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Amazon to invest $280m in Africa headquarters
Last week, the US retail giant Amazon announced that it would be opening its first African office in South Africa with a real estate investment ...
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MTN Nigeria selects Remita for improved post-paid transactions
MTN Nigeria has unveiled Remita, a leading electronic payment platform, for the management of all its post-paid invoicing, payment as well as service-and-expense ...
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Jumeni, Ghanaian startup launches waste management platfrom
Jumeni, a software company in Ghana has developed a digital platform that helps in waste management. The solution includes a recycling and waste ...
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African startups invited to apply Smart Cities Innovation Programme
Applications have opened for the Smart Cities Innovation Programme (SCIP), aimed at accelerating 30 African tech startups in the fields of mobility, housing ...
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Ethiopia-CBE to Undergo Financial Transformation
Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) stated that it has amended directives so as to reach out to the unreached with financial accessibility and ...
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Bank of Korea CBDC Experiments Planned for Second Half of 2021
The Bank of Korea will conduct simulation experiments for its CBDC in the second half of 2021, according to information on its official site. ...
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iDenfy selected by international digital money transfer service for identity verification
PayQuik, an international digital money transfer service, has partnered with iDenfy, an identity verification company, for identity verification solutions. iDenfy, a fintech service provider ...
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Ghana-Visa Partners Hubtel to Expand Ecommerce in Ghana
Ghana’s indigenous eCommerce and SMS messaging company, Hubtel.com has entered into a partnership with Visa, to expand access to seamless payments on its ...
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PromptPay, PayNow partner to allow Thailand-Singapore fund transfers
The Bank of Thailand and the Monetary Authority of Singapore have announced that they have linked Thailand’s PromptPay and Singapore’s PayNow real-time retail payment systems, allowing users ...
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Mobile payment innovation to boost business travel payments, finds new study
Real-time information and contactless payments are top traveler requirements, according to a new report released by Amadeus. Business travel has been one of the hardest-hit sectors ...