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SmartSwitch advances financial inclusion in Botswana

The fintech has launched a biometric-enabled smart card platform aimed at the country's underserved and underbanked communities.
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EmpowerBank, EFTCorp push financial inclusion in Zimbabwe

The partnership's goal is to facilitate financial inclusion through scalable digital infrastructure and personalised banking solutions.
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13 May

Egypt start-up Nawy receives $52m in Series A funding

The funds will enable Nawy to expand its artificial intelligence and data infrastructure capabilities and enter new markets.
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Fintech Money Fellows bags $13m for Africa expansion

The funding will support expansion across the continent, beginning with Morocco.
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MTN Rwanda sees growth, thanks to mobile money and data usage

The telco says fintech innovation and surging data consumption boosted the company’s Q1 results, recording 12.3% year-on-year increase in service revenue.
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African start-ups pushed to build profitable entities before pursuing VC funds

Iyinoluwa Aboyeji urged founders to make good use of the money invested in their businesses, as doing so would boost investor trust.
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2 May

PaySika gets Best Fintech Award at AfricArena Lagos

PaySika competed in a pitch competition at the AfricArena 2025 Summit against nine other fintech start-ups.
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30 Apr

MTN Group pays more than $2 billion in taxes

The telco released its 2024 tax transparency report yesterday, saying the amount pertains to various taxes paid in its markets.
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Namibia’s Master of High Court gets tech upgrade

While still functioning, the legacy system has limits, and as a result, the ministry will decommission the current legacy system and transition to the newly designed Trust System.
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25 Apr 2025

Interledger pushes interoperable payments in Uganda

Interledger has partnered with Kanzu Finance, which provides microloans to Ugandan community-based financial groups.
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24 Apr 2025

Nigerian fintechs contribute $18 million to new tax initiative

This tax seeks to capitalise on the increasing expansion of electronic payments, which will exceed $619.70 billion in total transactions by 2024.