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Nigerian fintech Paystack has launched an AI-powered checkout prototype aimed at reducing cart abandonment and improving payment conversion rates.Read More

Google Cloud partners with Southeast Asian governments to create regional innovation corridor supporting agentic AI startupsfunding and infrastructure.Read More

MiniPay, a Celo-based mobile wallet, has launched a Visa debit card allowing users across Africa to spend stablecoins at millions of merchants worldwide.Read More

Nigerian fintech Ivorypay becomes first African company to implement X402 payments, enabling autonomous machine-to-machine stablecoin transactions.Read More

South African payments firm Yoco acquires AI company to diversify revenue streams and deepen merchant services beyond point of sale transactions.Read More

Malta's financial regulator is seeking feedback on assessing decentralisation on a spectrum to bring some DeFi protocols under European regulation.Read More

President William Ruto met OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to discuss establishing Nairobi as home to the first OpenAI Academy in Eastern Africa.Read More

Asset manager Franklin Templeton has filed for two ETFs that would hold US stocks and automatically reinvest dividends into BitcoinRead More

Ripple has invested an undisclosed amount in African payments giant Flutterwave to explore stablecoin integration across payment infrastructureRead More

The International Monetary Fund says Nigeria dominates stablecoin activity in sub-Saharan Africa, driven by currency volatility and capital controls.Read More