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Africa is building a single payments market but its currencies remain divided

Africa is building regional payment systems that could make cross-border money transfers faster and cheaper, but its fragmented currencies remain a problem that payment rails alone cannot solve.
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IWD 2026: Are Women Fully Included in Africa’s Digital Financial Future?
As we mark International Women’s Day under the theme “Rights”. Justice. Action. For ALL Women and Girls,” we must ask...
  • Articles, Q&A
Inclusion of Rural Communities and Small Businesses Defines Success in Transnational Payments – Dr Ndzana
Cross-border instant payments in Africa are at a turning point, shifting from identifying problems to implementing concrete solutions, says Dr...
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Urgent Need to Harmonize Payment Service Regulations and Achieve Instant Cross-border Payments in Africa

Africa stands at a decisive moment in its digital finance evolution. Innovation is accelerating, mobile money is ubiquitous, and instant...

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The ‘Trust Threshold:’ Perceptions Between Physical and Digital Payment Risks
The choice of whether cash or digital payments feel safer depends on the salience of different potential harms. They want...
  • SIIPS
SIIPS 2025 – How G2P and Cross-Border Payments Drive the Scalability and Economic Power of African IPS

The State of Inclusive Instant Payment Systems in Africa (SIIPS) 2025 report provides a comprehensive look at how instant payment...

  • SIIPS
NIP Nigeria Becomes Africa’s First “Mature” Instant Payment System
At the launch of State of Inclusive Instant Payment Systems (SIIPS) 2025 in Eswatini, the continent witnessed a breakthrough: Nigeria...
  • Articles, Instant payment systems
The Next Frontier of Africa’s Financial Integration

Africa stands at a turning point. The launch of the Instant Payment System (PI - SPI) by the Central Bank...

  • SIIPS
A Historic Milestone: SIIPS 2025 to Unveil Africa’s First Mature Inclusive Instant Payment System

For years, stakeholders across Africa have worked to build a digital payments ecosystem that offers a broad range of functionality...

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From the Continent, For the Continent: Building Homegrown Instant Payment Systems to Drive Financial Inclusion in Africa
Imported technologies might offer speed, but do not necessarily guarantee fit. Africa’s financial systems must account for our informal economies,...
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AfricaNenda & GIMAC: Building an inclusive payment ecosystem in Central Africa
"We want payments to be as simple and universal as a text message," explains Jamelino Akogbeto, Regional Director for West...
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Travel Notes — Converging Forces for Inclusion: Lessons from Pix Brazil
One of the highlights of GPW 2025 was the amazing learning opportunity it provided on Pix, Brazil’s inclusive instant payment...
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The Global Findex 2025: Could Instant Payments be Driving Financial Inclusion in Africa?
Financial inclusion advocates across Africa had reason to celebrate with the launch of the Global Findex 2025. According to...