Mobility Fintech GoCab Raises $45M to Scale Electric Mobility and Financial Inclusion Across Africa

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GoCab, founded in 2024, was created to address a fundamental challenge across Africa: limited access to ethical financing and vehicle ownership for gig-economy workers. By combining mobility, technology, and inclusive finance, the company enables drivers and delivery couriers to generate stable income while progressively gaining ownership of their vehicles. By 2025, GoCab had taken a

Kenya’s Digital Payments Evolution and Mobile-Led Transformation Are Showing the Way

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In an earlier article, “Kenya’s Payments Evolution: What Banks and Fintechs Can Learn from M‑Pesa and Mobile Operators,” we explored how Kenya, often referred to as the “Silicon Savannah,” was emerging as a global leader in mobile-money innovation and digital financial inclusion. One of the key takeaways was that banks had an awful lot of

From Social Engineering to Real-Time Risk: The New Fraud Playbook 2026 for Africa’s Digital Banking Era

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By Maxim Kuzin, Head of Fraud Monitoring Department, BPC From Africa’s digital payments story being one of the fastest-moving structural shifts in global finance — more accounts, more wallets, more rails, more real-time transfers, and more e-commerce — the same connectivity that compresses time-to-transaction also compresses time-to-fraud. Fraud is not merely “leakage”; it is a

Ethiopia Central Bank Moves to Align Import Pricing With Customs Benchmarks

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Ethiopia’s National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) has announced a new regulatory measure requiring commercial banks to apply indicative prices set by the Ethiopian Customs Commission when processing foreign exchange transactions related to selected imported goods. According to a statement issued by the central bank, the move is aimed at improving consistency, transparency, and data integrity

Alhamrani Universal, Stanchion Payments and INETCO Team to Fight Payment Fraud Across the Middle East

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Alhamrani Universal, Saudi Arabia’s leading fintech solutions provider, is strengthening regional payments security across the Middle East through the deployment of the INETCO BullzAI cyber-fraud prevention platform, as digital payments accelerate and financial crime grows increasingly sophisticated. Introduced through INETCO’s global partner, Stanchion Payments, this collaboration reflects a shared commitment to building a trusted, resilient

Flutterwave Partners with Turnkey to Power Secure Stablecoin Wallets for Customers

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Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company, is launching stablecoin balances for its merchants and users across all its offerings. The move marks a significant step in Flutterwave’s broader vision to make stablecoins a foundational pillar of Africa’s financial ecosystem, supporting faster, more affordable, and globally connected payments. The launch is being enabled through Flutterwave’s collaboration

BoxCommerce and Mastercard launch Prepaid Card Program to give SMEs direct, instant access to their earnings

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BoxCommerce and Mastercard have collaborated to launch a prepaid Mastercard solution designed to give small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) on the BoxCommerce platform fast, secure, and direct access to their earnings. The new offering marks an important step in BoxCommerce’s evolution, transforming the company from a pure e-commerce enablement platform into a fintech partner for

Stripe-Owned Nigerian Fintech, PayStack, Launches Holding Company, The Stack Group, as it Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary

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Paystack, the payments company building technology for ambitious businesses across Africa, has announced the launch of The Stack Group (TSG), a new parent holding company that will bring together Paystack and a growing family of tech-focused brands under a single corporate umbrella. TSG has been established to aggregate and support a set of complementary businesses

Altron FinTech Expands Kasi Sales Squad to Ekurhuleni and Johannesburg CBD

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Altron FinTech has announced the expansion of its Kasi Sales Squad initiative beyond Soweto into Ekurhuleni and the Johannesburg CBD, scaling a proven on-the-ground model that brings enterprise-grade payment infrastructure directly to township entrepreneurs. The expansion marks a deliberate and strategic commitment to financial inclusion, youth employment, and the continued digitisation of South Africa’s informal

Access Bank and Visa Roll Out Corporate Expense Card in Nigeria

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Access Bank, a leading full-service commercial bank, has announced a strategic partnership with Visa, the world leader in digital payments, to introduce a new Corporate Credit Card solution tailored specifically for medium to large enterprises in Nigeria. The new offering is designed to address long-standing challenges around working capital management, expense visibility, and operational efficiency