Egypt-based fintech MNT-Halan has completed three securitisation issuances worth EGP 4.0085 billion (about US$76.5 million) in total, Arab…
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The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) and Bank Al-Maghrib, Morocco’s central bank, have signed two memoranda of…
Absa Group has selected Thunes as a strategic Multicurrency Clearing (MCC) partner. The move expands the Absa and…
Agentic commerce is still emerging in the Middle East, yet interest is rising at a fast pace, according…
Paymob has raised US$35 million in a pre-Series C round, co-led by Mubadala Investment Company and the European…
dLocal, a Uruguayan payments platform, has received an Enhanced Payment Service Provider (EPSP) licence from the Bank of Ghana…
FairMoney Microfinance Bank has surpassed 30 million registered users in Nigeria. The company says the milestone reflects growing…
Capitec has added recurring subscription payments to Capitec Pay, its account-to-account payment method, through an integration with EBANX.…
Commercial International Bank – Egypt (CIB) has received preliminary approval from the Central Bank of Egypt to establish…
Egypt’s Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) has approved live testing for the first two projects under its fintech regulatory…
Emirates NBD Egypt is set to acquire HSBC Egypt’s retail banking business, transferring the bank’s retail loans, deposits,…
Tanzanian fintech Tembo has secured a Payment Service Provider license from the National Bank of Rwanda. The regulatory…
Jubilee Health Insurance has partnered with global insurtech bolttech to distribute its health insurance products through third-party digital…
Egypt and Nigeria secured the largest shares of African tech funding in the first half of 2026, according…
Flutterwave has secured a strategic investment from Circle Ventures to expand stablecoin infrastructure across its platform. The capital…
Mastercard has announced the launch of a cybersecurity centre to improve threat intelligence sharing across Africa. Designed to…
Interest in blockchain in Africa declined notably in 2025, reflected in a sharp contraction in investment. According to…
Revolut plans to launch digital banking services in South Africa by 2028. The London-based fintech has submitted a…
Huawei Cloud has signed a MoU with Thndr, an Egyptian digital investment platform, to expand the use of…
Flutterwave has secured a strategic investment from Ripple as part of its Series E fundraising round, which values…