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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Tag: Africa
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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Minit Money launches South Africa-Zambia corridor for money transfers
Blockchain remittance app Minit Money is aiming to make it more affordable for Zambians living in South Africa to send money home through more seamless money transfers.
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Banking on Chat: How AI makes ‘cents’ for finance companies
Conversational AI has quickly become a game changer for banks and financial institutions, enabling the complete reimagining of the digital customer experience.
Customer experience expert and head of MoData Interactive, Brendan van Staaden, is seeing this evolution first-hand and says finance companies are increasingly turning to this technology to build better relationships with their customers.
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UAE’s Hubpay unveils FX Hub to boost African cross-border trade
UAE fintech, Hubpay, has launched a new “Collect & Remit” solution designed to boost cross-border trade with Africa
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Amazon to launch online shopping service in South Africa in 2024
Amazon will launch its online shopping service in South Africa in 2024 as it seeks to tap into the country’s ongoing e-commerce boom.
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95% of fintech apps across Africa expose valuable secrets, says report
95% of the most popular African banking and financial services apps contain easy-to-extract secrets that could pave the way for attacks and data theft, a new report has revealed.
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Esselina Macome: “Knowledge is the most urgent issue in driving financial inclusion”
Esselina Macome, CEO of Financial Sector Deepening Mozambique, explains to Seamless Xtra why increasing knowledge and trust, promoting innovation, and green finance are key next steps in Mozambique’s journey toward comprehensive financial inclusion
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Spanish fashion retailer Mango expands online presence in Africa
Spanish retailer Mango has made its online selling available for the first time in countries such as Ghana, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. It has also strengthened its commercial presence in Sri Lanka, Cameroon and Kenya, where it already has physical stores.
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Survey: Facebook leads the way for active user engagement in Africa
The Geopoll survey, which was conducted in four African countries, found that Facebook is leading the way for social media engagement in the region, boasting 82% of participants actively using the platform.
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Flutterwave launches Swap, a digital FX solution for Nigerians
Payments technology company, Flutterwave has launched Swap, a digital FX platform for Nigerians in partnership with Wema Bank and Kadavra BDC
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Safaricom launches M-PESA in Ethiopia
Safaricom’s M-PESA app is currently ready in five languages for android devices and available on play store; and will be available for IOS devices in the coming weeks.
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Nigeria’s Wema Bank teams up with Enza to boost e-commerce services
The partnership is seen is a further step in the digital transformation journey of Wema Bank, which has been operating Nigeria’s largest digital banking system, ALAT By Wema since 2019.
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Moove raises $76 million to provide financial services for mobility gig workers
Mobility fintech, Moove has secured $76m in new funding to support the expansion of its financial services for mobility gig workers.
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Access to identity among barriers to financial inclusion for rural women in Nigeria
Access to identity among barriers to financial inclusion for rural women in Nigeria
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TerraPay partners with Safaricom’s M-PESA on cross-border payments
TerraPay partners with Safaricom’s M-PESA on cross-border payments
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Nigeria’s PalmPay reaches user milestone on financial app
Nigeria’s PalmPay reaches user milestone on financial app
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Visa launches Africa Fintech Accelerator programme
The initiative will allow up to 40 start-ups each year to accelerate through a
three-month intensive learning programme focused on business growth and mentoring.
Study: Digital ID can have significant economic impact on marginalised groups
The research focused on four marginalised population groups in the Cote d’Ivoire, Rwanda and South Africa and found that there are several life situations that a digital-ID framework can impact for the better,
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