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Throughput claims only matter if they are repeatable. And repeatability is not just an NFR concern: stable performance under sustained load often translates directly into better functional outcomes; enhanced consistency in transaction finality, reducing the necessity for retries and minimising edge-case latencies that can emerge during peak-volume periods. In Kubernetes, repeatability often comes down to… Read More »Replica Configuration, Scheduling, and Repeatability (Part 5 of 6)

Kafka provides a high-throughput eventing backbone for Mojaloop, achieving maximum performance at scale when partitioning, ordering assumptions, and handler concurrency are expertly aligned with the expected workload. In Mojaloop v17, a key performance theme was revisiting message flow design so the switch can process work in parallel without breaking correctness. The Engineering Problem Mojaloop follows… Read More »Kafka Design for Real Throughput: Partitioning, Ordering, and Concurrency (Part 4 of 6)

A recent engineering article from the team at NetBird highlights how INFITX Africa implemented fully automated private networking across our Kubernetes environments. The post describes how our platform engineering team designed a zero-touch networking model that allows Kubernetes clusters to securely join a private mesh network automatically as they are provisioned. This architecture removes the… Read More »INFITX Africa Engineering in Focus: Zero-Touch Kubernetes Networking

To fully leverage the high-performance capabilities of the core services, the ingress layer, or ‘front door’, must be engineered to meet the robust throughput requirements of national infrastructure. In Mojaloop v17, we modernised the gateway layer to unlock the performance of the hub. By replacing earlier components with high-performance alternatives, we ensured that the edge… Read More »Removing Bottlenecks at the “Front Door” (Ingress and Gateway Path) (Part 3 of 6)

Throughput improvements often come from removing avoidable per-transaction overhead, especially in the critical path of a transfer. In Mojaloop v17, a large part of the work was exactly that: take the hottest paths in the switch, reduce the number of round-trips and repeated work, and do it without breaking correctness or security assumptions. The engineering… Read More »Batching, Caching, and Cutting “Chatty” Work (Part 2 of 6)

Mojaloop is increasingly being relied upon as a national and regional payment infrastructure. In that role, trust depends not only on performance but also on consistent availability, operational resilience, and the ability to operate reliably over sustained periods. Scheme operators and central banks, therefore, need clear evidence that the switch can handle real-world transaction volumes… Read More »Building World-Class Mojaloop Platforms Together (Part 1 of 6)

Sneak Peek… Starting February 23, 2026, INFITX will launch a fortnightly blog series. These posts will detail the performance improvements and feature enhancements delivered in Mojaloop Release v17.x. This work was a collaborative effort between INFITX Africa and its Adoption Partners, the COMESA DRPP and GISP Bantaba 2.0 programs, an example of AWS-hosted and on-premises… Read More »Sneak Peek