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httMastercard has collaborated with Glyde to launched a solution that modernizes B2B travel payments across Southern Africa.
Glydepay, powered by the Mastercard Wholesale Program, marks the program’s first card issuance in the region.
Read more:bit.ly/3VbKmqW
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Managing supplier payments across borders requires more than making a transaction.
Mastercard and Glyde are helping travel businesses simplify reconciliation, improve transaction visibility and support faster settlement, while reducing the risk of fraud and chargebacks.
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Mastercard and Moovn Technologies have signed a five-year agreement to expand secure digital payments across East Africa, connecting cards, wallets, merchant payments and cross-border transfers across Kenya, Tanzania and other African markets.
Read more: bit.ly/47P0p0I
In Kenya, 95% of SMEs accept mobile payments and 80% identify simple, seamless and user-friendly payment methods as important for future growth, according to Mastercard’s 2026 SME Confidence Index.
The Mastercard and Moovn collaboration aims to meet this growing demand.
#SMEs
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Through Mastercard’s global payments network and Moovn’s mobility, logistics, commerce and financial services ecosystem, the five-year collaboration will expand digital payments, merchant acceptance and cross-border money movement across East Africa and beyond.
#Partnerships
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Mastercard, Dashen Bank and Ethiopian Airlines have launched a Platinum co-branded card in Ethiopia, bringing together secure payments, ShebaMiles loyalty benefits and premium travel privileges.
#Mastercard #Ethiopia
Bringing more value to the travel journey. The card combines ShebaMiles loyalty benefits with premium travel privileges, including access to more than 1,600 airport lounges globally for eligible cardholders.
#Mastercard
Mastercard’s strategic investment agreement with Dashen Bank supports the programme’s rollout, building on the collaboration’s ambition to create long-term value across Ethiopia’s travel and payments ecosystem.
#Mastercard #Ethiopia
Africa’s digital economy is growing rapidly, and so is the importance of protecting it.
Mastercard’s new whitepaper, Africa’s Digital Defense Race, explores what it will take to build cyber resilience for Africa’s next phase of growth.
Read more: bit.ly/4iiOOwM
Africa has roughly 200,000 cybersecurity roles waiting to be filled, a clear opportunity to strengthen resilience.
Mastercard’s Africa Cybersecurity Center of Excellence brings security leaders together to share knowledge, threat intelligence and best practices.
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Explore the findings shaping Africa’s cyber resilience.
Read Africa’s Digital Defense Race, Mastercard’s new whitepaper on protecting the digital growth ahead.
bit.ly/4jSt4ZM
#Cybersecurity #Africa
If you could give your younger self one piece of advice, what would it be?
Here’s ours at WLN Africa: Be bold. Stay curious. And never stop believing in your potential.
#InternationalDayOfTheGirl #WLNAfrica #InspiringFutureLeaders
Mastercard was delighted to join industry leaders at #NigeriaFintechWeek2026, where conversations explored how Nigeria’s fintech ecosystem can continue turning innovation into meaningful value for consumers and businesses.
From helping fintechs bring products to market to enabling digital payments for businesses and connecting economies across borders, Mastercard continues to collaborate across the ecosystem to help turn local innovation into scalable solutions.
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