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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FinTech Partnerships With FI Marked By Global Scope
FinTech Partnerships With FI Marked By Global Scope
June 15, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Partnerships between traditional FIs and nimble FinTechs have become more global in scope, with an eye on speeding payments throughout the supply chain.  In the...

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Jumia Sets Its Sights On Egypt And Unlicensed Vendors
Jumia Sets Its Sights On Egypt And Unlicensed Vendors
May 08, 2018  |  eCommerce

Jumia, the leading eCommerce player in Africa, has set its sights on Egypt, aiming to grow tenfold on a revenue basis and sixfold in the number...

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Nanopay CEO On How To Bank Sub-Saharan Africa
Nanopay CEO On How To Bank Sub-Saharan Africa
March 28, 2018  |  Startup Check-In

A digital fiat currency and government-issued mobile money platform could transform the Sub-Saharan African economy, according to nanopay CEO Laurence Cooke, who recently visited East Africa...

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Flutterwave Taps Flywire For Cross-Border Payments In Africa
Flutterwave Taps Flywire For Cross-Border Payments In Africa
March 20, 2018  |  Payment Methods

Flywire, a provider of global payment and receivables solutions for education, healthcare, and business, announced Tuesday (March 20) that it has inked a new deal...

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Uber To Expand UberEats In Europe, Middle East, Africa
Uber To Expand UberEats In Europe, Middle East, Africa
March 12, 2018  |  Delivery

Ride-hailing company Uber is gearing up to expand its food delivery service, bringing UberEats into 100 new cities this year. According to a report in...

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How Mastercard Wants To Help Billions Find Power In Payments
How Mastercard Wants To Help Billions Find Power In Payments
February 26, 2018  |  Mastercard

Most of the world doesn’t think much about flipping on the lights. In fact, one favored metaphor for describing something easy is comparing it to “flipping a switch.”...

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PEPFAR And Mastercard Team To Fight AIDS In Africa
PEPFAR And Mastercard Team To Fight AIDS In Africa
September 19, 2017  |  International

On Monday (Sept. 18), during the 2017 Concordia Annual Summit, the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and Mastercard announced a new public-private...

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B2B Marketplace Releaf Helps African Businesses Network
B2B Marketplace Releaf Helps African Businesses Network
August 18, 2017  |  B2B Payments

Releaf is a new B2B marketplace that aims to help African businesses network and find partners they can trust. According to news from TechCrunch, the startup,...

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The Sky’s The Limit For Kenyan Online Marketplace Sky.Garden
The Sky’s The Limit For Kenyan Online Marketplace Sky.Garden
August 14, 2017  |  Retail

Africa is getting its own version of Amazon. Or at least, Nairobi, Kenya, is, with potential to one day see this marketplace representing all major...

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