Untapped Global Partners with Paga to Boost Digital Payments for Nigerian SMEs

Untapped Global, an investment company focused on emerging markets, announces a scale up of its partnership with Paga, the mobile payment and financial services company. The program finances point-of-sale devices (POS) for merchants in Nigeria, the largest country in Africa, but still underserved when it comes to financial services. The collaboration between Paga and Untapped

Klasha Expands to Ghana to Facilitate Frictionless Online Commerce and Cross-border Payments

Klasha, a San Francisco and Lagos-based cross-border company building technology infrastructure for cross-border commerce in Africa, has announced its launch in Ghana. Launched in Nigeria in May 2021, Klasha’s solution helps merchants worldwide sell online to Africa and receive payments in local African currencies while enjoying superfast last-mile delivery to consumers across the continent. This

Interswitch Partners with Interstellar to Develop Blockchain-Powered Infrastructure Services and Solutions

Africa’s first Enterprise Blockchain Infrastructure Services organization signs a long-term strategic partnership agreement with Africa’s first Fintech Unicorn to develop Blockchain-powered Infrastructure Services and Solutions. Interstellar and Interswitch have been working together over the last two years, carrying out blockchain technology research. As part of the partnership, Interstellar’s Blockchain technology stack called STARGATE will be integrated with

Visa Expands She’s Next initiative in Africa, Empowering Women Entrepreneurs with Digital Capabilities

New Visa research reveals that 54% of ‘cash only’ merchants have missed business opportunities, with 70% of women-owned businesses expecting eCommerce to expand beyond the pandemic September 23rd, 2021 – As the rate of women entrepreneurs across Sub-Saharan Africa continues to rise, Visa is expanding its global She’s Next initiative to empower women entrepreneurs on

FG Signs Pact with Konga to Aid Nigerians in Diaspora

Konga, Nigeria’s leading composite e-commerce giant, has signed a partnership with the Federal Government through the Diaspora Commission to further strengthen the relationship between Nigerians abroad, their relatives and the nation. To this effect, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Konga and the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) on Tuesday, September 14, 2021 in

GCB Opens New Branch In Tema Community 25

GCB Bank Limited (GCB) has opened a new branch in the Community 25 of Tema Metropolitan Area of the Greater Accra Region. The new branch is located within the Tema Community 25 Shopping Mall and will offer banking services to customers and residents in the area. This is in response to the growing business population,

Ecobank Group Launches 2021 edition of its Fintech Challenge

The Pan-African Banking Group seeks innovative start-ups to partner and collaborate with Applications are now open The pan-African banking group, Ecobank group, is inviting African Fintech entrepreneurs to join the 4th edition of the Ecobank Fintech Challenge. The Fintech Challenge is in line with the Bank’s commitment to championing digitization by giving innovative African startups

Cellulant and Gainde 2000 Partner to Improve Africa’s Trade Environment by Digitising Payments for Governments and Multinational Companies

GAINDE shall bundle its e-government solutions with Cellulant’s payments solutions offering the most comprehensive regional end to end technology and payments solution Cellulant (www.Cellulant.io) has entered into a 5-year partnership with Senegal based GAINDE 2000 to offer an end to end Pan-African technology infrastructure and payments solutions for trade, revenue & tax collection for governments

Mastercard MEA SME Confidence Index: 74% of SMEs in Construction and Manufacturing Across Middle East and Africa Optimistic About Future Growth

74% of the region’s small and medium businesses in construction and manufacturing are optimistic about the next 12 months, according to Mastercard MEA SME Confidence Index SME confidence levels were highest among businesses in retail, while construction and manufacturing had most businesses forecasting increases to steady revenues Research identified key areas with the greatest potential

Enjoying Banking Convenience with FirstBank’s FirstMobile

As the world is evolving digitally, Nigerian banks are currently looking for ways to make the banking experience better and FirstBank is not an exception to this aggressive drive. The efforts in this regard include building and constantly improving on its product offerings like the FirstMobile, its industry-leading mobile banking app; FirstOnline, the internet banking