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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Jumia Counting On Services To Rebound From 70 Pct. Shares Drop
Jumia Counting On Services To Rebound From 70 Pct. Shares Drop
January 22, 2020  |  International

African unicorn Jumia, the first technology startup in Africa to list on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), is focused on becoming profitable after a...

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Western Union, Bharti Airtel Team For Real-Time Payments Across Africa, India
Western Union, Bharti Airtel Team For Real-Time Payments Across Africa, India
January 22, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Western Union is partnering with global telecommunications firm Bharti Airtel for global money transfers across emerging markets in Africa and India, Western Union announced on...

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Newly Funded Flutterwave Becomes WorldPay’s First African Partner
Newly Funded Flutterwave Becomes WorldPay’s First African Partner
January 21, 2020  |  Investments

Silicon Valley and African FinTech startup Flutterwave closed a $35 million fundraising round and announced partnerships with WorldPay and Visa as it plans expansion on...

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Goldman Gets Green Light To Operate Bank In South Africa
Goldman Gets Green Light To Operate Bank In South Africa
January 20, 2020  |  International

As Goldman Sachs seeks further expansion in the South African economy, the financial services company joined the Johannesburg Stock Exchange’s interest-rate and currency-derivatives market, Bloomberg...

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TerraPay/UBA Linkup Enables Real-Time Money Transfers Throughout Africa
TerraPay/UBA Linkup Enables Real-Time Money Transfers Throughout Africa
December 19, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Mobile-first international payment network TerraPay is partnering with UBA Group, a leading pan-African financial services company, to offer real-time money transfer services to existing customers in...

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African FinTech Chipper Cash Gets $6M To Enter New Markets
African FinTech Chipper Cash Gets $6M To Enter New Markets
December 17, 2019  |  Investments

Chipper Cash, a FinTech startup in Africa that facilitates cross-border peer-to-peer (P2P) payment services in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Nigeria, Uganda and Ghana, has raised $6...

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Top News In Payments: ECB To Discuss Central Bank Crypto; Token Launches M10 Networks For ‘Bank-Grade’ Digital Money Rail
Top News In Payments: ECB To Discuss Central Bank Crypto; Token Launches M10 Networks For...
December 11, 2019  |  News

In today’s top news, policymakers at the European Central Bank (ECB) will meet to discuss the pros and cons of launching their own electronic currency....

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Visa, MFS Africa Team To Take Mobile Wallets Cross-Border
Visa, MFS Africa Team To Take Mobile Wallets Cross-Border
December 11, 2019  |  VISA

Since the rise of M-Pesa in 2007, mobile money wallets have become prevalent across Africa. And while that addition to the market has made many...

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Bitcoin Daily: African Open Blockchain Ecosystem In The Works; Authorities Shut Down Bitcoin Scam In Brazil
Bitcoin Daily: African Open Blockchain Ecosystem In The Works; Authorities Shut Down Bitcoin Scam In...
December 09, 2019  |  Bitcoin

Sekunjalo Investment Holdings has teamed up with Chinese public blockchain leader Ultrain Technology Limited to develop a pan-African open blockchain system called the African Chain...

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