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Cape Grace Hotel, 19 May 2026, 4pm onwards Solving the African Payments Puzzle brings together industry leaders in Cape Town, South Africa to explore how businesses can simplify and scale their cross border payment operations. The event is hosted by C-Level by Verto , an exclusive networking event series and platform connecting top business leaders, founders, and C-suite […]
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From running AI workloads on US$5 servers to 3D avatars for hard-of-hearing communities, regional game-changers look to upend the status quo at East Africa’s largest tech and AI show Kenya’s emergence as Africa’s leading tech investment hub will come into sharp focus this week as the continent’s most ambitious startups take centre stage at East […]
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For decades, moving value across African borders has meant navigating a fragmented web of correspondent banking networks, multiple intermediaries, and layered currency conversions – a system that costs African businesses an estimated $5 billion annually in inefficiencies.[1] The problem has never been a lack of commercial intent. It has been infrastructure. That infrastructure problem is now […]
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At GITEX Africa 2026 in Marrakech, conversations across founders, policymakers, and technology leaders reflected a broader shift taking place across Africa’s digital finance ecosystem, as the focus moves from access alone toward building systems that are more integrated, reliable, and aligned with everyday economic activity. For companies operating in this space, the challenge is no […]
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Mastercard and Scale are advancing their collaboration with the aim of simplifying card issuance for fintech companies and non-financial institutions (non-FIs) across Senegal, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Zambia and Zimbabwe. This collaboration introduces a unified integration capability designed to help innovators bring virtual and physical card programmes to market more efficiently, reducing the complexity traditionally associated […]
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Paymentology, the leading next-generation global issuer-processor, has powered the launch of Africa’s first mobile-money Tap-to-Pay feature with Vodacom Tanzania Plc and M-Pesa Africa in launching Africa’s first mobile-money Tap-to-Pay feature, now available on the M-Pesa SuperApp. The new capability allows M-Pesa customers to make contactless payments using their Androi support@weetracker.comd mobile phones at any Visa-enabled point-of-sale terminal, both locally […]
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For decades, access to credit across Africa has been shaped less by potential and more by fear. Lenders price for uncertainty, borrowers pay for invisibility, and millions of everyday earners remain locked out of fair financial systems, not because they are unreliable, but because they are misunderstood. Credlock is building an alternative. Not another digital […]
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By Christine Wu, Interim Co-Chief Executive of Personal and Private Banking (PPB) at Absa Group When global leaders met in Davos-Klosters for the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in January, discussions were organised around five themes, two of which focused on how to unlock new sources of growth and how to invest more effectively in people. In […]
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On a night where business met style and innovation met influence, Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company, in partnership with luxury hospitality brand The Delborough, hosted some of Nigeria’s most powerful business and public sector leaders for an exclusive Gala Night in Lagos. Held at The Delborough Lagos, the black-tie gathering brought together decision-makers from […]
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Building on its strong presence in South Africa, Paymentology’s new plug-and-play solution, PayoCard, enables digital banks and fintechs to launch secure, self-service card experiences faster – supporting underserved customers and expanding access to digital payments Paymentology, the leading global issuer-processor, has launched a new mobile-first card management platform, PayoCard, to help digital banks and fintechs in […]
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