4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1010+ words) For four years, the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) has been building the plumbing for a more connected African economy. Since launching in January 2022, the payment network says it currently connects 30 African countries, 24 central banks, about 200 financial institutions and…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (397+ words) The Ghanaian subsidiary of Uruguayan payments company dLocal has secured an Enhanced Payment Service Provider (EPSP) licence from the Bank of Ghana, allowing it to operate more of its payments business locally. Ghana’s mobile money market processed GH¢4.54 trillion ($397 billion)…...

1+ week, 41+ min ago   (646+ words) Botswana has a phone in almost every hand, but millions of adults remain outside the formal banking system The country has mobile penetration of about 166%, equivalent to roughly 4.2 million connections for a population of 2.5 million. Yet an estimated 38% of adults…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (456+ words) Capitec, South Africa’s largest digital bank, is about to get a second venue for investors to trade its shares, but the bigger story is what the company has become since it started as a lender 25 years ago. On Monday, September…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1017+ words) It’s often easier to send money from Lagos to London than from Lagos to Accra. A parent in Ghana may need to pay their child’s university fees in Nigeria. A business owner in Kenya may need to settle a supplier…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (599+ words) Cash still dominates everyday payments in South Africa, making it a challenging market for MoMo, MTN’s mobile-money and digital financial services platform. But as the country overhauls its payments infrastructure and opens the market to more competition, the company sees…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (255+ words) TechCabal Tyms partners with Seedstars to bring AI-Native accounting to emerging market entrepreneurs [Lagos, 26th August, 2026] — Tyms Inc., the AI-native accounting platform behind Adam, today announced a partnership with Seedstars, the global platform investing in and supporting entrepreneurship in emerging markets....

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1064+ words) Jones Amegbor learned the hard way that, in matters of cross-border remittances, a successful transfer does not always mean a successful outcome. In 2010, he sat at his desk in the bank where he worked, watching the clock as the deadline…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (1560+ words) Saly AI has processed more than ₦1.5 billion ($1.1M) in transaction volume while serving more than 20,000 users, as its underlying Saly Chain infrastructure moves toward becoming a broader financial and blockchain infrastructure layer for businesses and developers. Built from Nigeria with a…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (504+ words) After years of losing ground to Point-of-Sale (PoS) agents, Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) are making a comeback as transaction volumes rise while PoS volumes decline. In the first quarter of 2026, Nigerians made 438.6 million ATM transactions, up 6.6% from the previous year,…...