In a landmark move for Africa’s digital transformation, the Africa Trade Gateway (ATG) has launched its national adoption awareness campaign in Rwanda — a step that positions the country at the forefront of driving the AfCFTA’s vision of one integrated African market.
Among the major announcements of Forum Invest in Senegal (Fii Senegal 2025), international institutions, notably the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the World Bank, confirmed $160 million in long-term commitments to support national priorities.
Over the course of two days, the forum — centered around the theme “Connecting Opportunities, Building the Future”— welcomed policymakers, investors, and global leaders in Dakar for high-level dialogue.
The discussions will explore innovative financing structures designed to unlock new business opportunities, with a particular focus on supporting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
As partners, dLocal and XanderPay aim to facilitate cross-border payments for hotels and online travel agencies (OTAs) in various markets of Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
Mastercard is expanding the scope of its cooperation with SmileID to accelerate the use of advanced identity verification tools for customer onboarding across the African continent.
Although annual revenue growth is expected to slow from 8.8% to 4.0% within the next five years, global payments revenue is still forecast to increase to $2.4 trillion by 2029, as agentic AI, digital currencies, and fintech business models boost the growth.
Mobile money is one of the main drivers of financial inclusion in low-income economies where such financial accounts surpass traditional bank ones.
Afreximbank, PAPSS, and MPS unveiled PAPSSCARD – the first Pan-African card scheme aiming to make retail payments across African borders fast, secure, and affordable.
Kenya Digital Exchange (KDX) will enhance the country‘s financial market infrastructure by offering a secure and fully regulated way to tokenise real-world assets.
Together, PayPal and TerraPay aim to make cross-border transactions across the Middle East and Africa faster, easier to use and more accessible.
Affinity Africa, a Ghana-based digital banking platform, raised seed funding to provide affordable and accessible financial services to underserved and unbanked individuals and micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs).
Collaboration with Nium will allow Ecobank’s 32 million customers to access faster and more efficient international transactions without complex integrations.
Mastercard is expanding its Product Express platform across Africa, the Middle East, Europe, North America, and additional markets in Latin America, enabling fintechs to launch card programs with speed, simplicity, and full transparency.
Vodafone will expand access to Google’s AI-powered Pixel devices with its fast 5G network and offer Google One AI Premium subscription plans, which include Gemini Advanced, in select territories by 2025.
Mastercard latest collaboration aims to enable businesses to leverage digital tools more easily, promoting financial inclusion by using affordable mobile devices powered by KaiOS.
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