// REGIONAL ROUND-UP //
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SOUTH AFRICA
Onafriq, one of Africa’ s largest digital payments networks, is celebrating its 15-year anniversary by announcing a significant milestone: close to 1 billion mobile money wallets and 500 million bank accounts are now connected through its infrastructure. Starting as a mobile money switch, Onafriq has transformed into a full omnichannel payments network. It facilitates cross-border disbursements, collections, card issuance and processing, offline agent banking services and FX & treasury services. At its core, Onafriq is providing digital interoperability across mobile wallets, bank accounts, cards and offline payment channels – bringing Africa closer to a seamless and integrated financial future.
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USA
The UN Global Compact has launched the Coalition for Sustainable Procurement, a groundbreaking initiative to elevate procurement as a central lever for advancing sustainable business and driving business value and competitiveness. Anchored in the UN Global Compact’ s Sustainable Supply Chains & SMEs Programme, the Coalition brings together companies committed to embedding sustainability across their procurement practices – ensuring that supply chains are not only more efficient, but also more equitable, inclusive and resilient.
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