digital payments

Bluebulb's Orbita treasury platform and Flutterwave's Send App '2025 Postcards' campaign represent divergent but complementary approaches to solving Africa's persistent cross-border payment challenges, targeting businesses and diaspora communities respectively.

Africa's payments giant Interswitch has rolled out simplified digital payment channels for students registering for Nigeria's 2026 university entrance examinations, addressing longstanding friction points in the country's education-to-digital pipeline.

Monica Cash processes over N500 billion in three years of operations while the Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce presents economic reforms to UK investors weighing emerging market exposure amid private credit opportunities.

Dr. Stanley Uzochukwu, Chairman of Stanel Group, has described Flutterwave founder Olugbenga Agboola as a global asset, underscoring Nigeria's growing influence in African fintech innovation and digital payments infrastructure.

Pan-African payments company Nairagram has closed a ₦10 billion capital raise to scale digital financial infrastructure across the continent, positioning itself to capture growing cross-border payment flows.

Fintech maintained its position as Africa's top-funded tech sector in 2025, capturing the largest share of venture capital while Flutterwave celebrated ten years of operations with over 50 regulatory licenses across global markets.

While Jumia exits Algeria and narrows focus to chase profitability, Redtech is betting big on pan-African expansion. The diverging strategies reveal how Africa's tech giants are rethinking scale in 2026.

Zimbabwe's digital economy faces mounting security challenges as police arrest 11 EcoCash scammers with $22,000 in assets, while Starlink ends service restrictions in major cities and tax authorities acknowledge implementation problems with new digital services levies.