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Payments provider Ozow has announced a new partnership with SME financial services platform Lula, aimed at expanding access to business...
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As the International Monetary Fund (IMF) releases its April 2026 World Economic Outlook, pointing to a fragile and uneven global...
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For decades, moving value across African borders has meant navigating a fragmented web of correspondent banking networks, multiple intermediaries and...
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Fruit importers are facing a growing but often overlooked threat to profitability: currency volatility, with fluctuations of just 3%–5% capable...
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A South African fintech lender providing fast and flexible working capital funding to small to medium enterprises (SMEs) solves the...
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Happy Pay, one of Africa's fastest growing buy now, pay later (BNPL) platforms, has closed a $5-million seed round led...
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Lipaworld has launched a new stablecoin-powered payment card that allows Africans without traditional bank accounts to transact anywhere Visa cards...
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Visa has released new survey data, revealing that South African consumers are increasingly embracing innovative payment technologies such as digital...
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South Africa’s agricultural export sector is on track to exceed $13.7 billion in export value, driven by strong global demand...
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At a time when most startup success stories focus on hypergrowth, burn rates and Silicon Valley playbooks, a new book...
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Looking ahead to 2026, fintech is set to transform how financial services are delivered and accessed, driven by rapid technological...
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In 2024, South Africans sent over R19.4 billion in remittances to neighbouring countries, more than triple the R5.9 billion recorded...
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Every generation inherits a different kind of economy. For my generation in South Africa, we're witnessing something remarkable: the birth...
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The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in South Africa, in partnership with the City of Johannesburg and Wakanda Food Accelerator,...
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Globally, 1.3 billion people (±21% of world population aged 15 and over) are 'unbanked', lacking an account with a bank,...
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● South Africa’s fintech and alternative consumer lending sectors are rapidly expanding due to high mobile penetration (with over 95%...
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There’s a line often attributed to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the author of The Little Prince, that resonates deeply with how I...
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Consumers in shops all around the country expect payments to work as they should every time, demanding instant transactions, blissfully...
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South Africa’s payment ecosystem is a tangle of legacy banks, fintechs, telcos and card schemes, all jostling for a slice...
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We might describe the past decade in fintech as a three-legged journey, and it can be instructional if we as to...
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Africa’s fintech landscape is evolving at an unprecedented pace, presenting both opportunities and challenges for startups looking to scale and...
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As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to redefine industries worldwide, fintech companies are integrating AI-powered technologies to optimise lending, enhance customer...
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Kazang – the prepaid value-added services (VAS) and card acquiring business within Nasdaq and JSE-listed fintech Lesaka Technologies – has...
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In a bold new partnership, Mr Price Foundation and Zapper have joined forces to address South Africa's youth unemployment crisis....
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Freddie Prinsloo, chief innovation officer at Amplifin, offers insights on what trends to look out for in the payments sector:...
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Next-generation financial services platform Mukuru – a leading fintech that provides a suite of financial services to millions of customers...
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Africa is an exciting, vibrant and creative place to do business. But make no mistake, it has its challenges. Currency...
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Merchants in South Africa’s cash-driven township and rural economy remain underserved by the mainstream financial services sector, creating opportunities for...
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Next-generation financial services platform Mukuru has launched a mobile wallet in Zimbabwe called Mukuru Wallet. The secure digital store of...
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The Shoprite Group has introduced GetPaid, an innovative new platform that enables small business owners to invoice and receive payments...
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As Black Friday and the holiday shopping season approaches, payment service providers, merchants and fintechs are preparing for a surge...
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Leading omnichannel payments provider Ecentric and its partners were awarded Fintech Innovation of the Year at the 2024 Africa Tech...
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Is cash truly dead? With the rapid rise of fintech innovations and digital payment solutions, one might think so. Yet,...
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M-KOPA, a leading emerging market fintech, has surpassed 5 million customers across Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa. Two...
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Consumer product giant LG has opened its first-ever direct-to-consumer e-commerce store in South Africa, with online payment solution leader Payfast...
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Just as the beauty of a garden does not lie in a single plant or flower, neither does the success...
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“A vision is not just a picture of what could be; it is an appeal to our better selves, a...
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Ecobank, the pan-African Bank, has announced the top finalists for the inaugural 2024 Ecobank Fintech Challenge Hybrid Semifinal event held...
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ThetaRay, the leading provider of artificial intelligence–powered financial crime detection technology, has announced the acquisition of next-generation European screening company,...
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The rise of the fintech industry and cloud technology has changed the way in which we do business. Gone are...
