How African payment providers are accelerating the shift to digital payments

In this interview, Omoniyi Kolade, founder and CEO of SeerBit talks about the African digital payment landscape and how Seerbit amongst other African fintech companies is driving digital payments on the continent.

Nigerian fintech apps that helps you send and receive money from Abroad

Fintech apps that help Nigerians send and receive money from abroad are Afriex, Kyshi, Send by Flutterwave, Lemonade Finance and Africhange.

Seerbit and Consonance to host the Future of Payment Hackathon with over $30K in prizes and seed funding

Africa’s most reliable payment solutions provider, SeerBit has announced the start of registration for its first ever hackathon, The Future of Payment Hackathon, which will take place virtually.

Binance appoints two Africans to its global advisory board

Binance has appointed global political and business leaders and to its advisory board, including two Africans—Ibukun Awosika and Leslie Maasdorp.

Tanzania scraps mobile money transfer fees

Three months after slashing its mobile money (MOMO) transaction levy by 43%, Tanzania has scrapped the MOMO transfer levy starting October 1, 2022.

Why African fintechs’ revenue might reach $230 billion by 2025

An analysis by McKinsey estimates that Africa’s financial-services market could grow at about 10% per annum, reaching about $230 billion in revenues by 2025.

How did Flutterwave and Chipper Cash expand to Kenya without licenses?

Flutterwave and Chipper Cash expanded into Kenya via partnerships with licensed companies.

What’s up with virtual dollar cards in Nigeria? And what’s the alternative

"Life-saving" virtual dollar cards in Nigeria has come under attack, as leading provider pulls plug. What could make them pull the plug and what are the alternatives for consumers and fintechs alike?

Inside Getwallets’ pivot to Orchestrate, a payments infrastructure company

Orchestrate (formerly Getwallets) is a payment infrastructure company that give fintechs and merchants access to multiple payment providers with a single integration. But before Orchestrate, there was Getwallets. What changed and what is next?

Hello Pay launches new high-end mPOS device

Hello Pay’s new high-end Android mPOS device will help merchants, from small traders to SMEs, be a part of tomorrow’s business landscape today.

BD Insider: Flutterwave responds to 86fb/86z’s allegations of maliciously freezing and extorting its funds

In this letter, we covered Meta's response to allegations of poor work conditions at its contractor’s hub in Kenya and Flutterwave's response to 86fb/86z allegations

A Recap of FintechNGR Fintech Outlook 2022

An annual intellectual webinar which attempted to take a 360 overview of Nigeria’s fintech space, what it portends globally and how stakeholders can draw industry insights.