Africa

A multilateral coalition is upskilling African governments in AI, backed by a projection of up to $1 trillion in GDP gains by 2035.

Madica's latest cohort spans semiconductors, neobanking, HR tech and circular waste across four underserved African markets.

Draft exchange controls from National Treasury and SARB threaten to cut South Africa off from global digital finance rails.

Policymakers, investors and hyperscalers aligned on seven priorities to unlock coordinated digital infrastructure across Africa.

Hyundai Motor Group pairs with the African Development Bank to co-finance EV value chains, green hydrogen and transport infrastructure across Africa.

What a stablecoin is, what backs the dollar, why $300bn now sits in them, and how the US, EU and UK rules written in the last two years change the picture.

Follow a payment from Manchester to Lagos to see where the stablecoin removes the correspondent banks, what it costs, and why the last mile is still hard.

A tokenised deposit is a bank's own money on a shared ledger. Here is how it differs from a stablecoin, who has one live, and why the two will coexist.

Take one card payment apart: interchange to the issuer, scheme fees to Visa or Mastercard, margin to the acquirer, and why the new rails are aimed at all three.

Two giants from opposite ends of African commerce are vertically integrating payments infrastructure, signalling the end of third-party rails.

Discovery's banking pivot reaches profitability while its behavioural-insurance model expands across health, finance and four continents.

Ethiopia's state telco targets 96 million customers and ETB 295 billion in revenue as telebirr becomes a continental fintech force.

Africa's payment giants are repatriating capital and listings as domestic metrics outpace offshore ambitions.

A second consecutive top-tier Chinese rating cements Afreximbank's access to RMB markets as Africa-China trade finance corridors widen.

A stablecoin orchestration network and African payments infrastructure provider are joining forces to cut the cost of cross-border money movement across 30+ markets.

Nigeria's OPay targets a $4bn US listing after doubling gross transaction value to $358bn in 2025.

A four-way public-private coalition targets Africa's 90%-SME economy with finance, digital tools and logistics to unlock cross-border trade.

Stanbic IBTC's platform upgrade signals Africa's corporate banking shift toward real-time payments and intelligent liquidity management.

Nigeria's SeamlessHR rebrands to target embedded finance for Africa's 1,500-plus business clients.

City Walk Abuja positions Nigeria's capital as West Africa's next gateway for international capital and smart urban development.