Zambia’s Union54, a leading provider of innovative digital financial solutions, has partnered Mastercard to launch social commerce platform ChitChat. The startup has partnered with Mastercard to launch ChitChat, a social commerce platform that enables consumers across Africa to chat to each other over an encrypted platform. ChitChat users will also be able to send each other money, access a USD debit card, and purchase from digital storefronts within the app. Mastercard’s integration into ChitChat’s payments and USD debit card features represents a deepening of its partnership to enable the issuance of cards in African markets. We’ve built payments into a chat platform, giving everyone a USD card on demand – on our terms.”

Source: The North Africa Journal July 10, 2023 09:57 UTC