Cellulant Appoints Darren Makarem as CFO to Drive Pan-African Payments Growth
Cellulant has appointed former Agoda executive Darren Makarem as CFO, completing a leadership overhaul as the fintech targets growth in ...
Cellulant has appointed former Agoda executive Darren Makarem as CFO, completing a leadership overhaul as the fintech targets growth in ...
They include Andy O'Sullivan, Gbenga Haastrup, Irene Koki, others
Cellulant has also announced plans to incorporate new names into its leadership team in the coming months
Leading payments fintech company Cellulant has today announced that it has obtained the initial approval as a Payment Service Provider ...
Cellulant caters to businesses in various sectors, such as Airlines, Telecoms, E-commerce, Ride-Hailing, Retail and Remittances, enabling these businesses to ...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has renewed Cellulant’s Payment Service Solution Provider License in Nigeria. This license enables Cellulant ...
This license enables Cellulant to continue providing online and offline payment solutions, including collections, check-out, biller aggregation, and payout services ...
These customers will be able to make these payments through KrosPayz, Money Q’s Africa-wide digital payments platform that enables online ...
This award recognises Cellulant as a leader in fintech and payments acknowledging the company’s commitment to excellence and customer satisfaction
In 2021, Cellulant processed approximately 214 million transactions totalling $12.3 billion across 35 African markets.
The partnership provides greater choice, affordability, and convenience for urban and rural shoppers
Working with Pure Infrastructure, a VMware Cloud Provider, Cellulant can now offer its services across borders and deliver a ubiquitous ...
Cellulant’s customers across Africa can now shop and pay online with global merchants wherever Mastercard is accepted
Francophone African countries have tried to do that by trying to create one currency- the CFA - and it's helped ...
Part of the funds will be allotted to different initiatives, which include aggressive marketing of the brand.

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