Fawry has activated its partnership with Erada Finance, a microfinance and SME-focused company, to streamline the financing process…
Africa
Network International has enabled Apple Pay acceptance for four Egyptian banks by providing card tokenisation for Apple smartphones,…
The National Bank of Rwanda (NBR) has completed a five-month proof of concept (PoC) for a potential central…
The African Development Bank Group and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have launched the AI 10 Billion…
Over the past decade, Zambia has experienced a rapid expansion of fintech companies and the adoption of digital…
ZAR Universal (ZARU), an institutional-grade stablecoin pegged to the South African Rand (ZAR), has launched aiming to modernise…
Emirates has launched a split-payment solution for customers in Kenya through its partnership with Cellulant, a payments technology…
Yango, the food delivery and taxi service operated by Yango Group, has partnered with African payments company Flutterwave…
Emirates NBD – Egypt has introduced Apple Pay, enabling customers to make payments without physically handling cards, touching…
Egypt has launched its first “Startup Charter” following over a year of consultations with 15 national entities and…
Finpace has announced Halcyon, an AI solution delivered alongside the Finpace core banking platform to help financial institutions…
JUMO, a banking technology company providing data-driven financial infrastructure across Africa, has appointed Paul Whelpton as CEO. Whelpton…
LoftyInc Capital, a pan-African venture capital firm, has co-led a US$4 million oversubscribed seed round in Moroccon fintech…
Ooredoo Fintech, a digital financial services provider operating across the MENA region, has received approval from the Central…
eNovate, a subsidiary of eFinance Investment Group, and Cobi, a UAE-based AI-native customer intelligence platform, have integrated Cobi’s…
EthSwitch, Ethiopia’s national switch owned by public and private banks together with the National Bank of Ethiopia, has…
Egypt’s Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) has introduced a digital platform for regulatory reporting. This marks the first phase…
Fintech in North Africa is rapidly evolving, driven by a combination of youthful, digitally savvy demographics, growing mobile…
In 2025, Morocco accelerated its fintech agenda, introducing new incentives and support mechanisms designed to attract foreign talent,…
Africa’s mobile-money ecosystem is one of the most dynamic fintech landscapes in the world. At its core are…