Startups
Chari Adds Former Visa Executive to Board as It Builds Financial Infrastructure
Chari has added former Visa executive Aurélien Pichon to its board as an independent director as the Moroccan fintech shifts from serving retailers to building financial infrastructure for banks,...
Startups
Luno Acquires Kenya’s GTXN to Expand Into Cross-Border Payments
Luno has acquired Kenyan cross-border payments company GTXN, bringing licensed collection and payout infrastructure into the cryptocurrency platform as it expands further into business payments across emerging markets.The deal...
Business
Bank of Kigali Joins China’s Cross-Border Interbank Payment System to Expand Yuan Payments
Bank of Kigali has become the first bank headquartered in East and Central Africa to join China’s Cross-Border Interbank Payment System (CIPS) as a direct participant, giving Rwandan businesses a...
Startups
Paymob Raises $35 Million as Egypt Fintech Expands Across Gulf
Paymob, the Egypt-founded payments infrastructure company, raised $35 million in a pre-Series C funding round co-led by Abu Dhabi sovereign investor Mubadala Investment Company and the European Bank for...
Startups
Chari Adds Former Visa Executive to Board as It Builds Financial Infrastructure
Chari has added former Visa executive Aurélien Pichon to its board as an independent director as the Moroccan fintech shifts from serving retailers to building financial infrastructure for banks, telcos, corporations...
Business
Bank of Kigali Joins China’s Cross-Border Interbank Payment System to Expand Yuan Payments
Bank of Kigali has become the first bank headquartered in East and Central Africa to join China’s Cross-Border Interbank Payment System (CIPS) as a direct...
Business
Absa Bank Kenya Launches Neo-Bank Absa Next
Absa Bank Kenya has launched Absa Next, a neo-banking platform aimed at a new generation of consumers and entrepreneurs, as the lender accelerates its...
Startups
Yellow Card Appoints Former Monzo, Deutsche Bank Exec as Group CFO
Yellow Card, a stablecoin-enabled payments, infrastructure firm has appointed Ross Everett as Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to lead the company's global finance function...
AI
Kenya Signs AI Cooperation Deal with Anthropic
Kenya has signed a cooperation agreement with U.S. artificial intelligence company Anthropic covering AI skills, research, public-sector applications and safety as the East African...
How
Factors to Compare Before Applying for a Credit Card in South Africa
A credit card is a crucial financial tool. Apart from providing instant revolving cash, it can help you improve your credit score if you...
Business
AvadaPay’s All-in-One Payment and SMS Solution for Growing Businesses
Ask a growing business how it manages its payments and customer communication, and you'll often hear a familiar story.One provider handles collections.Another handles payouts.Bulk...
Samsung Care+ Offers Affordable Damage Cover in East Africa
Samsung has expanded access to Care+, a service plan built to help owners of eligible Galaxy smartphones in East Africa manage the cost of...
TECNO Wins Two IFA Global Product Technology Innovation Awards for Modular Phone and Tonino Lamborghini TECNO TAURUS
Earlier this month TECNO, a global AI-driven innovative technology brand, achieved two IFA Global Product Technology Innovation Awards at IFA 2026 for its products:...
iGaming AFRIKA Summit Opens in Nairobi with Focus on Regulation, Taxation & Growth
The inaugural iGaming AFRIKA Summit opened in Nairobi on Monday, bringing together regulators, operators, investors and technology firms to discuss the future of Africa’s...
The Trust Economy: Why the Data Protection Act is the New SME Gold Standard
By Veerakumar Natarajan, Country Head, Zoho KenyaSix years ago, Kenya enacted the Data Protection Act (DPA), becoming the first East African country to establish...
Safaricom’s Daraja 3.0 Platform Speeds Up API Integration for Kenyan Businesses
Faster integration of payment systems is emerging as a competitive advantage for businesses operating in Kenya’s digital economy.Developers say improvements introduced under Safaricom’s Daraja...
Chari Adds Former Visa Executive to Board as It Builds Financial Infrastructure
Chari has added former Visa executive Aurélien Pichon to its board as an independent director as the Moroccan fintech shifts from serving retailers to building financial infrastructure for banks, telcos, corporations and fintechs across Francophone Africa.Pichon served until recently as Global Head of Client...
Chari Adds Former Visa Executive to Board as It Builds Financial Infrastructure
Chari has added former Visa executive Aurélien Pichon to its board as an independent director as the Moroccan fintech shifts from serving retailers to...
Luno Acquires Kenya’s GTXN to Expand Into Cross-Border Payments
Luno has acquired Kenyan cross-border payments company GTXN, bringing licensed collection and payout infrastructure into the cryptocurrency platform as it expands further into business...
CEO Weekends: PawaPay Secures Kenya Payments Licence After 3 Billion Mobile-Money Transactions
PawaPay has secured a Payment Service Provider licence in Kenya after processing three billion mobile-money transactions and more than €10 billion in payments across...
CEO Weekends: Rhea Raises $100,000 to Take Its Soil-Intelligence Tech Across East Africa
Kenyan agritech startup Rhea Soil Health Management is taking a fresh $100,000 investment into an expansion strategy that could take its soil-intelligence technology from Kenyan farms...
Bank of Kigali Joins China’s Cross-Border Interbank Payment System to Expand Yuan Payments
Bank of Kigali has become the first bank headquartered in East and Central Africa to join China’s Cross-Border Interbank Payment System (CIPS) as a direct...
CEO Weekends: PawaPay Secures Kenya Payments Licence After 3 Billion Mobile-Money Transactions
PawaPay has secured a Payment Service Provider licence in Kenya after processing three billion mobile-money transactions and more than €10 billion in payments across the continent.The company, operating in Kenya through Quidexplus Kenya Limited, has announced it has been licensed as a payment service...
Startups
Mamor Capital Raises $18.8 Million First Close for South Africa Tech Fund
Mamor Capital has secured R300 million ($18.8 million) in the first close of its debut venture capital fund, giving the black women-owned investment firm capital to begin backing post-revenue...
AI
Power Learn Project Trains 1,700 Youth in Kenya AI, Cloud Skills
Power Learn Project is training 1,700 young people from refugee and host communities in Kenya’s Garissa and Turkana counties in artificial intelligence, cloud computing and data analytics, as technology...
