Digital Payments
- Instant payments
- QR payment ecosystem
- Mobile payments
- Merchant acquiring
- Payment gateway services
- Bill payment aggregation
- E-commerce payment solutions
- Digital wallet integration
Strategic activities & objectives
Seven programmes and ten objectives that turn our mandate into working infrastructure — from instant payments to a Security Operations Centre.
Programmes
Seven strategic programmes.
Each programme is a delivery track with its own roadmap, partners and compliance requirements. Together they form the AfriPulse Pay platform.
Open Banking
- API management
- Bank connectivity
- Consent management
- Secure authentication
- Customer identity verification
- Financial data sharing
Cross-Border Payments
- Regional payment interoperability
- Multi-currency payment support
- FX integration
- Settlement solutions
- Regional payment corridors
- Trade finance integration
Financial Inclusion
- Rural digital payments
- Women entrepreneurship programmes
- SME financial services
- Youth digital finance initiatives
- Agency banking support
- Merchant digitization
Government Digital Finance
- Revenue collection
- Digital tax payments
- Social protection payments
- Digital procurement payments
- Government financial dashboards
Financial Data Services
- Data analytics
- AI-powered financial insights
- Fraud analytics
- Credit analytics
- Customer behaviour analysis
Cybersecurity & Compliance
- API security
- Identity management
- Fraud prevention
- Transaction monitoring
- AML/CFT compliance
- Data privacy and protection
- Security Operations Centre (SOC)
- Cyber resilience
Objectives
Ten strategic objectives.
The outcomes we measure ourselves against — across inclusion, interoperability, cost, trust and continental integration.
01
Accelerate financial inclusion across Africa
02
Promote interoperable digital payment ecosystems
03
Support implementation of Open Banking and Open Finance
04
Reduce the cost and time of domestic and cross-border payments
05
Increase trust through secure digital financial services
06
Enable data-driven lending and financial innovation
07
Empower SMEs with modern digital payment capabilities
08
Strengthen cybersecurity and consumer protection
09
Support implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
10
Position Africa as a global leader in digital financial innovation
Work with us
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We work with banks, mobile money operators, governments, merchants and fintechs across the continent. Tell us what you need to move.