How Africa’s fragmented payment systems are holding back cross-border trade

African countries must harmonise regulatory requirements, connect  payment systems and invest in shared financial infrastructure to make cross-border trade faster and cheaper, experts stated at the 2026 Moonshot by TechCabal conference . Speaking on a panel  titled, “Commerce Without Borders: Cross-Border Without Friction”, Tola Onayemi, chief executive officer (CEO) of Norebase; Tatiana Ndlovu, executive head of marketing at Nedbank Africa Regions; and Iheakachi Nwabueze, vice-president of glob