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A Senegalese bank just cracked the code on mobile payments in Africa with a game-changing terminal that lets customers pay by card or phone. Merchants testing the technology saw sales jump up to 50% while getting their money the same day instead of waiting days.
African innovators are using solar mini-grids, smart batteries, and mobile payments to bring electricity to millions while building a realistic energy future. Former Nigerian Power Minister Bart Nnaji says the continent can leapfrog outdated systems just like it did with mobile phones.
Africa has leapfrogged traditional banking to become a mobile money powerhouse, processing over 80 billion transactions annually. Now the continent is building the reliability needed to turn this access into unstoppable growth.
Taxpayers in Ethiopia's Amhara region can now pay their taxes using M-PESA mobile money, eliminating hours of paperwork and office visits. The partnership makes Amhara the first regional tax authority in Ethiopia to accept mobile payments.
Kenya's largest mobile money service is protecting 37 million daily users by hiding their phone numbers from merchants and banks. The change tackles a major source of unwanted marketing and scams in Africa's busiest payments system.
Two East African nations just signed a deal that could let fintech companies operate across borders with a single license. The move aims to cut red tape and help digital payment startups scale faster across the region.
Sending money across Africa just got faster and cheaper. Kenya's Pesalink network partnered with a Pan-African payment system to enable instant cross-border transfers in local currencies.
New York drivers are getting 80 new fast charging ports across Queens and Long Island, making it easier than ever to charge electric vehicles while running errands. The stations will accept credit cards and mobile payments with no membership required.
Cairo is bringing its public bus system into the digital age with prepaid cards and mobile payments across 1,800 buses. The new fare system calculates exact costs based on stops traveled and even refunds the difference if you get off early.