AO supplies biometric devices for paperless banking in Kenya
Early work with Kenyan banks introduced AO to the practical requirements of biometric transaction workflows.
Topic
Doing Business in Africa
Market realities, expansion and operating across African markets.
AO content on doing business in africa
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An early biometric project supports access to humanitarian assistance
An early humanitarian engagement put AO’s problem-solving approach into practice, combining biometric technology with the realities of cross-border delivery.
How listening to customers led to the creation of AO
AO’s journey began with trusted relationships across Africa and a clear opportunity to build technology around customers’ real business needs.
What Tazama Deployments Around the World Mean for Safer Instant Payments
Tazama reports live deployments across Africa, Asia and the Americas. AO examines what that footprint means for banks and payment operators adopting open-source transaction monitoring.
Tazama and WiredIn Partner Following Joint RSwitch Deployment in Rwanda
A strategic partnership between Tazama and WiredIn, following their first joint deployment with RSwitch in Rwanda, provides a practical example of how modern fraud and transaction-monitoring capabilities can be integrated into Africa's evolving digital payment ecosystems.
Digital Identity and the Next Phase of Financial Inclusion in South Africa
Facephi has published an analysis of collaborative fintech and financial inclusion in South Africa. AO looks at inclusion as an architecture problem: identity, payments, data, risk, channels and regulation have to connect before access becomes useful.
Why Collaborative Fraud Intelligence Matters for Africa's Instant Payment Ecosystem
Tazama has joined the Global Anti-Scam Alliance as an Associate Member. AO looks at why shared fraud intelligence, and the operating model around it, is becoming as important as the detection technology itself as instant payments scale across Africa.
ThitsaWorks and Tazama Partner to Advance Real-Time Fraud Protection
The ThitsaWorks and Tazama partnership highlights an important challenge for digital finance: expanding access and accelerating payments while strengthening the technology used to identify and respond to financial crime.
AO Group achieves Level 1 B-BBEE contributor status
AO Group achieved Level 1 B-BBEE Contributor status in February 2025, strengthening its commitment to transformation, skills and inclusive growth in the technology economy.