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Flutterwave Named “Africa’s Best Payments Infrastructure Provider” at Euromoney Transaction Banking Awards 2026

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SAN FRANCISCO and LAGOS, Nigeria, Nov. 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company, has been named “Africa’s Best Payments Infrastructure Provider” at the Euromoney Transaction Banking Awards 2026. The recognition highlights Flutterwave’s role in strengthening Africa’s payments infrastructure, enabling businesses to transact across borders and participate more effectively in the global economy.

Presented by Euromoney, a leading international financial publication with over 50 years of experience, the Transaction Banking Awards recognise excellence across the global transaction banking and payments industry. The recognition is a significant achievement as Flutterwave marks its tenth anniversary, celebrating a decade of work to simplify payments, connect markets, drive ecosystem growth, and support business growth across Africa and beyond.

Since its founding in 2016, Flutterwave has worked to simplify moving money across Africa’s diverse financial markets. By connecting local payment methods, banking networks, and international payment systems through a single platform, the company helps businesses accept payments, reach new customers, and expand across borders. Over the past decade, Flutterwave has grown into a financial technology platform trusted by approximately four million individuals and businesses, from small and medium-sized enterprises to global organisations. The company has processed more than one billion transactions worth over US$50 billion, reflecting the scale of its operations and the growing demand for reliable, interoperable financial infrastructure across the continent.

Olugbenga ‘GB’ Agboola, Founder and CEO of Flutterwave, said: “Being recognised by Euromoney as Africa’s Best Payments Infrastructure Provider is a proud moment for everyone at Flutterwave, particularly as we celebrate our tenth anniversary. When we started Flutterwave in 2016, our ambition was to make it easier for African businesses to move money and participate in the global economy.

He continued: “Ten years on, we have built infrastructure that supports millions of businesses and connects African markets to the rest of the world. This award recognises the dedication of our team, the trust of our customers, and the partnerships that have helped us grow. It also reinforces why we started this journey. There is still significant work to be done to make payments across Africa simpler, faster, and more accessible. This is why we are continuing to evolve beyond payments, building a more comprehensive financial infrastructure that brings together payments, banking, stablecoin capabilities and other financial services to help businesses and individuals move, manage and access money more efficiently. We remain committed to building the infrastructure that will support the continent’s next phase of economic growth.”

Earlier this year, Flutterwave was recognised by CNBC and Statista as one of the world’s top 250 fintech companies, while its Founder and CEO, Olugbenga Agboola, was named among the Top 100 Fintech Leaders by Fintech Magazine. These recognitions reflect the company’s and its leadership’s track record of payment excellence.

As Flutterwave enters its second decade, the company is expanding beyond payments to help businesses and individuals do more with their money. The acquisition of open banking company Mono and the securing of a Nigerian Microfinance Banking Licence mark important steps in this evolution, bringing payments, banking, and financial data capabilities closer together within its ecosystem.

Flutterwave is also advancing stablecoin-powered payment and settlement infrastructure, with strategic investments from Ripple and Circle reinforcing its ambitions in digital asset infrastructure. These capabilities are designed to support more efficient cross-border money movement and settlement, complementing the traditional payment networks that businesses rely on.

Alongside these developments, Flutterwave is expanding its multicurrency capabilities, helping businesses manage international collections and payments while serving customers across markets. Through its broader suite of financial products, the company is working towards a more connected platform where businesses can accept payments, access banking services, manage funds across currencies, and move money across borders with greater flexibility.

As Flutterwave looks to its next chapter, its ambition is to build on that foundation, bringing payments, banking, multicurrency capabilities, and stablecoin-powered infrastructure together to help businesses grow across Africa and the global economy.

 

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KeyStone Solutions Wins 2026 MSP 501 Vanguard Award for Innovation

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KeyStone Solutions, a managed IT and cybersecurity provider based in Cleveland, Tennessee, has won the 2026 MSP 501 Vanguard Award from Channel Partners and MSP Summit. The award recognizes managed service providers at the forefront of technology and service innovation.

CLEVELAND, Nov. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — KeyStone Solutions, LLC has won the 2026 MSP 501 Vanguard Award from Channel Partners and MSP Summit. The award was presented Sept. 30 at the MSP 501 Gala during the MSP Summit in Orlando, Fla.

“Our team has done tremendous work over the last year to modernize and automate our service delivery.” Preston West, CEO, KeyStone Solutions

The MSP 501 Special Awards are application-based. A panel of industry leaders, including top global MSPs, analysts and past award recipients, judges each entry.

The Vanguard Award goes to a company at the forefront of technology and service innovation in the managed services channel, including AI, cybersecurity and cloud. Winners use original thinking to meet clients’ needs and to drive their own financial success.

“We are honored to be recognized. Our team has done tremendous work over the last year to modernize and automate our service delivery. I couldn’t be prouder of their hard work and their focus on the customer experience,” said Preston West, CEO of KeyStone Solutions.

“To qualify for the Vanguard award, companies had to document what they have done in terms of innovative and original thinking in meeting clients’ needs and how this has contributed to the company’s overall financial success,” said Dave Raffo, MSP 501 editor who oversees the awards process. “These are among the most innovative MSPs in the world.”

“The MSP 501 Special Awards represent the pinnacle of achievement in the managed services industry, recognizing organizations and individuals who have demonstrated extraordinary leadership, innovation, and impact,” said Robert DeMarzo, VP Content, Informa Channels, which conducts the MSP 501 survey each year.

About KeyStone Solutions, LLC

KeyStone Solutions is a managed IT and cybersecurity company based in Cleveland, Tennessee. Since 2006, KeyStone has worked as the IT department for hundreds of small and mid-sized businesses, with customers headquartered in 15 states. Its ITTaaS® (IT Team as a Service) offering delivers help desk support and cybersecurity, with optional vCISO and GRC services, and the company now provides AI services. KeyStone holds a SOC 2 Type II report and is a Microsoft 365 Solutions Partner. Learn more at keystone.solutions.

About Channel Partners, MSP Summit and the MSP 501

Channel Partners Conference & Expo and MSP Summit serve the global community of technology advisors, managed service providers, channel partners and technology suppliers, and run the MSP 501, which honors the world’s top-performing managed service providers. Learn more at themspsummit.com.

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Putting Young Innovators Center Stage: Leaders In Future Tech+ Wraps with ¥526 Million in Investment Intentions and 31 Enterprise Landings

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NANJING, China, Nov. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — On November 7, the grand finale of Leaders In Future Tech+ — a documentary sci-tech innovation program jointly produced by China Media Group, the Ministry of Education, and the Nanjing Municipal People’s Government — aired as the Youth Innovation Carnival.

Since its October 3 premiere, the program traveled to 10 cities across China, selecting 100 teams of young innovators with an average age of just 28 from nearly 500 applicants. Fifteen finalists advanced to the finale, presenting breakthroughs spanning AI chips, optical interconnect, biomedicine, smart agriculture, and more.

To date, the program has facilitated ¥526 million in investment intentions covering 34 participating enterprises, and helped 31 companies reach landing agreements with 11 districts and counties of Nanjing.

At the carnival, the “Leaders In Future Tech+ Little Giant Transformation Plan” was launched, with 13 enterprises selected in the first batch to receive a five-module service system guiding them toward specialized, high-end development.

Behind these numbers is a media-driven innovation model: closed-door investment meetings were turned into open, transparent dialogues, connecting young innovators directly with venture capital firms, academicians, industry experts, and local governments — with the focus not on short-term commercial maturity, but on long-term growth potential.

The finale also showed how technology serves everyday life: non-invasive brain-computer interface demonstrations, low-cost bone-repair materials, and ultra-low-cost fresh-keeping cards that reduce agricultural loss — each a footnote to innovation with human warmth.

With Season One concluded, Season Two recruitment is now open to innovation teams nationwide via China Media Group’s official channels and the Yangshipin app (CMG Mobile). As the program’s message goes: put young innovators at center stage — and hand the future to innovation.

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GSMA MWC26 Doha opens with call to align on global industry standards and close MENA’s connectivity gap

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Operators, technology leaders, policymakers and innovators gather in Doha today for three days of exhibition, collaboration and debate on the future of connectivity across the Middle East and North Africa

DOHA, Qatar, Nov. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — MWC26 Doha, held in partnership with Qatar’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), opened today at Doha Exhibition and Convention Centre (DECC), bringing together connectivity ecosystem to shape the next phase of growth for a mobile economy forecast to add $470 billion to the Middle East and North Africa by 2030.

MWC26 Doha officially opened today, in presence of His Excellency Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman bin Hassan bin Ali Al Thani, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defence Affairs. His Excellency Mr. Mohammed bin Ali Al Mannai, Minister of Communications and Information Technology, State of Qatar delivered a welcome address.

In his opening remarks, H.E. Mr. Mohammed bin Ali Al Mannai, Minister of Communications and Information Technology, said: “The second edition of MWC Doha takes place at a time when the requirements of telecommunications infrastructure are undergoing fundamental change. As artificial intelligence advances towards executing tasks through intelligent agents, the need for more resilient networks and advanced computing capabilities continues to grow. At the same time, global challenges underscore the importance of diversifying connectivity routes and ensuring service continuity.”

GSMA Director General Vivek Badrinath and ITU Secretary-General Doreen Bogdan-Martin took to the stage for a fireside chat. Mr Badrinath set out the key priorities shaping the region’s connected future, with a continued commitment to global standards keeping networks and services interoperable across markets, as well as a renewed push to extend connectivity to populations that remain offline in MENA.

Vivek Badrinath, Director General, GSMA, said: “Progress only counts if everyone shares in it. That means two things: global standards that keep networks, services and devices working across borders, and a concerted effort to connect the people who are still offline. Over the next three days, MWC Doha, alongside its co-location with ITU’s PP-26, will bring together the policy makers, innovators and industry leaders setting these standards and building these networks, to help make this vision a reality. As the ITU Plenipotentiary continues, we are confident that the enhanced dialog which our co-location has allowed will feed into the important conversations taking place.”

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