Tag: Payments

Tech Nova Ghana

Wave Appoints Veteran MTN Exec to Lead Cameroon Push

Fintech unicorn Wave has tapped Joël Bertrand Ndjodo, a former senior MTN mobile money executive, as its Country Manager for Cameroon — setting the stage for […]
August 11th, 2025
TechCabal

South African fintech startups to watch in 2025

South Africa’s fintech space is one of the most developed in Africa. It makes up nearly 40% of the continent’s total fintech earnings. In 2023, Disrupt […]
August 8th, 2025
Techpoint Africa

ViFi Labs acquires OneRamp to capitalise on $540bn institutional stablecoin market in Africa and LATAM

The news ViFi Labs has acquired Onramp, a leading stablecoin payment provider in Africa. The acquisition aims to tap into a $540 billion annual institutional stablecoin […]
August 7th, 2025
WeeTracker

SA’s TurnStay Raises USD 2 M Seed To Transform Africa’s Travel Payments

SA’s TurnStay Raises USD 2 M Seed To Transform Africa’s Travel Payments South African travel-focused fintech TurnStay has raised USD 2 M in seed funding to […]
August 6th, 2025
Tech Nova Ghana

Onafriq Unveils Card-to-Wallet Transfers in Ghana, Bridging Mobile Money and Card Payments

Onafriq, Africa’s largest digital payments network, has launched a new feature in Ghana enabling seamless transfers between prepaid cards and mobile money wallets — a move […]
August 6th, 2025
Tech Nova Ghana

Clara B. Arthur Appointed As CEO of GhIPSS, Starting September 1

The Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems Limited (GhIPSS), a subsidiary of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), has appointed Mrs. Clara B. Arthur as its new […]
August 5th, 2025
Rest of World

They left Syria as refugees. They’re returning to build its tech industry

Over 2.6 million Syrians live in Turkey as refugees, but for tech workers, it’s still a small world. In 2019, a group of refugees formed a […]
August 5th, 2025
EU-Startups

Latvian startup Handwave raises €3.6 million to make payment and identification as easy as a wave of your hand

Riga-based Handwave, a biometric startup founded in Latvia, has raised €3.6 million in Seed funding to launch its palm-based payment and identity platform in Europe and […]
August 1st, 2025
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