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TerraPay partners with M-PESA to facilitate cross-border remittances

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TerraPay, a global payments infrastructure company has announced its partnership with Safaricom, Kenya’s telecommunications, IT and financial services provider. Together, both companies will usher in the benefits of financial inclusion by facilitating instant borderless payments. The partnership, through TerraPay’s group company Mobex (Kenya), a licensed Money Remittance Provider, will enable more than 30 million M-PESA…

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Egyptian fintech Flash raises $6 million seed round

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Flash, Egypt’s new cashless payments app, has raised $6 million seed round to accelerate its product development and customer and business acquisition in the country. The round was led by Addition with participation from fintech venture capital firm Flourish Ventures and other strategic angel investors. Flash has also obtained approval from the Central Bank of Egypt in…

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The Bank of Tanzania grants license to DPO Pay

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Leading African digital payments provider, DPO Pay, registered under One Payment Tanzania Limited, has received approval from the Bank of Tanzania to operate as a Payment Service Provider (PSP) in the country. The National Payment System Act, 2015 requires all PSPs to undergo a rigorous license application process to provide payment services in Tanzania. DPO…

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AZA Finance Launches New Payout Corridors to Empower Businesses in Emerging Markets

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AZA Finance, an African fintech company, is a global leader specialising in providing secure and efficient financial infrastructure for payments, foreign exchange, and treasury services. The company recently announced the continued diversification of its global offering by expanding into new corridors in key strategic frontier markets. This expansion includes the introduction of new payout corridors…

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M-KOPA raises $250m to scale high-impact consumer fintech across Africa

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M-KOPA, a leading fintech platform, today announced it successfully closed over $250m in new debt and equity funding to expand its financial services offering to underbanked consumers across Sub-Saharan Africa. This marks one of the largest combined debt and equity raises in the African tech sector, enabling M-KOPA to continue its rapid growth. Over $200m…

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Nigerian FinTech Touch And Pay Launches New Booking Solution

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Touch and Pay Technologies [TAP], a Nigerian fintech company and leading processor of micro-transactions in Africa, has announced the democratization of interstate travel from Nigeria’s largest city, Lagos, to other parts of the country. It is now possible for passengers to pay for their trips using the Cowry app, even if they are travelling through…

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32 Startups Selected for the Financial Solutions for Migrants Accelerator Program

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Village Capital has announced 32 startups operating in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East have been selected to join the Financial Solutions for Migrants program, an accelerator for impact-driven startups developing digital financial inclusion solutions for migrants. The program which is funded by the Impact-Linked Fund for Gender Inclusive Fintech (ILF for GIF), managed by…

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Payday Secures $3M Seed Round to Power the Future of Work for Africa

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Payday, the leading Pan-African neobank issuing global (USD, EUR & GBP) accounts to Africans, has announced a $3M seed round, led by Moniepoint Inc, with participation from HoaQ, DFS Lab’s Stellar Africa Fund, Ingressive Capital Fund II and angel investors – Dare Okoudjou Founder and CEO of MFS Africa & Tola Onayemi CEO of Norebase….

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Curacel secures $3 million seed funding to power new insurance experiences and expand into North Africa

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Curacel, Africa’s leading insurance infrastructure provider, has raised $3 million in seed funding to roll out new technology solutions designed to power the next generation of insurance experiences in Africa. The new funding will also support the company’s expansion into North Africa. The seed funding round included Tencent, AAF Management (invested in Sure, Flutterwave), Elefund…

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Overcoming the treasury challenges of operating in Africa

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Sike Bamisebi – Chief Business Officer, Cellulant shares her insights Africa offers huge opportunities for businesses, but many multinationals struggle to reach their full consumer base on the continent – and, even when they succeed, reconciling payments can be an inefficient drain on resources. A fragmented payments ecosystem is to blame. Sike Bamisebi, Chief Business…

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