Africa’s leading payment technology company, Flutterwave, has been named Company of the Year at the prestigious Innovation in Payments and Remittances (IPR) 2024 Awards held in London on September 17, 2024.

This award recognises its commitment to excellence, innovation, and facilitating seamless cross-border payments for individuals and businesses.

The IPR Awards celebrate the outstanding achievements of the most innovative companies in the global money transfer sector, including Money Transfer Operators, Banks, Fintechs, and Telcos. The awards align with the IPR’s efforts since 2018 to foster collaboration between payments and remittance professionals, exchange best practices, and drive positive change within the industry.

IPR acknowledges the company’s dedication to serving enterprise businesses with its Flutterwave for Business suite of products and retail customers through Send App by Flutterwave, its innovative cross-border remittance solution.

This award recognises Flutterwave’s forward-thinking innovations, which have enabled individuals and businesses across Africa and beyond to access simple remittance services, providing millions of Africans in the diaspora with seamless cross-border transactions.

Interim Head of Marketing at Flutterwave, Yewande Akomolafe-Kalu, said: “We are excited to be named IPR’s Company of the Year. This award is especially important to us because it recognises our innovations in the payment ecosystem and the role they play in transforming cross-border transactions. With a strong focus on connecting Africa to the world and the world to Africa with seamless payment solutions, we’ve continued our continental leadership as an ecosystem enabler and an innovation trendsetter.”