Ivory Coast-based payments company Julaya has raised a US$5 million extension round led by European venture capital fund…

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) announced that it has awarded licenses to 10 digital credit providers out…

Chat commerce platform Clickatell has partnered with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to launch a USSD channel…

African cryptocurrency platform Yellow Card Financial has raised US$40 million in Series B funding led by Polychain Capital.…

Brazilian payments company EBANX announced plans to expand its operations and payments solutions outside Latin America for the…

Flutterwave merchants can now process payments in eNaira, the Nigerian digital currency issued and distributed by the Central…

Africa is a world leader in mobile money, with Kenya and Ghana having the highest rates of mobile…

African fintech companies have made significant inroads into the market over these past couple of years, with revenues…

Payments company Flutterwave has been granted a Switching and Processing License by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).…

Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) governor Godwin Emefiele says the second phase of the eNaira project has begun…

Fintech Challenge offers early stage and mature start-ups the potential to partner with Ecobank across 33 African countries; Applications…

Following a successful pilot implementation, Bank of Ghana launched now its Regulatory and Innovation Sandbox developed in collaboration…

Bizao, a fintech that facilitates payments for both local and international businesses operating in Africa, announces an €8…

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) announced an investment in mobile money provider Wave Mobile to spur financial inclusion…

British International Investment (BII), the UK government’s Development Finance Institution (DFI) formerly known as CDC Group, has unveiled…