Flutterwave and Microsoft enter 5-year strategic partnership

Flutterwave’s technological partnership with Microsoft will energy the fintech’s fee past Africa. 

Flutterwave has entered right into a five-year technological settlement with expertise large, Microsoft. The partnership will see the fintech firm construct a brand new era of fee providers on Microsoft Azure, powering funds infrastructure throughout the African continent and past.

This partnership, in accordance with a press release forwarded to TechCabal, will allow the African fee agency to service multinational companies. Some of them embrace facilitating funds of Uber, Netflix, and Microsoft, solidifying Azure’s position in facilitating a seamless, dependable, and safe fee expertise. Flutterwave seems to onboard its merchandise comparable to Flutterwave for Business, Send by Flutterwave, Flutterwave Store, and Flutterwave for Fintech Platform, onto Microsoft’s Azure Cloud Platform. The purpose is to supply fee providers to-and-from Africa. On the a part of each side, it is a welcome improvement. 

Microsoft Corporation General Manager, Mike Gaal notes that the partnership is motivated by the help Microsoft Azure gives for Flutterwave’s core operations. “Our mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Working with Flutterwave will take us a step closer to achieving our mission In Africa,” Gaal stated. 

CEO of Flutterwave, Olugbenga Agboola acknowledges Microsoft’s help of their success story. “As we manage high-volume payment processing, particularly during peak periods, the robustness, reliability, and scalability of Microsoft Azure becomes critical. As such, deepening our collaboration with Microsoft is the most logical step forward for us,” Agboola stated.  

Flutterwave’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Gurbhej Dhillon is hopeful the partnership can scale their platform. “Their platform (Microsoft) provides us with significant developer leverage, which we can harness in service of our clients. Looking to the future, we are excited about the possibilities of scaling with Azure OpenAI Service, which will enable us to serve even more merchants worldwide,” Dhillon stated.