

AfricaCom 2017 Awards finalists revealed

AfricaCom 2017 Awards finalists revealed

17 Oct 2017

#MeetTheInvestor: Duncan Goldie-Scot

#MeetTheInvestor: Duncan Goldie-Scot

Tom Jackson 17 Oct 2017

AfricaCom offers free passes for Cape Town event

AfricaCom offers free passes for Cape Town event

16 Oct 2017

Instant, secure, cashless payment for 33 African countries

Instant, secure, cashless payment for 33 African countries

13 Oct 2017

Unpacking the future for technology, media and telecoms in Africa

Unpacking the future for technology, media and telecoms in Africa

12 Oct 2017

AfricArena tech innovation conference kicks off next month

AfricArena tech innovation conference kicks off next month

11 Oct 2017

Yoco releases free POS solution for small businesses

Yoco releases free POS solution for small businesses

5 Oct 2017

Ghana's digital payments leadership

Ghana's digital payments leadership

28 Sep 2017

Seedstars announces Senegal finalists, heads to Cameroon

Seedstars announces Senegal finalists, heads to Cameroon

22 Sep 2017

Pick n Pay trials bitcoin payments

Pick n Pay trials bitcoin payments

19 Sep 2017

Ethiopia's Meda Messenger combining chat with payments

Ethiopia's Meda Messenger combining chat with payments

Tom Jackson 19 Sep 2017

YUP, Ivory Coast.

A new mobile Africa banking solution

15 Sep 2017

SA approves cross-border mobile money transfers

SA approves cross-border mobile money transfers

7 Sep 2017

Nigeria's CowryWise launches digital savings platform

Tom Jackson 1 Sep 2017

Research indicates payment markets to pass $5tn by 2020

Research indicates payment markets to pass $5tn by 2020

30 Aug 2017

Contactless to account for over 50% of POS transactions globally by 2022

Contactless to account for over 50% of POS transactions globally by 2022

22 Aug 2017

How this Senegalese fintech startup is going pan-African

How this Senegalese fintech startup is going pan-African

Tom Jackson 22 Aug 2017

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Taxi-hailing firm Little launches own virtual wallet

Annie Njanja 22 Aug 2017

Sneha Shah, MD of Thomson Reuters Africa

#GIL2017: How global volatility can benefit Africa

Nicci Botha 21 Aug 2017

Siri creator, Antoine Blondeau. Photo: AFP

AI revolution will be all about humans, says Siri trailblazer

21 Aug 2017

Youtap solutions aim to simplify mobile payments in Africa and Asia

Youtap solutions aim to simplify mobile payments in Africa and Asia

21 Aug 2017

Uganda's Numida encourages app usage with access to loans

Uganda's Numida encourages app usage with access to loans

Tom Jackson 18 Aug 2017