Author: Jennifer Onyeagoro

Through a single API integration, Yuno merchants can now activate Flutterwave’s comprehensive local payment methods, including cards, mobile money, and bank transfers across key African markets instantly, eliminating the complexity and cost of multiple local integrations.Read More

The investment represents the largest single fintech commitment facilitated by the Department for Business and Trade under the UK-Nigeria Enhanced Trade and Investment Partnership.Read More

In his opening address, the President underscored the strategic importance of the sector in a rapidly evolving global environment, stressing that no country can achieve competitiveness, sovereignty, or sustainable growth while remaining excluded from global digital, logistical, and information networks.Read More

OkayAfrica has scoured the Internet for today’s major news stories, so you don’t have to. On April 30, coverage includes: Africa’s growing energy dilemma, as leaders defend continued oil production in the name of development, while experts warn that the continent’s clean energy push could bring a rising public health cost through unsafe battery recycling and toxic lead exposure.Read More

ASEAN is pushing to ratify an emergency petroleum security pact as the Strait of Hormuz blockade triggers fuel shortages across Southeast Asia.Read More

On April 30, 2026, Red Cat (RCAT) Holdings announced significant developments regarding its recently awarded contract in the Asia-Pacific region for its Black WRead More

Trip.com Group recently reported that multi-city and multi-destination travel across Asia-Pacific grew 35% year-on-year over the Labour Day period, while also filing its 2025 Form 20-F with the SEC and making its audited financials available to investors. The company’s inclusive “Trip for Everyone” app, which supports visually impaired and elderly travelers, received the prestigious iF DESIGN AWARD 2026, underscoring how accessibility-focused innovation is becoming a core differentiator in…Read More

New roles span Taiwan, Southeast Asia, North Asia, and APACRead More

ADB cuts Asia-Pacific growth forecasts to 4.7 per cent (2026) and 4.8 per cent (2027) from 5.1 per cent, while raising inflation to 5.2 per cent before easing to 4.1 per cent….Read More

The EU said Thursday that the deployment of US troops in Europe was in Washington’s interest, afterRead More