Nedbank and Mastercard Sign 10-Year Deal to Transform Digital Payments in Southern Africa

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Nedbank and Mastercard announced a landmark 10-year commercial agreement that expands their long-standing collaboration across Southern African. The agreement spans South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Eswatini, Lesotho and Mozambique, and will bring enhanced digital payment experiences to customers and businesses across the region. Under the agreement, the bank will leverage Mastercard’s global technology expertise and payments

Andoh Obed Mensah Assumes Duty as African Development Bank Country Manager

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Andoh Obed Mensah, the newly appointed Country Manager of the African Development Bank Group for Sierra Leone, presented his Letters of Credence to the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Francess Piagie Alghali, at a ceremony held on 22 March in Freetown. Welcoming the new Country Manager, Deputy Minister Alghali underscored the strong,

Mambu Celebrates 15 Years of Powering Next Gen Banking

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Mambu, the leading SaaS cloud banking platform, celebrates its 15th anniversary, celebrating a decade and a half of helping financial institutions launch and scale modern banking services around the world. Founded in 2010 by three university students, Mambu began with a simple idea. After a field trip to Mozambique exposed the limits of traditional banking

Cross Switch Goes Live with Absa Pay to Deliver Frictionless, Bank Authenticated Payments for South African Merchants

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Cross Switch has gone live with Absa Pay, enabling merchants on its platform to offer customers a secure, bank‑authenticated payment option for online checkout. When customers select Absa Pay at checkout, they are routed to a secure Absa environment to authenticate the payment directly with their bank before being returned to the merchant’s platform to

PAPSS Adoption Promised by CBN for Nigerian Banks in Business Post Nigeria

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PAPSS – the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System is a centralised Financial Market Infrastructure that enables the efficient flow of money securely across African borders, minimising risk and contributing to financial integration across the regions. The organisation collaborates with African central banks to offer payment and settlement solutions that commercial banks and licensed payment service

Absa and Thunes Launch Absa Global Pay for Cross-Border Remittances

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Absa Group and Thunes have announced the launch of Absa Global Pay, a digital remittance solution enabling Absa customers to send money internationally via the Absa Banking App or Absa Online platform. According to the official press release, the service launched on 3 March 2026, with an initial release covering six countries, including the UK,

Mambu Selected as Core Banking Provider by Nyla, Africa’s First Islamic Neobank

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Mambu, the leading SaaS cloud banking platform, today announced a strategic collaboration with Nyla, Africa’s first Islamic neobank, to power its shari’ah-compliant digital banking infrastructure as it launches in Ghana and prepares for expansion across West Africa. The partnership marks a significant milestone for Mambu’s Islamic banking offering in Africa, bringing scalable, cloud-native infrastructure to

Paymentology and Chikwama Pay Power Africa’s First WhatsApp-Based Borderless Neo-Bank

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Paymentology, the leading global issuer-processor, today announces a partnership with Chikwama Pay, a pan-African neobank providing accessible financial services through WhatsApp. Together, they are powering Africa’s first WhatsApp-enabled neo-bank with fully integrated borderless payment processing, bringing secure, seamless, and affordable financial services to millions of underserved people across the Southern African Development Community (SADC). Chikwama

Pesalink and Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) Unlock Cross-Border Payments in Local Currencies in Kenya

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Pesalink, Kenya’s de facto instant payment network, has partnered with the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) to ease cross-border payment and speed up regional financial integration. The partnership enables instant 24/7 cross-border payments from PAPSS participants into banks and mobile money operators within the Pesalink network in Kenya, all settled in local currencies. This

Emirates Expands Payment Flexibility in Kenya Through Cellulant’s Split-Payment Solution

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Emirates, the world’s largest international airline, has introduced a first-of-its-kind split-payment solution for travellers in Kenya, through a longstanding strategic partnership with Cellulant, Africa’s leading payments technology company. The split-payment capability, enabled by Tingg, Cellulant’s payment gateway, has debuted in Kenya and is expected to roll out to other African markets in the coming months.