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Ivorian fintech startup Djamo has closed a $17 million funding round, the largest equity raise ever recorded for a startup in Côte d’Ivoire. The…
Flutterwave has landed a strategic investment from Circle Ventures, the corporate venture arm of Circle Internet Group, the company behind the USDC stablecoin.…
Ghana's High Court ordered Zeepay and its CEO, Andrew Takyi-Appiah, to jointly pay over $11.6 million after finding that customer funds meant for onward…
Nuvion, an AI-powered global banking and cross-border payments platform, has integrated Ripple USD, the dollar-pegged stablecoin known as RLUSD, into its infrastructure. The move…
Visa, M-Pesa, and Onafriq have launched a pilot settling cross-border mobile money transfers in stablecoins in the DRC. Users won't notice a thing. Behind…
Vodacom completed a $2.1 billion deal on June 30, buying out Kenya's government stake in Safaricom and taking majority control at 55%. Kenya's Treasury…
Luno Nigeria has become the first cryptocurrency exchange with a global footprint to receive Approval in Principle under the Securities and Exchange Commission’s…
Bitget has become the first major crypto exchange to offer US stock options trading, expanding its Stock+ platform beyond tokenised equities and pre-IPO…
Visa is rolling out new capabilities aimed at bringing more African merchants into the digital payments ecosystem, deepening a broader push into the…
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has revoked the operating licenses of 46 microfinance banks across the country, marking one of its most significant…
Monzo has launched direct Naira transfers to Nigeria for its 15 million UK users through its partnership with Wise, offering fee-free transfers until August…
Smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe need money to buy seeds and fertiliser. They need advice on when to plant and how to protect their crops.…
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