African businesses lost an estimated $4 billion to cybercrime in 2023. Trade finance fraud, business email compromise, and port system attacks are the...
The African Exchanges Linkage Project is connecting seven African stock exchanges to allow cross-border share trading. Digital platforms are expanding...
Digital identity systems are the foundation for reducing documentary fraud, enabling e-signatures, and facilitating e-government services that support...
Africa has the world's largest insurance protection gap. InsurTech startups are using mobile technology, satellite data, and AI to make trade credit i...
Open banking regulations requiring financial institutions to share customer data with authorised third parties are being enacted across Africa. They w...
Mobile-first AgriTech platforms are transforming how African smallholders access markets, inputs, extension services, and finance. Twiga Foods, Hello...
Businesses in Nigeria, Zimbabwe, and Ethiopia are increasingly using USDC and other stablecoins to settle cross-border trade transactions, bypassing v...
Africa receives $90 billion in remittances annually, more than FDI and overseas development aid combined. Digital remittance platforms are cutting cos...
Regulatory technology is reducing the cost and complexity of trade compliance across Africa, covering customs classification, anti-money laundering sc...
Startup logistics platforms are digitalising African freight, connecting shippers with transporters, customs agents, and warehouses through mobile-fir...
The AfCFTA Digital Trade Protocol provides a continental framework for e-commerce, digital payments, and data flows. Combined with the continental bro...
Blockchain-based trade document platforms are replacing paper bills of lading, certificates of origin, and letters of credit in African trade. TradeLe...
Artificial intelligence credit scoring models using mobile data, transaction history, and satellite imagery are extending trade finance to millions of...
Instant cross-border mobile payments are no longer a dream in Africa, they're a reality for tens of millions. But scaling to continental reach require...
BNPL platforms are growing rapidly in Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, and Egypt, extending consumer credit to buyers who lack credit cards. The model is...