Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most-populous continent. At about 30.3 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area and 20% of its land area. With 1.2 billion people as of 2016, it accounts for about 16% of the world's human population.

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Visa and littlefish Team to Help Africa’s MSMEs Go Digital
Visa and littlefish Team to Help Africa’s MSMEs Go Digital
October 17, 2024  |  Digital Payments

Visa is teaming with littlefish, an omnichannel platform that helps financial institutions serve small businesses. The  partnership will support micro, small and medium-sized businesses (MSMEs)...

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Mastercard, Amazon Team to Digitize Payment Acceptance in MENA, S. Africa
Mastercard, Amazon Team to Digitize Payment Acceptance in MENA, S. Africa
September 30, 2024  |  Digital Payments

Mastercard and Amazon have teamed to digitize payment acceptance in Africa and the Middle East.  The partnership between Mastercard and Amazon Payment Services, announced Monday...

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JPMorgan Aims to Expand in Africa and Scandinavia
JPMorgan Aims to Expand in Africa and Scandinavia
September 18, 2024  |  Banking

America’s largest bank is increasing its expansion efforts outside the U.S. J.P. Morgan Chase is hiring bankers in cities like Stockholm and Copenhagen to expand...

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AI’s Language Leaps May Speak to Business Frontier’s Shift
AI’s Language Leaps May Speak to Business Frontier’s Shift
September 12, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

New research is shedding light on how artificial intelligence language models handle multiple languages, a capability with potential implications for global commerce. African tech firms...

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Report: Democratic Republic of the Congo Cancels Digital Identity Project
Report: Democratic Republic of the Congo Cancels Digital Identity Project
September 03, 2024  |  Digital Identity

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has reportedly canceled what would have been one of the most expensive digital identity projects ever executed. The country canceled...

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Nala Raises $40 Million to Expand Consumer Business Beyond Africa
Nala Raises $40 Million to Expand Consumer Business Beyond Africa
July 12, 2024  |  Investments

Nala raised $40 million in a Series A funding round to expand its consumer business beyond Africa and to build its B2B payment platform for Africa....

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Zuora and Ebanx Partner to Expand Acceptance of Local Payment Methods
Zuora and Ebanx Partner to Expand Acceptance of Local Payment Methods
July 09, 2024  |  Partnerships

Zuora and Ebanx partnered to enable Zuora’s customers to accept local payment methods in 13 countries in Latin America and two in Africa. The collaboration...

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Western Union Grows Africa Retail Presence Via Morocco ‘Concept Store’
Western Union Grows Africa Retail Presence Via Morocco ‘Concept Store’
June 26, 2024  |  Cross-border Payments

Western Union is bringing its “concept store” concept to Africa with a new outpost in Morocco. The money transfer service announced the store — its...

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Mastercard and African Development Bank Group to Provide Digital Identities
Mastercard and African Development Bank Group to Provide Digital Identities
May 24, 2024  |  Digital Identity

Mastercard and the African Development Bank Group formed an alliance to provide digital access to critical services to 100 million people and businesses in Africa over the next 10 years....

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