Shaping the Future of Fintech
Shaping the Future of Fintech – Keynote at Africa Tech Summit Nairobi 2025 by Shehryar Ali – Senior Vice President and Country Manager for East Africa and Indian Ocean Islands at Mastercard. In this dynamic keynote, Shehryar Ali shares insights and innovations shaping the future of fintech, particularly in East Africa and the Kenyan market....
Africa Money & DeFi Summit West Africa Returns to Accra as Fintech, Web3, and Stablecoins Reshape Financial Systems
The third edition of Africa Money & DeFi Summit West Africa returns to Ghana on September 24–25, 2025, bringing together over 500 leaders across fintech, Web3, and decentralized finance. As West Africa continues its rise as a digital finance trailblazer, this high-impact summit builds on its reputation as a catalyst for driving business growth, investment,…
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Verto Launches New Bill Pay Feature for Global Businesses
Verto, a leading global B2B payments platform, announced the launch of a new accounts payable solution designed to significantly reduce the time, cost, and complexity of managing international business payments. Integrated into the Verto Accounts product, the feature directly addresses the inefficiencies and risks inherent in manual invoice processing, enabling finance teams to streamline operations…
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Visa Backs 22 African Startups in New Cohort to Power Fintech Growth and Inclusion
Visa has announced 22 participating startups for the fourth cohort (Cohort 4) of its program, spanning 12 countries. These startups aim is to tackle challenges in Africa’s fintech sector and promote financial inclusion and digital growth. They provide solutions in Small and Medium Business (SMB) digitization, lending, cross-border payments, payroll, business-to-business (B2B) payments, AI-powered payments,…
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HoneyCoin Raises $4.9M to Transform Stablecoin-Powered Payments Across Africa and Global Markets
HoneyCoin, a transformative global payment orchestration platform, announced a $4.9 million funding round led by the global venture firm Flourish Ventures. Flourish is joined by a dynamic mix of regional and global investors: Visa Ventures, TLcom Capital, Stellar Development Foundation, Lava, Musha Ventures, 4DX Ventures, and Antler. The new capital will accelerate the scale of…
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Luno Lists 44 Tokenised Blue-Chip US Stocks
South Africa’s leading crypto platform Luno has launched tokenised stocks and ETFs, offering South Africans easy access to 61 of the world’s most valuable US-listed companies and indices (44 available today, with the remainder launching shortly). Users can invest directly using rands through the Luno app without transferring funds offshore, having to use a complicated…
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Lipaworld Brings Stablecoin-Powered Finance To South Africa’s Informal Economy
As stablecoins gain global traction for their role in transforming cross-border payments, Lipaworld is helping bring this technology into everyday use across Africa. The venture-backed fintech platform has entered the South African market to support freelancers, immigrants, and informal businesses with faster, safer alternatives to conventional banking and remittance systems. Unlike speculative crypto products, stablecoins…
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Africa’s FinTech Frontier: Payments & Growth Opportunities
Africa’s FinTech Frontier: Payments & Growth Opportunities – panel at Africa Tech Summit Nairobi 2025 with views and insights from Didi Uwemakpan – VP at Moniepoint, Adesoji Solanke – Head of FinTech & Banks, Investment Banking Origination at Absa, Shay Hamilton – CEO at Tola, Saruni Maina – Associate VP at Flutterwave and moderated by...
Verto Launches New Auto Exchange Solution
Verto, a leading provider of global payment solutions, announced the launch of Auto Exchange, a new feature designed to help rate-sensitive customers secure their target foreign exchange (FX) rates without constant monitoring. This innovative tool allows users to set their desired exchange rate and trade amount within the Verto platform, enabling automatic execution when the…
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