Abbreviations

AI

Artificial intelligence

AML/CFT

Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Funding of Terrorism

API

Application Programming Interface

API

Application Program Interface

ARPU

Average Revenue Per User

B2B

Business to Business

B2C

Business to Consumer

CAGR

Compound Annual Growth Rate

Churn Rate

Percentage of service subscribers who discontinue their subscriptions within a given period

DLT

Distributed Ledger Technology

EBITA

Earnings before interest, taxes, and amortization

EVD

Electronic Voucher Distribution

Fintech

Financial technology

Freemium

A business model, whereby basic services are provided free of charge while more advanced features must be paid for. Charges could be for extra numbers of licenses, users, and/or subscriptions as well.

ICO

Initial Coin Offering

IoT

Internet of Things

IP

Intellectual Property

IPO

Initial Public Offering

ISP

Internet Service Provider

KYB

Know Your Business

KYC

Know Your Customer

MAU

Monthly Active Users

MEFA

Middle East Africa

ML

Machine learning

ML/FT

Money Laundering and Funding of Terrorism

MVNO

Mobile Virtual Network Operator

MVP

NFT

Non-Fungible Token

P2P

Peer-to-peer

POS

Point of Sale

PSP

Payment Service Provider

UGC

User-Generated Content

USP

Unique Selling Proposition

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