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Transforming Africa’s Payment Landscape: A Partnership for Inclusion

"Digital Transformation is among two seismic shifts in the 21st Century keen to attain Sustainable Development Goals. The partnership between UNECA and AfricaNenda aims to transform African Payment systems by improving their effectiveness to increase financial inclusion leading to economic prosperity while achieving the SDGs and Agenda 2063: The African We Want." Dr. Mactar Seck, Chief of Technology and Innovation Section, UNECA,

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25 October 2022 / The Bridge Magazine

Instant and inclusive payment systems will create universal access to financial services for all Africans

Following the launch of the state of instant and inclusive payment systems in Africa SIIPS 2022 Report, at Day 1 of the Mobile World Congress Africa 2022, AfricaNenda declared that Instant and inclusive retail payment systems can play a pivotal role in creating universal access to financial services for all Africans.

25 October 2022 / Taarifa

First Of Its Kind Report Benchmarks Instant Payments In Africa And Highlights How They Can Create Opportunities And Advance Financial Inclusion

AfricaNenda, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UN ECA) and the World Bank have released the State of Instant and Inclusive Payment Systems in Africa report (SIIPS – Africa)

19 October 2022 / Soko Directory

Digital Payment Systems About To Hit Africa And Bring Out The Glory

The world is thriving on the wheels of technology. It is like a bullet train that long left the station, moving at a lightning speed, and those, not on-board risk being left out, not just today, but forever. They say change waits for no man, and so is technology.

2 June 2022 / Jacqueline Jumah, Technical Expert & Sabine Mensah, Deputy CEO, AfricaNenda. Article published in the Digital Banker Africa Magazine

All Eyes on Instant Payments for Greater Financial Inclusion in Africa

Article initially published on the Digital Banker Africa Magazine.

18 October 2021 / CBPN

Accelerating the Scale-Up of Inclusive Instant Payments in Africa: Launching AfricaNenda in a Post-Covid World

Inclusive, low-cost instant payments systems are today’s frontier for financial inclusion on the African continent. Recent experience shows that the ability to send and receive low-value payments at any time, free of charge or at very low cost, has great value in itself and also serves as the first step on the ladder and a gateway to other digital financial services.

10 August 2021 / Tryness Tembo

AfricaNenda to school MSMEs on finances

Article published in the Zambia Daily Mail. AfricaNenda says there is need for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) to have access to financial products to help them reach unexploited markets.