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Merchant Security Awareness

Would you survive email spoofing? Find out

Would you survive email spoofing? Find out

An exercise on spotting a spoofed email.

July 28, 2023
July 28, 2023
3 min read
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Industry Insights

The most popular payment channels across Africa

The most popular payment channels across Africa

A list of the most popular payment channels in Africa.

July 10, 2023
July 10, 2023
2 mins read
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Industry Insights

How to sell more in Africa: The role of payment processors

How to sell more in Africa: The role of payment processors

How payment processors can help improve sales in Africa.

July 10, 2023
July 10, 2023
3 mins read
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Product

Introducing Kora Identity APIs for customer ID verification

Introducing Kora Identity APIs for customer ID verification

With Kora's Identity APIs, you can verify customer IDs in Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, and Nigeria. Create a smooth and secure KYC and KYB onboarding process for your business.

November 12, 2024
November 13, 2024
5 minute read
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Product

Introducing Kora Startup Kit

Introducing Kora Startup Kit

The Kora Startup Kit is a directory of handpicked, pre-vetted companies we recommend to businesses like yours starting up in Africa.

November 5, 2024
November 5, 2024
2 mins read
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Product

Introducing virtual USD cards issuing for businesses

Introducing virtual USD cards issuing for businesses

Issue USD virtual cards for customers to pay for things online or their bills and also issue corporate cards for your business needs.

October 14, 2024
October 18, 2024
4 minute read
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Product

Say hello to “Pay with Bank”

Say hello to “Pay with Bank”

A post informing the general public about Kora's latest feature. Pay with Bank.

February 27, 2023
November 11, 2022
2 mins read
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Events

Kora hosts the maiden edition of Sundown Sessions

Sundown Sessions is more than an event; it is a gathering for Africa's brightest minds to unwind, network, and absorb insights from leaders in the fintech startup ecosystem. ‍

November 22, 2024
November 22, 2024
3 minute read
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Events

Kora x GDG Owerri: Empowering Africa's next generation of tech talent

A summary of the KoraHack23 Hackathon sponsored by Kora and Google Developers Group.

May 8, 2023
May 8, 2023
2 mins read
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Events

Kora partners with Healthracka to provide employees with free cervical cancer test kits

Kora partners with Healthracka to provide employees with free cervical cancer test kits.

April 6, 2023
April 6, 2023
1 min read
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Events

Kora hosts Harvard Business School students at Lagos office

Kora welcomed the Africa Caucus group from the Harvard Business School to their office in Lagos, Nigeria.

March 31, 2023
March 31, 2023
1 min read
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Inside Kora

Into the Koraverse: Kachi, reggae, chargebacks, and other adventures

The very first of our new series, Into the Koraverse.

February 27, 2023
January 31, 2023
4 mins read
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Inside Kora

Kenya’s Asset Recovery Agency drops fraud charges against Kora

All the cases against Kora have been dropped.

February 27, 2023
December 8, 2022
2 mins read
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Inside Kora

Re: Press reports on Kora in Kenya

We are confident that the Kenyan courts will come to see that the accusations against us are not only wholly baseless but borderline malicious.

February 2, 2024
July 14, 2022
2 mins read
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Inside Kora

Re: press reports on Kora in Kenya

A blog post detailing the accusations that have been leveled against Kora recently.

February 27, 2023
July 14, 2022
2 mins read
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Merchant Stories

Really Simple Social built a tool that changed advertising in Nigeria

In advertising, agencies always have to balance the client’s expectations and deliverables without overshooting the client’s budget. So, getting a tool that works was important. The first objective was to provide social media marketing services that delivered to client expectations while being cost-effective. So, they built a solution to cater to that need and now help other agencies get the same result for their clients, not just in Nigeria but worldwide.

May 5, 2024
May 8, 2024
3 mins read
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Merchant Stories

The Ultimate Frisbee Club: Growing a community of disc sports athletes in Africa

To collect payments, Sadiq, the founder of the Ultimate Frisbee Club used Kora to create a payment link and shared it on the club’s WhatsApp group and it made the donations smooth and seamless. ‍Using Kora also helped him build transparency because he could now export the finances of the community and share them with the rest of the organisers and sponsors. ‍

May 5, 2024
May 7, 2024
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Merchant Stories

Revolutionising leather fashion in Nigeria, Ghana and beyond. A journey with Detail Africa

Strategically using Kora to accept payments in Ghana, Detail Africa embraces a pan-African perspective. The move aligns with the company's expansion plans, demonstrating a commitment to reaching new markets across the continent. 

November 17, 2023
November 17, 2023
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Merchant Stories

Oystr: Unlocking credit access for the unbanked in Africa

How Oystr Finance is unlocking credit for Africa's unbanked.

July 5, 2023
July 10, 2023
3 mins read
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Embrace Equity

#EmbraceEquity: Adetola

For our International Women's Month series, #EmbraceEquality, here's Adetola, the Head of Sales & Partnerships at Kora.

March 8, 2023
March 8, 2023
1 min read
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Embrace Equity

#EmbraceEquity: Adefere

For our International Women's Month series, #EmbraceEquity, here's Adefere, a lawyer at Kora.

March 8, 2023
March 8, 2023
1 min read
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Embrace Equity

#EmbraceEquity: Nnenna

For our International Women's Month series, #EmbraceEquity, here's Nnenna, a merchant success associate at Kora.

March 8, 2023
March 8, 2023
1 min read
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Merchant Security Awareness

How to use AI chatbots securely

AI bots help us streamline tasks and troubleshoot problems in seconds. While they’re convenient, users must deal with many associated risks. 

November 28, 2024
November 28, 2024
5 minute read
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Merchant Security Awareness

Typosquatting and brand impersonation explained

In this blogpost, we’ll teach you the difference between typosquatting and brand impersonation and steps you can take to protect yourself. 

October 21, 2024
October 22, 2024
6 minute read
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Merchant Security Awareness

How to spot deep fakes and steps to protect yourself

Generally, deepfakes are usually so convincing that it’s hard to tell what’s fake and what’s real. You might have encountered a deep fake without even realising that the information was false because of how realistic it looked.

September 23, 2024
September 23, 2024
6 minute read
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Merchant Security Awareness

Identity theft and how to protect yourself

Millions of people fall victim to Identity theft each year, and it can happen to even you if you don’t take the proper precautions. In this post, you'll learn how to recognize identity theft and how to protect yourself from falling victim.

August 30, 2024
August 30, 2024
6 minute read