The latest news and analysis on Africa's fintech startups, including consumer finance, cryptocurrency, digital banks and payments.
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Wave, Africa’s top fintech unicorn, raises $137 million in debt funding to expand mobile money operations across the continent.
This latest accolade arrives on the heels of other prominent international recognitions for Moniepoint.
Ola Daramola, CEO and Co-founder of an African cross-border payment fintech, shares his Money2020 takeaways on the future of finance.
Visa is partnering with Yellow Card, a leading African fintech, to test stablecoin settlement using USDC across the continent.
At the end of 2024, Pesa completed the acquisition of Authoripay Emoney Ltd, a UK FCA-licensed e-money issuer (EMI). Here is what it means.
Even though fintechs have made impressive strides in Nigeria’s financial ecosystem, there are serious challenges with how they currently access bank data.
LemFi acquires UK-based Pillar to launch migrant credit cards, expanding beyond remittances and fast-tracking financial inclusion for immigrants.
Tanzania is emerging as East Africa’s next startup hub, with $53M in 2024 funding, fintech dominance, and new government-backed initiatives.
An ex-Moniepoint staff, claims that the fintech unicorn engaged in malicious actions to deny him of stock options estimated to be worth $889,600 in the secondary market.
The acquisition, fully completed, aims to scale creditworthiness for African immigrants across the globe
“We built Salus so a fintech can focus on loans, an e-commerce company on logistics not on securing Kubernetes or building core banking from scratch," CEO Andrew Mori said.
The Central Bank of Kenya has licensed 41 new digital credit providers, raising the total to 126.
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