It should not be easier for money to travel from Nairobi to New York than from Nairobi to Lagos. Yet, in too many cases, that is still how Africa’s cross-border payment system behaves. A Kenyan business buying goods from Nigeria may invoice in one African currency and pay from another,

A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to sit down with Michael Bonke, the new Acting Managing Director of Airtel Money Kenya for the Pure Digital Passion Podcast. We recorded the conversation immediately after Airtel Money launched its new Bizna Wallet for small businesses together with its enhanced

In the latest episode of the ‘Pure Digital Passion’ podcast, we took a deep dive into the heart of fintech innovation in East Africa. The session, held at the buzzing SemaBox at Baraza Media Lab in Nairobi on the 5th of September 2023 brought together James Kabuthi from Visa East