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Africa Launches 33 Instant Payment Systems as Liberia Sets 73-Day Record

Africa’s push to connect its 400 million financially excluded adults to real-time digital payments accelerated sharply in 2025, with five new national instant payment systems going live across the continent and one country, Liberia, deploying an entire national infrastructure in just 73 days, according to the AfricaNenda Foundation’s 2025 Annual Report released this month.

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15 February 2024 / africa.com

How Africa Can Benefit From Making Digital Payment Access More Inclusive

From Dakar to Kigali, individuals and businesses across Africa are increasingly using digital channels to pay merchants and utility providers and send money to friends and relatives. As a result, digital payments have become the most-used financial service among African account owners, according to the Global Findex.

22 December 2023 / Digital Banker Africa

Emerging Role & Positioning of Fintech in Driving the Inclusivity of Instant Payment Systems (IPS) in Africa

Africa has made significant progress in digital financial services, propelled by the widespread mobile money rails and fintech innovations.

15 November 2023 / Payments Afrika

State of Inclusive Instant Payment Systems (SIIPS 2023) Report Reveals Continued Growth in Africa’s Instant Payment Systems – AfricaNenda

Payments Afrika, South Africa – AfricaNenda has today released the second edition of the annual State of Inclusive Instant Payment Systems (SIIPS) in Africa report.