Jumia integrates Sprinklr customer experience management platform
African e-commerce platform Jumia is aiming to transform its customer experience with the integration of Sprinklr’s unified platform
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Tag: Africa
Mama Money launches new WhatsApp-powered bank card
South Africa’s Mama Money has joined forces with Access Bank and Paymentology to launch a new bank card service through WhatsApp.
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Mastercard and African Development Bank Group reveal digital access plan
Mastercard and the African Development Bank Group have partnered to extend digital access to critical services in Africa over the next 10 years.
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Report: UAE emerges as leading fintech hub in Middle East and Africa
The UAE has emerged as the top-scoring ‘fintech hub’ in the MEA for the first time, according to a new analysis carried out for the 2024 Middle East & Africa Fintech Report.
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Francis Dufay: “Whatever cannot be scaled should not be experimented”
Seamless Xtra’s Micah Edwards speaks to Francis Dufay, CEO at Jumia Group. Jumia is a Pan-African technology company that is built around a marketplace, logistics service and payment service.
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Mastercard and Equity Bank launch cross-border payment service in Kenya
The collaboration between Mastercard and Equity Bank comes as remittances continue to be a key economic driver in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Ernesto Hane: “Physical experience is always relevant in Africa”
Seamless Xtra’s Alia Alhussein speaks to Ernesto Hane, Chief Marketing Officer at Jumia...
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Mastercard partners with fintech Sava to enhance African businesses
Mastercard and Johannesburg-based fintech company SAVA have partnered to bolster small, medium, and micro enterprises (SMMEs) across South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, and Egypt.
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TerraPay and Diamond Trust Bank Uganda partner to expand international transfers
TerraPay has partnered with Diamond Trust Bank Uganda (DTBU) to expand international money transfers
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Boom targets Africa’s unbanked with new blockchain-powered payment platform
Boom, a blockchain-based ecosystem for digital payments has launched Boom Pay, an online payment gateway designed to help merchants collect payments from almost 2 billion unbanked customers across Africa.
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Start-up series: How Credify is tackling bankability in Egypt
Abdelrahman Rashwan founded Credify in July 2022 with a clear aim of solving a bankability problem in Egypt’s fintech space. He recently explained to Seamless Xtra’s Mark Dowdall why data is so important to all of this.
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5 online shops to watch out for in South Africa in 2024
Here are five online shops worth keeping an eye out for in South Africa in 2024.
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Nukkleus partners with Tantel Group to tap B2B payments market in Africa
Nukkleus Inc and its subsidiary, Digital RFQ (DRFQ) have partnered with Tantel Group to tap into the rapidly growing African B2B payments market, which the World Bank estimates to be valued at over $1.5 trillion.
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EDISON Alliance releases digital inclusion impact report for 2024
The EDISON Alliance has released its second Annual Impact Report while four new countries have joined the network to increase digital inclusion.
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Mastercard and 4thWave ink deal targeting $7 trillion payments market
Mastercard and Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) digital platform provider, 4thWave have inked a deal, targeting a $7 trillion commercial payments market in the Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (EEMEA) region.
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Aware and Avanza partner to provide biometric authentication for banks and fintechs
Aware and Avanza Solutions have announced a new partnership that aims to expand biometric authentication to fintechs in the world’s two ‘fastest-growing’ regions for financial services.
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South Africans can now withdraw cryptocurrency as cash at designated ATMS
An app that integrates with users’ crypto wallets so they can withdraw their cryptocurrency as cash at designated ATMS across South Africa has been unveiled by payment company, Paycorp.
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Orange launches super-app ‘Max it’ for African markets
Telecommunications firm, Orange has launched a new super app for African countries that combines e-commerce and financial services into a single platform.
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Nigerian government partners with eGate and Visa on digital ID and payment card
The Nigerian government (Nasdra) has agreed a deal with eGate and VISA, to enhance the country’s digital infrastructure and provide citizens with digital identity and unified payment cards.
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Magnati and TerraPay expand payment options for African wallet holders
UAE-based Magnati is expanding its range of payment methods for African wallet holders in collaboration with global cross-border payments network, TerraPay.
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