Browsing: Digital financial inclusion

• • Initially, fintech ImaliPay had roughly 15 partners including powerful gig platforms Glovo, SWVL, Bolt and Gokada. 
  • At the moment, the firm has over 4,500 vendor points, accounting for over 200,000 transactions monthly.
  • London-based Centropy PR is an independent PR agency specializing in tech, financial services, healthcare, and the property sector.

ImaliPay, an African fintech services provider has tapped Centropy PR, a London-based agency, to pioneer its international communications as the firm engages the gas pedal to go global. The move comes after the fintech company recently secured $3 million in funding to power its business operations.

In 2020, Tatenda Furusa and Oluwasanmi Akinmusire, former senior executives at the African digital payment firm Cellutant projected the rise of fintech industry after noticing limits of traditional financial systems.

“The first time I noticed a problem with our current financial service was during a personal experience. Once, a Bolt driver ran out …

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has inked a massive grant agreement to the tune of $400,000 to modernize the regional financial market infrastructure in West Africa.

The funding is to be extended via the West African Monetary Union (WAMU) and among other things is meant to fund the creation of a digital platform to automate securities issuance for the regional financial market.

In a press release, the AfDB said the funding will also help reduce the holding period preceding subscription allocations and registration on the said digital platform.…