Rise Capital
Accelerator Payment

Nigeria’s Rise Capital Selected For Techstars & Western Union Accelerator

Rise Capital, a Nigerian-based digital wealth manager connecting Africans to global dollar investments, has been named among the startups selected

Access Bank
Banking Payment

Access Bank Launches USSD Self Service Code to Curb Fraud

Access Bank plc, has introduced a USSD code-*901*911#-that allows customers to deactivate their USSD profile once their mobile devices get

OPay
Business Digital Payment Ride-hailing

OPay’s Super App Plans Disrupted As Opera-owned Firm Shuts Down ORide, OCar and OExpress

OPay, the Opera-owned fintech firm, has announced that it is pausing some of its O-businesses including ORide, OCar, and OExpress;

Zenith Bank
Banking Payment

Zenith Bank, Access Bank & GTB Emerge Biggest Banks in Nigeria

Zenith Bank has been named the number one Bank in Nigeria by Tier-1 Capital in the 2020 Top 1000 World

Western Union
Digital Payment

South Africa’s Mama Money Expands Global Reach With Western Union

Western Union and Mama Money, a rapidly growing international money transfer company, have joined forces to enable the customers of the

Safaricom
Apps Business Payment

Safaricom Introduces M-Pesa For Business App

Safaricom has announced a Lipa Na M-Pesa Business smartphone app for the more than 170,000 merchants on the service. Named

SUDAN ADOPTS DIGITAL PAYMENTS
Digital Payment

Sudan Joins Better Than Cash Alliance to Boost Adoption Digital Payments

Sudan will take up digital payments as it has now joined the  United Nation’s Better Than Cash Alliance. The government

Visa
Payment SMEs

Visa Launches ‘Where You Shop Matters’ Initiative to Support Nigerian SMEs

-The initiative comes as a new study finds consumers are increasingly embracing eCommerce and digital payments over cash -Study finds

NIPOST
Partnership Payment

NIPOST Begins Western Union Money Transfer Services

The Nigerian Postal Service, NIPOST, has kicked off Western Union money transfer and payments services in Post Offices. The service

WorldRemit
Partnership Payment

WorldRemit and Mukuru Partner to Boosts Remittances to Zimbabwe

WorldRemit has announced a partnership with Mukuru, one of Africa’s largest remittance providers to broaden options for cash pick up in