Africa has built one of the world’s most diverse digital payment ecosystems, but the systems powering it do not always connect easily. Mobile money wallets, bank accounts, cards and payment...Read More
More than $2 billion has been lost to blockchain bridge exploits over the years, turning interoperability into one of the industry’s most difficult infrastructure problems. Moving assets and information between...Read More
Africa’s agricultural SMEs and smallholder farmers face an estimated $117 billion financing need, according to the International Finance Corporation (IFC). At the same time, climate financing in Africa is expected...Read More
In 2022, Mara looked like one of Africa’s crypto startups to watch. It had raised $23 million from investors including Coinbase Ventures and Alameda Research, planned to launch a crypto...Read More
Finding skilled professionals in Africa is not necessarily the problem. The harder part is connecting that talent to companies that need it, while making the process of hiring, managing projects...Read More
Buying land in Nigeria can be exciting until the paperwork starts and other due diligence measures raise questions.Who actually owns the land? Has the plot already been sold to someone...Read More
For a company that started by making mobile-money payments easier in Ghana, Mazzuma has taken a rather unusual path. The company is no longer focused only on helping people send...Read More
Introduction For many people, stablecoins have become more than just another type of cryptocurrency. They are increasingly being used to receive international payments, protect savings from inflation, and move money...Read More
Introduction For many people in Francophone Africa, building wealth has never been easy. Traditional investment products are often difficult to access, minimum investment amounts can be high, and many financial...Read More
Introduction In many parts of Africa, saving money has always been a community effort. Long before mobile banking and fintech apps became common, people relied on cooperative societies and informal...Read More
