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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FinTech Euronet Worldwide Teams With AeTrade on Digital Payments

FinTech Euronet Worldwide Teams With AeTrade on Digital Payments
FinTech Euronet Worldwide Teams With AeTrade on Digital Payments
November 09, 2022  |  Europe

Digital payments in Africa are about to get an even wider reach, thanks to a new collaboration between Euronet Worldwide and the Africa Electronic Trade...

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Standard Bank May Consider Acquisitions as It Looks to Serve Multinational African Businesses
Standard Bank May Consider Acquisitions as It Looks to Serve Multinational African Businesses
October 31, 2022  |  Banking

Against the backdrop of increasing competition in its home market of South Africa, Standard Bank Group is open to acquisitions in Kenya and Nigeria as...

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MedTechs Help Overstretched African Doctors Accelerate Diagnostics and Save Lives
MedTechs Help Overstretched African Doctors Accelerate Diagnostics and Save Lives
October 26, 2022  |  Healthcare

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), African countries suffer from a severe shortage of healthcare professionals, with many having fewer than 0.2 qualified physicians...

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Cellulant and Mastercard Team to Provide Virtual Cards for African Businesses
Cellulant and Mastercard Team to Provide Virtual Cards for African Businesses
October 25, 2022  |  Partnerships

Cellulant, a pan-African payment company, announced that it will deploy Mastercard’s virtual card technology to enable payments for Cellulant customers. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Walmart Gambles on Africa’s Retail Potential
Walmart Gambles on Africa’s Retail Potential
October 21, 2022  |  Africa

Dek: Following Walmart’s decision to take full ownership of Massmart, any suggestion that the retailer could back out of its African venture has been effectively...

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FIs, Startups and Policymakers Drive Intra-African Trade, Payments Within EU-Style Customs Union
FIs, Startups and Policymakers Drive Intra-African Trade, Payments Within EU-Style Customs Union
October 18, 2022  |  Cross-border Payments

Africa is often lagging behind when it comes to global trade but in recent years, projects aimed at building a more autonomous pan-African economy, many...

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Seamless B2C Transactions Demand Interoperability Across African, Global Payment Systems
Seamless B2C Transactions Demand Interoperability Across African, Global Payment Systems
October 18, 2022  |  Cross-border Payments

With some 40 currencies across 54 countries, divergent preferences for payment methods and even the same payment method processed differently depending on the country, it’s...

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Big Tech Eyes Untapped Cloud Opportunities in MEA Markets
Big Tech Eyes Untapped Cloud Opportunities in MEA Markets
October 17, 2022  |  Big Tech

In recent years, cloud data centers and the scalable server power they provide businesses have emerged as one of the most critical infrastructural components of...

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