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 recognition underscores Flutterwave’s unwavering commitment to excellence, innovation, and facilitating seamless cross-border payments for all individuals and businesses. 

The IPR Awards celebrates the outstanding achievements of the most innovative companies in the global money transfer sector, such as money transfer operators, banks, fintechs, and telcos. The awards are in alignment 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.

Naming Flutterwave “Company of the Year,” IPR recognises the company’s ongoing commitment 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.

The Interim Head of Marketing at Flutterwave, Yewande Akomolafe-Kalu, said “We’re excited to be named IPR’s ‘Company of the Year.’ This award is especially important to us because it recognizes 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.” 

Flutterwave was named Fast Company’s Most Innovative Company for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa in 2024. The Company recently appointed a new Chief Financial Officer, Mitesh Popat, to drive its next phase of growth to create sustainable value for its customers and broader payment ecosystem in Africa.