Optimising Digital Payments for an Online Marketplace: Advantages and Benefits

An online marketplace is an e-commerce platform that brings together buyers and sellers to conduct transactions. It provides a virtual space where buyers can browse and purchase products or services from multiple vendors while sellers can offer their goods or services to a broader audience.  2022 saw an extraordinary value of $3.25 trillion in goods […]

Mobile Payments; Driving E-commerce Growth in Africa

In recent years, e-commerce has seen phenomenal growth in Africa. With the advent of mobile technology and increased internet access across the continent, more Africans are embracing online shopping. However, one crucial aspect that drives this growth is mobile payments. In this blog post, we’ll explore how mobile payments are driving the expansion of e-commerce […]

Navigating Merchant Acquiring and Payment Processing

Merchant acquiring is the process by which a merchant accepts payments from customers. A merchant acquirer is a financial institution providing businesses with credit and debit card processing services. Merchant acquirers are banks, large financial institutions or commercial organisations that specialise in providing these services. Merchant acquirers usually have relationships with the major credit card […]

Fintech: Driving A Powerful Digital Payment Revolution in Africa

Fintech refers to integrating technology into financial services, enabling faster, more efficient, and cost-effective transactions. It encompasses various products and services such as mobile money, digital banking, online lending platforms, cryptocurrency trading and insurance tech. The emergence of Fintech, short for financial technology, has revolutionized the way people conduct transactions and manage their finances.  The […]

How to resolve fragmentation of the Digital Payments Ecosystem in Africa

Mobile phones have become ubiquitous in Africa. As a result, mobile technology continues to play an important role in the social and economic development of Africa (specifically in sub-Saharan Africa). Mobile connectivity by and large fuels innovation that in return positively contribute to economic growth. According to GSMA — the organization that represents mobile operators […]

A Beginner’s Guide to Digital Payments and the FinTech Industry In Africa

Technology has completely disrupted the delivery of banking and financial services and with it, our expectations of what banking should be – an experience, not a branch we visit. 2018 was a record year for global FinTech, according to KPMG’s ‘The Pulse of Fintech 2018 report’, in the first half of year 2018, global investment […]

Zambia’s First choice for Broiler Chicken, Ross Breeders, partners with Cellulant to digitise their payments with Tingg

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10 Safety Tips when Making Digital Payments

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The Emergence and Future of Super Apps in a mobile-first Africa

[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text] Last week, Cellulant announced the launch of its consumer brand Tingg- a payments, commerce and financial […]

10 Powerful Quotes on Fintech in Africa

Africa is the last growth frontier in the global fintech revolution. Despite being a world leader in mobile money, the continent is yet to produce a fintech Unicorn. According to the latest report by CB Insights, there are currently 48 fintech unicorns (Privately held companies valued at over $1 billion), all with a total valuation […]