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Mukuru Named FXC Intelligence Top 100 Cross-Border Payments Company for Sixth Year Mukuru Mukuru Named FXC Intelligence Top 100 Cross-Border Payments Company for Sixth Year 16-Jun-2025 / 19:40 CET/CEST The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
A few core levers will continue to shape Africa’s financial landscape and unlock the continent’s potential
There’s no doubt in anyone’s mind about the untapped potential on this continent. It is abundantly clear that there are large underserved populations in Africa yet to be empowered to unlock their potential. This is where fintech has been a game-changer on the continent.
Learning to trust at every fintech touchpoint
All of us, no matter how sophisticated we are with digital financial flows, are on a continual learning journey. Simply put, we typically won’t use a new product or service unless we understand it and trust the technology. We didn’t wake up one morning and just download Google Pay or Apple Pay, for example.
Stay true to entrepreneurial DNA
The first thing people ask when they learn Mukuru is celebrating 20 years in business is: How do you do it, and what can we learn from your longevity? There is no “how-to” guide for running a growing business for two decades. If there was, every business would celebrate the milestone. Instead, as we know, most start-ups fail within a few years and a big percentage fall off between 10 and 20 years.
Finding a winning fintech formula
Fintech companies no longer need to convince anyone about the power of using technology to enable financial services and banking. Banks themselves are investing in various fintech solutions to better serve their customers. However, some fintechs or fintech solutions take off, while others do not necessarily get the envisioned uptake. This is primarily down to how people, and even fintechs, view the bridge between cash and digital, because it’s a fundamental gateway to customer engagement in Africa.
Building trust in financial services is non-negotiable
There’s a great deal of talk about earning customers’ trust across vastly different industries. It’s one of those elusive things to define, but everyone intuitively knows what trust is – you either trust someone or you don’t; you can’t really invest in a half trust. This makes earning customers’ trust crucial. On the other hand, losing it could build into a fatal flaw for a business.
Tough economic headwinds provide exciting opportunities for agile, customer-centric fintechs
Taking stock of fintech in the broader African context while looking forward to opportunities in the year ahead. At this time of the year there is usually a flurry of articles attempting to lay out trends to look out for in various industries over the coming months. This is a good exercise as it gets one thinking about industries broadly and technology specifically. However, it would be remiss to embark on this exercise without first taking stock of where we are now.
Tough Economic Headwinds Provide Exciting Opportunities for Agile, Customer-Centric Fintechs
Taking stock of fintech in the broader African context while looking forward to opportunities in the year ahead. At this time of the year, there is usually a flurry of articles attempting to lay out trends to look out for in various industries over the coming months. This is a good exercise as it gets one thinking broadly about industries and specifically about technology. However, it would be remiss to embark on this exercise without first taking stock of where we are now.
Tough economic headwinds provide exciting opportunities for agile, customer-centric fintechs
At this time of the year, there is usually a flurry of articles attempting to lay out trends to look out for in various industries over the coming months. This is a good exercise as it gets one thinking about industries broadly and technology specifically. However, it would be remiss to embark on this exercise without first taking stock of where we are now. The fintech ecosystem is currently in a period of stress, less so for incumbents but noticeably for newcomers.
Successful fintech businesses understand their customers
All businesses would do well to ask whether they truly are putting the customer at the centre of all their decisions and how well they are using data to maintain this closeness to their clients to build and maintain trust. This is important in the broader technology industry, and in the fintech industry in particular, where there may be a bias towards looking for the hottest new trend or flashy technology at the expense of solving the real-life problems of customers.
Building A Digital Bridge To Financial Inclusion In SA’s Informal Sector
The South African informal sector is a vibrant thread, pulsating with entrepreneurial energy. Valued at almost $10 billion annually and representing 17% of the country’s total employment, the informal economy is an indispensable cog in the economic machine. Moreover, given that South Africa’s unemployment rate is sitting at 32.9%, the highest in the world, the country’s informal economy will continue to grow exponentially. And yet, it remains largely disconnected from formal financial systems.
Digital wallets enable inclusive African financial future
Revenue in the African digital payments market is projected by McKinsey to grow by 20% per year and reach $40 billion by 2025. This compares favourably to global payments revenue, which is expected to grow at only 7% during the same period. For the continent, digital payments form a stepping stone to providing financial inclusion and revolutionising transactions.
Fintechs flag prioritising customer experience as key to surviving tough economic headwinds
At this time of the year there is usually a flurry of articles attempting to lay out trends to look out for in various industries over the coming months. This is a good exercise as it gets one thinking about industries broadly and technology specifically. However, it would be remiss to embark on this exercise without first taking stock of where we are now. The fintech ecosystem is currently in a period of stress, less so for incumbents but noticeably for newcomers.
Digital Payments: A Crucial Step in the Financial Inclusion Endgame (By Andy Jury)
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, December 14, 2022/APO Group/ -- By Andy Jury, Group CEO of Mukuru (https://www.Mukuru.com) In years gone by, pages such as these have been awash with articles and opinions about fintechs and their potential to drive financial inclusion and improve the lives of millions of unbanked and underserved communities. While these opinions have been crucial in raising awareness, the discussion should now shift to the “how”.
Digital Payments: A Crucial Step in the Financial Inclusion Endgame Original
By Andy Jury In years gone by, pages such as these have been awash with articles and opinions about fintechs and their potential to drive financial inclusion and improve the lives of millions of unbanked and underserved communities. Story continues below Advertisement While these opinions have been crucial in raising awareness, the discussion should now shift to the “how”. How are fintechs driving real, measurable financial inclusion? How are they helping people to help themselves?
Digital Payments: A Crucial Step in the Financial Inclusion Endgame
NEWS SPONSORED BY rAge EXPO: By Andy Jury, Group CEO of Mukuru In years gone by, pages such as these have been awash with articles and opinions about fintechs and their potential to drive financial inclusion and improve the lives of millions of unbanked and underserved communities. While these opinions have been crucial in raising awareness, the discussion should now shift to the “how”. How are fintechs driving real, measurable financial inclusion? How are they helping people to help themselves?
Bill to make JAMB result valid for 4 years passes 2nd reading
A Bill seeking to make Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) result valid for four years has passed second reading in the House of Representatives. The Amendment of the JAMB Act was sponsored by Rep. Tolulope Sadipe (APC-Oyo), at the plenary on Thursday. Leading the debate, Sadipe said many students sit for JAMB examination, come up with good grades, but for one reason or the other, they ended up not being offered admission, for no fault of theirs.
Cash is still king … but not for much longer
Mukuru CEO Andy Jury There are varying degrees of denial about the truth that cash won’t be king forever. Of course, many regions around the world are well on the journey to full digitisation, while others, like Africa, are at a different point on this journey. But it’s a journey they’re taking nonetheless. The concept of digital inclusion is here to stay. We won’t wake up tomorrow and suddenly find that everyone has an e-wallet and is transacting digitally on every platform.
Fintech’s power lies in solving problems not just in delivering shiny apps
News sponsored by Drive Control Corporation with Dell Client Peripherals: By Andy Jury, Chief Executive Officers at Mukuru Fintech is poised to continue disrupting financial services and is uniquely capable of driving formal financial inclusion on a mind-boggingly large scale.
Fintech's power lies in solving problems, not just in delivering shiny apps
Mukuru CEO Andy Jury Fintech is poised to continue disrupting financial services and is uniquely capable of driving formal financial inclusion on a massive scale. However, there is a risk that in the pursuit of innovation, companies develop fintech solutions for technology’s sake, and not to address real needs, and that if real needs are not addressed, the solution(s) won’t gain traction.
Financial inclusion in Africa requires more doing and less talking
Andy Jury, CEO of Mukuru By Andy Jury, CEO of Mukuru There’s no shortage of articles espousing the virtues of fintech’s potential to financially include hundreds of millions of people who are outside the mainstream. Despite this, one could argue that change is not happening fast enough. Change requires momentum and momentum can only be achieved when more companies commit to taking tangible steps to include more people. This is not to imply that financial inclusion is an illusion.
Financial inclusion in Africa requires more doing and less talking
The author, Andy Jury, says a promise of fintech is empowering the financially excluded There’s no shortage of articles espousing the virtues of fintech’s potential to include hundreds of millions of people who are outside the financial mainstream. Despite this, one could argue that change is not happening fast enough. Change requires momentum and momentum can only be achieved when more companies commit to taking tangible steps to include more people.
Financial inclusion in Africa requires more doing, less talking
Andy Jury, CEO of Mukuru. There’s no shortage of articles espousing the virtues of fintech’s potential to financially include hundreds of millions of people who are outside the mainstream. Despite this, one could argue that change is not happening fast enough. Change requires momentum and momentum can only be achieved when more companies commit to taking tangible steps to include more people. This is not to imply that financial inclusion is an illusion.
Mobile money to reach 39% of Africa's population by 2025 and expedite financial inclusion
April 09, 2021 561 Views Print , , By Andy Jury Digital payment and financial tools enabled by mobile internet are becoming a powerful force to expand access to financial services in developing economies in Africa to reach the unbanked population.
Driving global financial inclusion | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
[FILES] Digital Stock exchange panel. Photo; IFLR With the World Economic Forum warning (https://bit.ly/2NntZ7V) of a deepening digital divide that will ultimately exacerbate global inequality, the role of intuitive digital financial services platforms in bridging this divide is becoming more important than ever before.
How next-generation financial services platforms are driving global financial inclusion
With the World Economic Forum warning of a deepening digital divide that will ultimately exacerbate global inequality, the role of intuitive digital financial services platforms in bridging this divide is becoming more important than ever before.
How next generation financial services platforms are driving global financial inclusion (By Andy Jury)
By: Andy Jury, CEO of Mukuru (www.Mukuru.com) With the World Economic Forum warning (https://bit.ly/2NntZ7V) of a deepening digital divide that will ultimately exacerbate global inequality, the role of intuitive digital financial services platforms in bridging this divide is becoming more important than ever before.
Fintech driving financial inclusion
With the World Economic Forum warning of a deepening digital divide that will ultimately exacerbate global inequality, the role of intuitive digital financial services platforms in bridging this divide is becoming more important than ever before. Indeed, next-generation tools that provide essential financial services - savings accounts, global money transfers, loans, etc.
How the digitisation of remittances can support Africa’s economic recovery
Andy Jury, CEO of Mukuru. Taking customers on a compelling digital payments journey lays the foundation for financial inclusion. With the majority of African countries now facing steep economic activity declines in the devastating wake of COVID-19, the next few years will likely test the financial resilience of families and communities in new and severe ways.
Digitalising the route of remittances will help Africa’s recovery
With the majority of African countries now facing steep economic activity declines in the devastating wake of Covid-19, the next few years will likely test the financial resilience of families and communities in new and severe ways. Across the continent, where tourism and hospitality have come to a grinding halt, thousands of jobs have been lost in both the formal and informal sectors.
The social impact of remittances in developing countries
Andy Jury, CEO of Mukuru. As developing nations reel from the impact of the novel Coronavirus and national lockdowns, communities and households are seeing their collective resilience and well-being put to a rigorous test. While families draw on every possible means of support, the health crisis is underscoring which avenues of financial support and financial access are providing the much-needed resources that households need.
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