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Mobile Money Fraud Surges in Ghana as Digital Payments Outpace Security
Bank of Ghana data shows fraud cases jumped 48% in 2025, with payment service providers accounting for nearly all of the increase
Flutterwave Gets Investment From Circle Ventures To Help Fix Africa’s Payment Delays
A new investment from Circle Ventures pushes Africa's largest payments company deeper into stablecoins, as the technology moves from crypto niche to financial plumbing
Ghana’s Zeepay, A Rising Star in Ghanaian Fintech, Has Been Facing A Wave of Lawsuits and Regulatory Scrutiny
Zeepay grew from a small Accra startup into a pan-African payments name backed by international investors. A string of regulatory sanctions and unpaid debts is now testing how durable that growth really was
The Gambia Bets on Ghanaian Firm Margins Group to Fix Its Broken ID System
After years of stalled contracts and a scrapped deal with a Belgian supplier, The Gambia is turning to Margins ID Group to build a digital identity system it says will finally be stable — and stay on Gambian soil
Nigeria’s Market Regulator Adds Seven Crypto and Fintech Firms to Its Watch List
The Securities and Exchange Commission's incubation program is meant to bring order to a crypto sector still waiting on formal rules — but critics say the sandbox has already shown its limits
Google and Idris Elba Bet $1 Million on AI for African Creators
The partnership will give roughly 100,000 filmmakers, writers and artists across five countries access to Gemini and other tools, part of a broader push to close Africa's production gap
Visa Bets on AI Agents and Stablecoins to Rewire How Money Moves in Africa and the Middle East
The payments giant says tokenized transactions have nearly tripled in the CEMEA region since 2023, as it races to build the plumbing for an economy where software, not people, initiates purchases
Ministry of Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations Officially Endorses One Vecta Africa AI Week 2026
AlphaVecta Technologies Limited announces five-day continental AI forum in Accra, 5–9 September 2026, with official government endorsement from the Republic of Ghana
Craydel Bets on Ghana as Africa’s Study-Abroad Market Heats Up
The Nairobi-based edtech platform enters its eighth African market, betting AI-driven university matching can outpace traditional recruitment agencies…
How Ghana’s National Information Technology Agency Plans To Roll Out Its Digital Wallet Platform
A presentation prepared for stakeholders fills in details NITA's original concept note left out — including how the agency plans to police a market it won't directly run