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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FoodTech Investments Help Streamline Africa’s Agriculture Trade, Connect Fragmented Supply Chains
FoodTech Investments Help Streamline Africa’s Agriculture Trade, Connect Fragmented Supply Chains
October 09, 2022  |  Supply Chain

Africa’s startup ecosystem raised nearly $5 billion in venture capital (VC) funding last year, twice as much as in 2020. For Zekarias Amsalu, founder and...

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Nigerian FinTech Vella Finance Launches Platform for SMBs in Africa
Nigerian FinTech Vella Finance Launches Platform for SMBs in Africa
October 07, 2022  |  B2B Payments

Nigerian FinTech Vella Finance has launched a new user interface and new products as part of a platform that helps streamline cross-border payments for owners...

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FinTechs Foster Digital Transformation in Smaller, Overlooked African Markets
FinTechs Foster Digital Transformation in Smaller, Overlooked African Markets
October 06, 2022  |  Banking

In the technological transformation of payments, it is often the smallest economies that are the last to modernize. At the same time, international payment rails...

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Google Announces New Cloud Region in South Africa
Google Announces New Cloud Region in South Africa
October 05, 2022  |  News

Google announced Wednesday (Oct. 10) that it will launch its first African cloud region in South Africa. The announcement was made by Niral Patel, the...

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Africa’s Growing Gamer Scene Embraces Web3 Possibilities
Africa’s Growing Gamer Scene Embraces Web3 Possibilities
October 04, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Around the world, gaming communities have been at the vanguard of the current Web3 boom and have been instrumental in shaping the social dimensions of...

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Afreximbank Launches AfPAY Trade Payment Service in Africa
Afreximbank Launches AfPAY Trade Payment Service in Africa
October 02, 2022  |  B2B Payments

The African Export-Import Bank, or Afreximbank, announced Thursday (Sept. 29) the broad launch of a payment service called AfPAY with the stated goal of facilitating...

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FinTech Platforms Help Connect African Stock Markets, Drive X-Border Investing
FinTech Platforms Help Connect African Stock Markets, Drive X-Border Investing
September 29, 2022  |  Europe

While investment apps have done much to democratize the process of buying and selling securities, they typically operate in silos and only give access to...

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Flutterwave Adds Google Pay Integration for African Businesses
Flutterwave Adds Google Pay Integration for African Businesses
September 22, 2022  |  Europe

Pan-African payment platform Flutterwave has announced a Google Pay integration that will allow merchants using Flutterwave for business, the San Francisco-based firm’s eCommerce platform, to...

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Digital-First Banking Brings Efficiency, Access to African Consumers, SMBs
Digital-First Banking Brings Efficiency, Access to African Consumers, SMBs
September 22, 2022  |  Banking

The appetite for digital banking has accelerated in recent years, giving rise to a new generation of challenger banks and FinTech players that are disrupting...

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