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Quishing (QR phishing) explained: Think before you scan

Quishing (QR phishing) explained: Think before you scan

You can expose yourself to scammers by scanning a QR code. It's called quishing. Read this post to learn about it and how to protect yourself.

July 24, 2024
July 24, 2024
7 minute read
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Industry Insights

A guide to cross-border payments for African businesses

A guide to cross-border payments for African businesses

Learn the benefits of cross-border payments and how you can start accepting them.

July 20, 2024
July 19, 2024
10 minute read
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Industry Insights

Cross-border payment gateways: A guide for African businesses

Cross-border payment gateways: A guide for African businesses

Learn how you can use cross-border gateways to accept business payments from customers across countries in Africa.

July 17, 2024
July 19, 2024
4 minutes
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Industry Insights

An introduction to embedded finance and banking-as-a-service for African businesses

An introduction to embedded finance and banking-as-a-service for African businesses

Embedded finance is growing in Africa. Its applications and benefits are numerous. Learn how your business can use the technology.

July 17, 2024
July 19, 2024
8 minute 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

Kora launches Covenant University’s first student endowment fund

Kora establishes ₦200 million endowment fund at Covenant University, starting with ₦30 million, to support students' education over ten years.

October 14, 2024
October 14, 2024
3 minutes read
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Inside Kora

Kora launches USD card-acquiring in Africa

New product to help accelerate Africa’s participation in global trade.

March 27, 2023
March 27, 2023
2 mins read
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Inside Kora

Kora is officially ISO certified

Kora is now an ISO 27001 & ISO 22301-certified organization

March 8, 2023
March 8, 2023
1 min read
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Inside Kora

Big news: We moved our URL and updated our name

We moved our URL address and updated our name. Read this to find out why.

February 27, 2023
February 27, 2023
2 mins read
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Merchant Stories

GIGL: Revolutionising logistics in Africa and beyond

The origin story of Africa's biggest logistics company.

May 19, 2023
May 22, 2023
3 mins read
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Merchant Stories

Healthtracka: "A digital health platform born from a genuine desire to help people"

In this month's Merchant Stories entry, the CEO, Ifeoluwa Dare-Johnson, tells us about the company's early days and how she got the idea for the business.

March 1, 2023
February 28, 2023
3 mins read
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Merchant Stories

MyXalary(NotchHR): “An HRM software from Nigeria to the world”

What is now known as MyXalary started as a way to manage employee databases, taxes, and pensions. When that became stable, the cofounders began advancing the software by adding features.

February 27, 2023
January 31, 2023
3 mins read
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Embrace Equity

#EmbraceEquity: Favour

For our International Women’s Month series, #EmbraceEquality, here’s Favour, a member of the People Operations team at Kora.

March 10, 2023
March 10, 2023
1 min read
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Embrace Equity

#EmbraceEquity: Promise

For our International Women’s Month series, #EmbraceEquality, here’s Promise, a Senior Product Manager at Kora.

March 10, 2023
March 10, 2023
1 min read
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Embrace Equity

#EmbraceEquity: Ayobami

For our International Women’s Month series, #EmbraceEquality, here’s Ayobami, a front-end engineer at Kora.

March 10, 2023
March 10, 2023
1 min read
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Embrace Equity

#EmbraceEquity: Ajiri

For our International Women's Month series, #EmbraceEquality, here's Ajiri, a Senior Product Designer at Kora.

March 10, 2023
March 10, 2023
1 min read
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Merchant Security Awareness

Opening the wrong email can expose you to cybercriminals. Here’s how to protect yourself

It’s important to have proper processes to protect you and your business from an email attack. In this post, we’ll give you tips to immediately apply to boost your email security and protect yourself from scams.

March 20, 2024
March 20, 2024
4 mins read
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Merchant Security Awareness

AI is revolutionising cyberattacks. This is what you can do to defend your business

The rise of AI offers several benefits to society at large. It also ushers in security concerns. Social engineers are already using Generative AI to create sophisticated phishing campaigns. As a quick refresher, social engineering is the art of misleading people via psychological manipulation. It’s not hard to imagine how social engineers could use AI to power their attacks.

February 27, 2024
February 27, 2024
3 mins read
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Merchant Security Awareness

Best practices for safely implementing AI in your business

Artificial intelligence (AI) is gradually becoming an everyday tool for more and more employees — be it for creating documents, images, or code. However, if used carelessly, AI can also pose risks, for example, data protection, copyright issues, or liability for possible damage. 

January 23, 2024
January 23, 2024
3 mins read
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Merchant Security Awareness

Security Awareness: Social Engineering Red Flags for the holidays

Cybercriminals have upped their game. Have you? Look out for these red flags so you don’t fall for cybercriminals’ tricks.

December 22, 2023
December 22, 2023
3 mins read