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SA travel startup TurnStay raises R34m to expand across Africa

SA travel startup TurnStay raises R34m to expand across Africa

Source: Supplied. AfricArena celebrated 100 years of innovation with @totalenergies_za for the 100 Startupper of the Year Challenge at the AfricArena Cape Town Grand Summit 2024.

Global cities compete to host AfricArena innovation summits in 2025

2 Jan 2025

Pictures: Aida Diarra, senior vice president and head of sub-Saharan Africa at Visa with Clayton Hayward, group CEO of EFTCorp. Together they have formed a five year partnership to enhance financial inclusion in Africa (Image supplied)

Visa invests $1bn to grow financial inclusion in Africa, partners with EFTCorp

28 Oct 2024

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AltSchool Africa and Binance launch scholarships to nurture digital skills in 500 Africans

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Tigran Gambaryan, an executive of Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, sits as he waits to face prosecution for tax evasion and money laundering at the federal high court in Abuja, Nigeria, 4 April 2024. Reuters/ Abraham Achirga/File Photo

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Tigran Gambaryan, an executive of Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, sits as he waits to face prosecution for tax evasion and money laundering at the federal high court in Abuja, Nigeria, 4 April 2024. Reuters/ Abraham Achirga

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Robert van Breukelen, COO at Itemate Solutions

Why telcos are the new banks in Africa’s mobile revolution

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Safaricom dominates Ethiopia mobile money with M-Pesa

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Yande Nomvete, operations manager for Africa at Binance

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Source: Islamic Development Bank Institute (IsDBI).

IsDBI unveils flagship Islamic finance marketplace

3 Jan 2024

Source: Reuters.

Nigerian central bank lifts ban on crypto trading

MacDonald Dzirutwe 27 Dec 2023

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Africa’s new online foreign exchange system will enable payments in local currencies – what you need to know

Christopher Adam 5 Dec 2023

Onafriq (formerly MFS Africa) founder and CEO Dare Okoudjou

MFS Africa clears confusion and rebrands to Onafriq

2 Nov 2023

Source: Supplied. Nandan Mer, chief executive officer of Network International Group.

Network International's R500m on-soil platform goes live

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Source: MoonPay.

Nigerian cryptocurrency access revolutionised

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Mark Mwongela, sales development director for PayPal, Africa.

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Source: Reuters.

Kenya suspends crypto project Worldcoin over safety concerns

Humphrey Malalo 3 Aug 2023

Shaun Holley, deputy CEO and head of innovation; and Rory Bosman, sales and marketing executive at Ecentric Payment Systems. Source: Supplied

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Global e-commerce transactions predicted to hit $8tn by 2027

22 May 2023

Source: Supplied. Yellow Card's chief executive officer, Chris Maurice

#AfricaMonth: How Yellow Card hit 1 million users in pursuit of inclusive finance

Katja Hamilton 18 May 2023

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#AfricaMonth: Why Web3 needs Africa and what you can do about it?

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Vincent Viviers, omnichannel retail executive at Pick n Pay, at Ecom Africa. Source: Lauren Hartzenberg

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Source: Reuters. Japan's vice minister of finance for international affairs, Masato Kanda.

G7 to discuss digital currency standards, crypto regulation

Leika Kihara 12 Apr 2023

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The big benefits of blockchain for retail in Africa

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Peach Payments founders Andreas Demleitner and Rahul Jain | image supplied

Cape Town-founded Peach Payments secures R563m funding for African expansion

4 Apr 2023

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Applications open for inaugural AWS FinTech Africa Accelerator

23 Mar 2023

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Nearly 70% of consumer payments to be instant by 2027

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