Africa

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

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

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

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.

A Huawei-Ethio telecom pact targets enterprise cloud, AI and payments, framing Ethiopia as a gateway to pan-African digital markets.

A UNDP-backed MOU with Chinese EV maker TAILG targets Africa's petrol-to-electric mobility shift via solar-integrated charging infrastructure.

A BBB+ S&P rating and a $2bn syndicated facility underpin Afreximbank's push to shift Africa from raw-material exporter to industrial power.

Lagos-based Arridex commissions a multi-technology additive manufacturing facility, targeting import dependency across oil, defence and maritime sectors.

Bilateral meetings in Baku signal growing sovereign appetite for sukuk, waqf tokenisation, and blended Islamic finance structures worldwide.

Africa's leading payments platform claims continental infrastructure now sets the pace globally, with stablecoins recast as regulated financial plumbing.

Afreximbank provides $500 million term loan to the Central Bank of Tunisia to support liquidity, imports, and economic priorities.

Arqaam Capital’s 13th MENA Investor Conference explored how diversification, foreign investment, and deeper capital markets are strengthening the region’s global investme

A Singapore-Nasdaq firm's live GRA partnership tests sovereign digital infrastructure as a replicable emerging-market playbook.