Tranzmit Payment Services has integrated Yellow Card’s Payments API to accelerate cross-border money transfers between the United States and Nigeria using stablecoin settlement.
MTN Group is partnering with Dubai investor Tarek Al Ashram to develop a $6 billion network of AI-ready data centres across Africa with 150 megawatts of capacity.
Interswitch Group is shifting focus toward infrastructure-led growth, aiming to provide the foundational payment rails that enable other fintech firms to scale across Africa.
Michael Adesola, CEO of Belema Fintech, argues that sustainable growth in Africa’s fintech sector depends on resilient infrastructure rather than just increasing user numbers.
Mustafa Ehsan and other AI experts argue that Africa should avoid the expensive race to build frontier AI models, focusing instead on high-value applications and local data.