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This blog is part of a series documenting our program’s journey to accelerate the development of inclusive payments systems for universal access to financial services in Africa. #IAmAfricaNenda

Urgent Need to Harmonize Payment Service Regulations and Achieve Instant Cross-border Payments in Africa

Africa stands at a decisive moment in its digital finance evolution. Innovation is accelerating, mobile money is ubiquitous, and instant payment systems are fast growing across the continent. Yet one force continues to constrain seamless cross-border payments in Africa: regulatory fragmentation.

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13 September 2021 / Sabine Mensah, Deputy CEO, AfricaNenda

Let’s change the game, hand in hand with the unbanked

Across Africa, over 400-million financially excluded adults are missing out on opportunities to secure and grow their savings, to access loans to support their households and businesses, and to use insurance services to protect their households and livelihoods.

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6 September 2021 / Robert Ochola, Ph.D. CEO, AfricaNenda

AfricaNenda means 'Let’s go, Africa!'

Over 15 years ago now, I stood in line outside a mobile banking agent in Kenya one afternoon and observed a plumber withdraw 200 Kenyan shilling, or the equivalent of US$2. I realised he had travelled more than 150km out of the city centre to do some work, and had come straight to the mobile banking agent to withdraw some cash.

5 September 2021 / Irene Chikumbo, GRID Impact

AfricaNenda - The Road to 100 Days

We are Pan Africanists… with a legacy to fulfill. We are Pan Africanists… who will listen to the voice of the continent. We are Pan Africanists… who will be the voice of the people we serve.