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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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The biggest barrier to digital payment adoption may be dropped network connections
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The biggest barrier to digital payment adoption may be dropped network connections
Imagine you're in a bustling market in a country in Africa, ready to pay for your fresh produce with a...
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SIIPS Report 2024: Charting Africa’s Progress in Inclusive Digital Payments
As Africa continues its digital transformation, the SIIPS Report 2024—launched today in Accra in partnership with AfricaNenda, the World Bank,...
  • Articles, Financial inclusion
Addressing Small and Medium Enterprise digital payment gaps in Africa, Part II
As the May 2024 Visa Payments Forum in Istanbul revealed, SMEs in Africa are at a crossroads. The first blog...
Recognizing Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Digital Payments Gaps in Africa, Part I
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Recognizing Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Digital Payments Gaps in Africa, Part I
Did you know that only 35% of payments received by surveyed Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Sub-Saharan Africa are...
  • Articles, Instant payment systems
AfricaNenda’s Revolutionizing Payments’ series explores the PIX Brazil success story
‘Revolutionizing Payments: The PIX Brazil Success Story’ is an insightful 8-episode YouTube video series by AfricaNenda Foundation, a non-profit and...
  • Articles, SIIPS
SIIPS 2024 -Three elements that differentiate inclusive instant payment systems
Instant payment systems (IPS) process payments digitally in near real-time and are available for use 24 hours a day, 365...
Ethiopia's Digital Payments Journey: Leveraging the National Digital Transformation Strategy 2025
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Ethiopia’s Digital Payments Journey: Leveraging the National Digital Transformation Strategy 2025
Ethiopia is embarking on a digital transformation journey that it hopes will enable it to achieve its development goals and...
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​​Lack of transparent data is hampering Africa’s capacity to leapfrog inclusive instant payment systems​!
While on a speaking tour in 2022 to disseminate findings from a report I co-authored, a central bank official from...
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International Women Day 2024: Breaking Barriers, Accelerating Progress.
International Women's Day always presents an opportunity to reflect on the progress made toward gender equality and to assess the...
Cape Verde: Balancing between digital payment promotion and cash resilience
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Cape Verde: Balancing between digital payment promotion and cash resilience
Digital payment experts unanimously agree that a well-structured financial ecosystem optimizes the use of banking products and services. By fostering...
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Navigating Design Choices: Essential Considerations for CBDCs – Part II

In the initial installment of our blog series, we focused into the realm of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) and...

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AfricaNenda and Co-Develop boost skills of 30 African journalists
AfricaNenda and Co-Develop reinforced their commitment to advancing financial inclusion and economic empowerment in Africa through a strategic media training...