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Maplerad is rebuilding the rails beneath Africa’s $92bn remittance problem

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August 6, 2026

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Maplerad is rebuilding the rails beneath Africa’s $92bn remittance problem
Source: Disrupt Africa

Every year, millions of people working outside Africa send money back to their families. It is one of the largest financial flows into the continent, and for most people doing it, that flow costs far more than it should. Maplerad, a Lagos-founded real time pay

Every year, millions of people working outside Africa send money back to their families. It is one of the largest financial flows into the continent, and for most people doing it, that flow costs far more than it should. Maplerad, a Lagos-founded real time payment network, has spent the past several years building the infrastructure [...]

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