by nouman | Jul 23, 2026 | Airtel Africa, Airtel Money, Bharti Airtel, Citi, Financial services, London Stock Exchange, MasterCard, MTN, News, Safaricom, Sections, Sunil Taldar, TPG
Airtel Money’s London listing will give investors a first clean benchmark for valuing African mobile money platforms.
by nouman | Jul 21, 2026 | BVNK, Circle, Financial services, MasterCard, News, Open Standard, Prakriti Singh, Ripple, Sections, Visa
Mastercard says trust, not cost, will decide who wins payments as stablecoins and AI agents advance.
by nouman | Jul 14, 2026 | Afrety, Amadou Diallo, Amazon, Aramex, e-commerce, Francis Dufay, Jumia, MasterCard, MyUS, News, Retail and e-commerce, Sections, Senegal, Shein, Shop and Ship, Souane Diop, Takealot, Temu, Walmart
Big e-commerce brands are largely absent from Africa – but intermediaries are bringing their goods to shoppers anyway.