Author: Anita Bosman
Freetown: TECHz – News Desk Orange has announced the launch of the Orange Money Mastercard in Sierra Leone, developed in partnership with Zenith Bank Sierra Leone and Mastercard, in a move aimed at expanding digital payments and improving financial inclusion in the country. The new solution introduces a virtual Mastercard linked directly to Orange Money wallets, allowing customers to make secure online payments, access international digital services, and carry out global transactions using their mobile accounts. According to Orange Money CEO David Mansaray, the initiative represents a major step in removing barriers to digital payments and expanding access to financial…
Nairobi: TECHz – News Desk Kenyan fintech company 4G Capital has raised $2 million in new strategic funding aimed at accelerating its expansion across East Africa and widening access to credit for small and informal businesses. The investment will support the firm’s mission of improving financial inclusion by providing working capital loans alongside business training for micro and small enterprises that are often underserved by traditional banking systems. Since its launch in 2013, the company has built a model that combines digital lending technology with in-person support to help entrepreneurs grow sustainable businesses. Operating across Kenya and Uganda, 4G Capital…
Dubai: TECHz – News Desk Binance announced the beta launch of Binance Ai Pro, a one-stop AI Agent that brings agentic trading infrastructure and support to users, enabling users to configure their own strategies while the AI supports execution and routine operations. As AI and crypto increasingly emerge as two powerful technology pillars, Binance Ai Pro marks the next phase in Binance’s ongoing approach to leverage AI to improve user experience and bring practical AI capabilities into everyday crypto workflows. Building on Binance Ai, which has been available to a limited set of users in a phased rollout since last…
Cairo: TECHz – News Desk mylo, the fintech venture that grew out of B.TECH, announced the launch of a new feature allowing customers to easily pay their due installments through the InstaPay financial services app, using their mobile number, national ID, or a registered company code ensuring a smooth and seamless user experience. This step comes as part of the company’s strategy to deliver instant and secure digital payment experiences, reflecting its ongoing commitment to offering more flexible and user-friendly financial solutions. Through this move, mylo aims to meet customers’ daily needs by providing convenient payment methods that align with…
Johannesburg: TECHz – News Desk Standard Bank processed one of the largest payment volumes on the African continent, moving more than R164 trillion in payments in 2025, across its 20 million clients and correspondent‑banking relationships. This scale means that every single minute, over R300 million flows through the bank’s infrastructure. This highlights Standard Bank’s central role in the financial circulatory system of Africa, powering liquidity, commerce, trade and everyday client activity across multiple markets. The ability to move payments across the continent is a strategic capability. Last year alone, Standard Bank processed 2.3 billion individual payments, reflecting a 9% year‑on‑year…
Abuja: TECHz – News Desk Bosun Tijani, Nigeria’s Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, has announced the launch of the National Digital Economy Research Clusters, a ₦12 billion funding initiative aimed at strengthening the role of research and evidence in shaping the country’s digital transformation. The programme opens applications to academic and research institutions across Nigeria, marking a significant step toward embedding data-driven policymaking in the nation’s digital economy strategy. The initiative is being funded under Project BRIDGE, a flagship government programme focused on deploying 90,000 kilometres of fibre optic backbone infrastructure nationwide. As Nigeria expands its connectivity infrastructure,…
Abu Dhabi: TECHz – News Desk Fuze, one of the Middle East and Africa’s fastest-growing financial infrastructure providers has partnered with Miden, a blockchain company backed by a16z and others. The strategic collaboration brings together Fuze’s extensive network of banks, fintechs and enterprises across the Middle East, Africa and other high-growth regions alongside Miden’s privacy-first blockchain architecture. The partnership is designed to bring together Fuze’s vast network of partners with Miden’s world-class private blockchain infrastructure to drive development for regulated digital asset use cases across payments, remittances, and wealth services. This agreement aims to fix one of the largest barriers…
Abidjan: TECHz – News Desk Orange Côte d’Ivoire has officially launched its new application, Ma Box, dedicated to Fibre and 4G Home users, during an event held at Orange Village on 25 March. The new app is designed to simplify and improve the management of home internet services by offering users a more intuitive and self-service digital experience. With Ma Box, customers can monitor their data consumption in real time, diagnose and resolve connectivity issues, manage service options independently, and optimize their overall internet performance. According to the company, the application goes beyond being a digital tool, representing a broader…
Abu Dhabi: TECHz – News Desk Presight, a leading global AI company that designs and deploys intelligent systems for governments and critical infrastructure, and NodeShift, a sovereign AI company which was part of Presight’s inaugural AI Accelerator Program, have announced a strategic partnership that includes joint go-to-market collaboration and investment support to expand the adoption of sovereign AI solutions across international markets. NodeShift has also secured investment through Presight’s venture capital arm, a global AI innovation fund (Presight–Shorooq Fund I) that aims to invest $100 million in the next generation of AI innovation. As part of NodeShift’s participation in Presight’s…
N’Djamena: TECHz – News Desk A partnership was announced between IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and Cashi, a fintech company building digital payment infrastructure in Africa, including in Chad through interoperable solutions designed for low-connectivity environments. Cashi provides a digital payment platform that enables users and businesses to send and receive money via mobile phones, point-of-sale devices and SMS-based tools. The platform connects users with banks, telecoms and other financial institutions within a single interoperable ecosystem, facilitating everyday transactions in an economy where cash remains dominant, and access to formal financial services is limited. For small businesses,…