Payment infrastructure firm Paymentology has appointed a new regional head for Africa, a signal of rising demand for cloud-based card issuing as banks, fintechs and mobile money players push deeper into digital payments.
Paymentology said it has named Kesheni Moodley as regional director for Africa. She will lead client growth and programme delivery across the continent as issuers modernise their card and payments infrastructure.
Africa has become a key battleground for issuer processors. Card usage is expanding beyond traditional banks into fintechs and mobile-first platforms, while regulators and partners expect systems that scale fast and stay online. That has increased pressure on legacy processors and opened space for cloud-native players.
Paymentology already works with banks, fintechs and mobile money providers across several African markets, offering card issuing and processing built for high transaction volumes and regional customisation. Moodley’s brief is to deepen those relationships and widen the company’s footprint.
She joins from Ozow, where she was chief commercial officer after leading client success. At Ozow, she helped drive commercial strategy and supported wider adoption of real-time payments in South Africa.
Earlier, Moodley spent nearly six years at Accenture in operations consulting and transformation roles. She has also held senior client and sales positions at IBM and Siemens, working with large enterprise customers.
Anna Porra, Paymentology’s chief revenue officer, said Moodley’s mix of commercial and operational experience would be valuable as African clients scale payment products that must work across borders and channels.
For Moodley, the role lands at a moment when digital payment expectations are shifting fast.
Mobile-first usage is rising. Always-on systems are no longer optional. Inclusion now depends on infrastructure that can handle growth without failure.
