4 Reasons Your Business Needs to Shift to a Digital Payments Platform
March 26, 2021 7:42 am
Payments are an essential part of keeping the wheels of any business, whether big or small. You want to pay your employees on time while
[Webinar] Ghana in Recovery: Outlook for Growth, AfCFTA, and Cedi
March 19, 2021 11:12 am
After months hampered by COVID disruptions, election challenges and currency depreciation, Ghana appears for now to have turned a corner towards GDP growth, relative exchange rate stability
The New CBN Regulations: Impact on Remittances to Nigeria
March 16, 2021 7:10 am
According to a report by PwC, the Nigerian diaspora sent around $25 billion in remittances back home in 2018, a figure that would only have
AZA Named Most Innovative Company by Fast Company
March 15, 2021 10:10 am
We are so excited to announce that AZA has named among the 10 Most Innovative Finance Companies by Fast Company. The list honors businesses that
Africa’s freedom rising too slowly
March 12, 2021 6:35 am
Africa’s economic freedom rising, though much too slowly Economic freedom is improving in sub-Saharan Africa, according to this year’s Economic Freedom Index, published by the Heritage Foundation. Progress, however, remains
A History of Cross-Border Payments, from Barter to FinTechs
March 5, 2021 10:31 am
The history of cross-border payments goes hand-in-hand with the history of money, industrialization, and globalization. These payments include remittances by migrants to people back home
5 Tools That Will Save Your Business Money
March 3, 2021 11:04 am
When you are starting a business, you need to save every penny before the big bucks start rolling in. And to be honest, breaking even
Why the Rest of the World Should Care About Innovation in Africa
February 18, 2021 10:22 am
Forty years ago, when digital technology was on the rise and the rest of the world was shifting from analogue technology to digital electronics, no
5 Types of International Payments You Can Make with AZA
February 11, 2021 10:22 am
In the last decade, digital payments have shifted from being a trend to a necessity. From apps like Venmo and PayPal in the West to
How an eCommerce Company Grew their Customer Base 30% with BFX
February 9, 2021 11:59 am
THE CHALLENGE Shop Me Away is a Senegal-based eCommerce company, operating for the past 5 years. Shop Me Away was looking to trade XOF for EUR