{"id":22141,"date":"2025-10-27T17:21:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T17:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/payment.com.ss\/?p=22141"},"modified":"2025-10-27T17:21:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T17:21:12","slug":"africa-fintech-summit-accra-recap-interoperable-payments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/payment.com.ss\/index.php\/2025\/10\/27\/africa-fintech-summit-accra-recap-interoperable-payments\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa Fintech Summit (Accra) Recap: Interoperable Payments"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fast Payment Co. LTD has returned from the Africa Fintech Summit (AFTS) in Accra<\/strong> energized and focused. Over the course of the summit we met key players across banks, mobile-money operators, regulators, DFIs\/VCs, NGOs, and enterprise merchants<\/strong>. The conversations reinforced the demand for interoperable payments<\/strong> and compliant remittances<\/strong> that can serve South Sudan and expand across East Africa.<\/p>\n

We are especially grateful to the AFTS organizers and the Ghanaian fintech community for the warm welcome and high-quality program.<\/p>\n

What we showed on the ground<\/h2>\n
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    Interoperable wallet flows<\/strong> across MoMo (MTN), m-Gurush (Zain), and DigiCash<\/strong>, demonstrating seamless wallet-to-wallet transfers.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Payment gateway<\/strong> experiences for eCommerce<\/strong>, Pay-by-Link<\/strong> invoicing (ideal for schools and utilities), and POS<\/strong> acceptance for cards and supported wallets.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Remittance portal<\/strong> with up-front fees\/FX, proof of delivery, and local payout to cash or wallet<\/strong> in South Sudan.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Compliance posture<\/strong>: risk-based AML\/KYC<\/strong>, PCI-aligned<\/strong> controls (encryption, tokenization, MFA, least-privilege), and local hosting with cloud DR<\/strong> (\u226599.9% availability target).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Who we met<\/h2>\n
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      Banks & Telcos:<\/strong> Leaders exploring corridor partnerships, settlement routes, and co-distribution for merchants and public collections.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Regulators & Public Sector:<\/strong> Teams focused on financial inclusion<\/strong>, government revenue digitization<\/strong>, and transparent reconciliation.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Investors & DFIs:<\/strong> Funds and institutions aligned with inclusive infrastructure, cross-border payments, and regional gateways.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      NGOs, Schools, Utilities & Merchants:<\/strong> Operators seeking reliable digital collections, instant confirmations, and automated reconciliation.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    • Thank you, Accra\u2014and see you at the next AFTS.<\/strong> Together we can accelerate financial inclusion<\/strong> and unlock cash-lite growth<\/strong> across South Sudan and East Africa.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Fast Payment Co. LTD has returned from the Africa Fintech Summit (AFTS) in Accra energized and focused. Over the course of the summit we met key players across banks, mobile-money operators, regulators, DFIs\/VCs, NGOs, and enterprise merchants. The conversations reinforced the demand for interoperable payments and compliant remittances that can serve South Sudan and expand […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22142,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/payment.com.ss\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/payment.com.ss\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/payment.com.ss\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/payment.com.ss\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/payment.com.ss\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22141"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/payment.com.ss\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22143,"href":"https:\/\/payment.com.ss\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22141\/revisions\/22143"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/payment.com.ss\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/payment.com.ss\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/payment.com.ss\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/payment.com.ss\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}