BOC Technologies Limited (“BoC”) today announced a strategic partnership with Scale, Africa’s card-issuing orchestration platform, to launch virtual prepaid Mastercard cards for creators and creative businesses as part of BoC’s Q3 2026 platform debut.
Powered by Scale, the programme provides the card layer within the BoC platform, making available funds easier to access, manage and spend. The programme is issued on the Mastercard network, with UBA Kenya acting as regulated sponsor bank.
Africa’s creators are building businesses across music, film, design, gaming, photography, fashion and digital commerce, but the payments and business infrastructure around them has not kept pace. Income often arrives from multiple sources, currencies and cycles, with little continuity between what a creator has earned, what they are owed and what they need to spend to keep growing.
The timing is critical. As Africa’s creative economy becomes more digital, cross-border and platform-driven, creators are earning across streaming platforms, brand deals, client work, royalties and communities—but their money often remains spread across payout cycles before it becomes usable. Many still fund projects out of pocket while waiting for income they have already earned or invoiced.
Through SIBWE™, its financial intelligence engine, and MC Harvey™, its AI copilot, BoC is building the platform layer to help creators see the value of their creative work, manage their financial lives and facilitate access to capital – the virtual card adds the practical layer for accessing and spending funds once available.
The collaboration is anchored in Kenya, where BoC recently secured fintech certification from the Nairobi International Financial Centre Authority (NIFCA), giving it a regulatory base to launch locally and scale its creator-focused infrastructure across African markets.
