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Referrals are now live on Zap by Paystack ⚡️ You can now invite your friends to join Zap and earn rewards when they start using it. Here’s how it works: ✅ Share your invite code with up to 5 friends ✅ When they sign up and complete 3 transfers within 7 days, they earn ₦2,000 ✅ You also earn ₦2,000 for each friend Invite 5 friends, and that’s ₦10,000 in your Zap wallet. It’s a simple way to share Zap with people you know and earn a little something along the way 😃

In October 2024, when Amazon announced the end of support for Aurora MySQL 5.7, we had 11 production clusters to migrate to MySQL 8.0. Each one powered business-critical payment systems across Africa. Upgrading infrastructure is more than a version change, it’s also a high-stakes decision that demands preparation, discipline, and clarity. In our latest blog post, we share our full migration playbook, including: ✅ How we redefined migration success ✅ Dual-layer compatibility testing across database and applications ✅ Why we chose a blue-green execution strategy ✅ How we built clear rollback paths before production The result: 11 production databases upgraded with zero post-migration incidents. If you’re leading infrastructure upgrades or modernizing critical systems, we hope this breakdown is useful. https://lnkd.in/eBUQjsuw

Paystack merchants in South Africa can now accept instant bank payments with Capitec Pay 🇿🇦 Capitec Pay allows customers to authenticate and approve payments directly within their Capitec banking app. For businesses, this means: ✅ An additional alternative to cards ✅ Secure, in-app authentication ✅ Real-time payment confirmation ✅ A future-ready, open banking payment flow As open banking continues to expand in South Africa, Capitec Pay gives merchants a secure, API-driven way to accept payments directly from customer accounts. Learn more here 👇🏿 https://lnkd.in/eJdPNhSj

Johannesburg — we’re opening the room again. This time, with Shola Akinlade — co-founder of Paystack , one of the companies that quietly reshaped how money moves across Africa, long before its acquisition by Stripe. At our Johannesburg Gathering, the conversation isn’t about hype. It’s about: • the real state of fintech on the continent • what infrastructure still hasn’t been built • what scaling across African markets actually demands • where the next wave of opportunity is forming Before the main session, we’ll warm up with a focused AI in Fintech pre-panel — practical, operator-led, and grounded in what’s already shipping. This isn’t a conference. It’s a curated room for founders, operators, and decision-makers building in African fintech. A limited number of seats are being opened: 👉 https://lnkd.in/d--cg65b #TheOpenLetter #AfricanFintech #FintechAfrica #AIinFintech #Founders #Operators #Johannesburg

Ready to explore how AI is reshaping modern product delivery? ⚙️ This Saturday, we’re hosting our in-person Developer Meetup, a focused session on how high-velocity teams move from user feedback to shipped features using AI across the product lifecycle. You’ll get to: ✅ Explore how AI is becoming a strategic lever for modern product teams ✅ Hear from: Sola Omobomi, Product Manager, Paystack, on why efficiency defines high-velocity teams Idorenyin Udoh, Frontend Engineer, Cowrywise, how to integrate AI into real engineering workflows Oye Sobowale, Product Designer, Paystack, walking through how structured PRDs can become high-fidelity visuals with Generative UI. Adeloye Adedeji, Head of Engineering, on building leadership advantage in an AI-accelerated environment. ✅ See how releases become usable tools and resources that drive adoption ✅ Join a live Q&A + connect with builders across product, design, engineering, and DevRel We’d love to see you there 💙 🗓️ Saturday, February 28, 2026 ⏰ 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM (WAT) 📍 Location shared upon RSVP Seats are limited. Register here 👇🏾 https://lnkd.in/d2rDix9s

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Join us on Saturday, February 28, 2026, for an in-person session exploring how AI accelerates modern product teams.⚙️ This event walks through the full lifecycle, from analyzing user feedback and drafting PRDs to workflows for generative UI, code, and assets that drive adoption. If you work across product, design, engineering, or developer relations, this is a practical look at how cross-functional teams are building and shipping today. Here’s what we’ll explore: ✅ Keynote by Sola Omobomi, on why efficiency defines high-velocity teams, and how AI becomes a strategic lever in modern product development. ✅ Insights from Idorenyin Udoh on how frontend teams can integrate Claude Code into real development workflows to compress cycles and remove friction. ✅  A walkthrough of turning structured PRDs into high-fidelity visuals using Generative UI tools, led by Oye Sobowale ✅  A deep dive into gaining advantage in leadership by Adeloye Adedeji. ✅  How to convert code releases into usable resources and tools that drive adoption, presented by our DevRel team. ✅  Live Q&A followed by open networking with speakers and peers. Whether you’re in product, design, engineering, or developer relations, this session offers a practical look at how cross-functional teams are building and shipping with AI today. We look forward to having you around 💙 🗓️ Saturday, February 28, 2026 ⏱️ 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM (WAT) 📍 Location shared upon RSVP Seats are limited. RSVP here 👇🏾 https://lnkd.in/dgcH-Vzf

We’re live at 4 PM WAT today for Developer Office Hours ⚙️🎉 Join us as we demo the Paystack Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server and show how AI agents can work with Paystack APIs to run transactions and manage subscriptions. If you build with Paystack or you’re exploring AI-assisted development workflows, this session will be practical and hands-on. Register here 👇🏾 https://lnkd.in/dDEC7aHp