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Stablecoin Platform Timon Pushes Deeper Into Kenya After Crossing 100,000 Users
The stablecoin-powered travel payments startup, fresh off backing from crypto accelerator Alliance, is betting that African professionals want a financial passport as much as a national one
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
Ripple Invests in Flutterwave to Push Stablecoins Into African Payments
The blockchain company's investment in Africa's largest payments firm marks the most concrete move yet to replace correspondent banking with crypto-native settlement infrastructure
Flutterwave Partners With Blockchain Network Tempo to Cut Costs on African Payments
The deal aims to use stablecoins to speed up cross-border transfers and reduce fees that have long burdened businesses and families sending money across Africa
Sorted Wallet Raises $4.4 Million To Push Stablecoins Across Africa and Asia
Sorted Wallet just secured seed funding from Tether and Gnosis to bring stablecoin payments to hundreds of millions of feature phone users across Africa and South Asia — no smartphone required
MoneyGram and NALA Are Betting Stablecoins Can Fix Africa’s Broken Money Pipeline
The two companies are ditching correspondent banking in favor of crypto-native settlement rails — and they're starting with some of the world's most underserved payment corridors
Onafriq and Conduit Partner Up to Expand Stablecoin-Powered Payments in Africa
Conduit, a stablecoin infrastructure provider, is partnering with Onafriq, Africa’s largest digital payments network. The goal is to…
Africa Fintech NALA Debuts Stablecoin-Backed USD Global Accounts
NALA, the African-led fintech focused on payments to emerging markets, is launching USD Global Accounts. The move aims…
HoneyCoin Raises $4.9M to Scale Stablecoin-Powered Payments across Africa and Beyond
Kenya-based HoneyCoin — a stablecoin-compatible, full-stack payment orchestration platform — has closed a $4.9 million seed round to…
What The US GENIUS Act Could Mean for Stablecoins in Africa
This is a republished article from The Labari Journal On July 18, 2025, President Donald Trump signed the Guiding and…