OPay partners Mastercard to ‘open up e-commerce to millions’ in Africa
Merchants and consumers from Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Morocco, Nigeria, and South Africa have an alternative payment option.
Tawanda Karombo
grade SITE SPONSOR ![]()
2:30
Africa-focused mobile enterprise software firm Bamba raises US$3.2m to expand
468 Capital leads round for micro-merchants platform for Africa to scale.
5:00
EXCLUSIVE: Opportunity within Ethiopia’s nascent Fintech and mobile payments industries
Nigerian mobile payments and financial services company Paga is competing for greater market share and company’s CEO explains why.
2:00
Vodacom Tanzania leverages M-Pesa’s reach to catapult health insurance service
New service under VodaBima is offered through a partnership with Jubilee Insurance, Mo Assurance and Milvik Tanzania.
1:40
Nigeria’s regulator downplays talk of mobile tariff increase
NCC said operators cannot independently or collectively adjust prices without regulatory approval.
2:10
Africa leads in mobile money adoption
Sub-Saharan Africa, West Africa dominate in numbers, according to global research by moneytransfer.com
3:20
SA business group launches COVID-19 app to help Lesotho
Citizen App COVID-19 management system released amid global rise of easily transmissible variants.
6:00
African Tech Voices: Fintech – An access route to unbanked populations in Africa
Despite tremendous advancements in trade and improved financial accessibility and communication technologies, a huge part of the continent is still unbanked says Siyanda Makhubo, Group Public Relations and Communications Manager for Jumia.
5:20
IOT keeps people and assets productive, efficient, safe
The use of a multi-purpose, open systems IOT platform and sensors allows a business to answer its most critical questions.
3:00
Eden Life chases beauty opportunity with Kenyan acquisition
Africa’s first home concierge platform expands service offering to include beauty services with strategic acquisition in Kenya.
3:40
Celebrate International Jazz Day with HUAWEI Music
Learning about jazz is a breeze using Huawei’s Petal Search.
1:30
DPO Group enables USSD payment option in Nigeria
New feature allows merchants to receive payments from customers who don’t have access to mobile banking or a payment card.
2:20
TECNO teases SA market with promise of two new devices this year
Chinese mobile manufacturer TRANSSION Holdings, the company behind the TECNO and itel Mobile brands, intends to launch at least two devices in South Africa in Q2 and Q4 this year.