Fintech
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News
Direct Pay Online Group first in Africa to receive International Security Certification in 12 countries
Direct Pay Online Group (DPO) is the first payment service provider (PSP) in Africa to receive the Payment Card Industry…
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Acquisition
Direct Pay Online Group completes acquisition of Virtual Card Services (VCS) South Africa
Direct Pay Online Group (DPO) has today announced the acquisition of Virtual Card Services (VCS) South Africa. This marks the completion…
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Features
Sub-Saharan Africa Driving Global Market for Mobile Money – GSMA Report
Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for more than half of all Mobile Money deployments worldwide and is pioneering a range of new mobile money…
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Ugandan Microfinance Startup Awamo Acquires $1.7M Funding
Ugandan Microfinance Startup Awamo 360 has raised funding worth USD1.7 million (approximately Ushs6 billion) to extend their service across the…
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News
Youtap partners with MatchMove to deliver open-loop payments for mobile money customers in Africa and Asia
Youtap, a global provider of contactless mobile money payments and financial services software, has announced a partnership with MatchMove that will…
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Ecobank Fintech Startup Challenge Finalists Announced
Ecobank, an independent pan-African banking group, has announced the finalists in the ‘Ecobank Fintech Challenge,’ a competition for African technology…
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News
Orange Telecom Set to Launch a Bank
Telecommunications company, Orange is set to open up a bank (Orange Bank) in France, Richard Stephane the company’s CEO has…
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Features
Fintech – a Growth Sector in Africa
The rise of fintech is a global phenomenon. In every major country around the world, financial technology is transforming the…
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Features
Mastercard partners with Mobile Money Africa to host the CashlessAfrica Conference in Nigeria
Leading digital payment solutions provider, Mastercard, has been unveiled as the headline sponsor of the 6th Edition of the CashlessAfrica Conference…
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News
Rwandan Local Startups Win $6,000 in Inaugural Fintech Competition
Three local startups in Rwanda have won seed fund to a tune of $6,000 (approximately Rwf5 million) at the ‘DataHacks4Fi Competition’…
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