South African telcos want streaming platforms to pay for infrastructure Industry union debates "Fair Share" for OTT services like Netflix to balance telecom costs, investments, and consumer impact
Is Africa’s growth-driven fintech boom built to Last? As the sun rises over Lagos, Adebayo, a young Nigerian fintech entrepreneur, stares at his computer screen. His brow furrowed in concentration and his startup, a mobile money platform to bring financial services to the unbanked, has just secured significant funding from a Silicon Valley venture capital firm. It should
BD Insider: SA drivers won’t be taken for a ride In today’s midweek update, we look at; MTN secures power generation licences amidst financial challenges, South African drivers to boycott Bolt and Uber, Nigeria and Ghana move to tax Crypto.
Flutterwave enables its online merchants to accept American Express payments This service will also be available to Flutterwave merchants in other countries including Tanzania, Rwanda, Ghana and Uganda in the near future.
Zone and NIBSS want to reduce the failed POS transaction rate in Nigeria with this blockchain solution Obi Emetorom, Zone CEO talks about Zone’s novel solution that has no failure point and why the fintech is championing the concept of a regulated blockchain
Past, present, future: Afriex's path through narrow remittance corridors Four years after launch, the platform now boasts 400,000 users and has expanded its reach, moving beyond the initial US-to-Nigeria gateway
Waza ends stealth with $8 million to take on B2B cross-border payments The Nigerian fintech focuses on providing payment and liquidity solutions for businesses in emerging markets