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Government's Pivotal Role in Boosting Africa's FinTech Ecosystem
20 November 2024
These efforts are aimed at enhancing financial inclusion, supporting innovation, and addressing key challenges such as limited digital literacy and uneven access to finan...
Visa Backs Four African FinTech Startups in Drive for Digital Inclusion
07 November 2024
Visa is injecting fresh funding into four startups that graduated from the first batch of its Visa Africa Fintech Accelerator program
Helios leads $100 million Series D funding round in M2P to support its expansion across Africa
24 September 2024
Investment underscores Helios’ leading role in supporting Africa’s financial services and fintech sectors, powering businesses with high-growth and high-margin potent...
WSPN and Canza Finance Partner to Revolutionise Financial Services in Africa and Emerging Markets
29 July 2024
WSPN, a global leader in digital payments, has partnered with ...
Mercury Bank to Close Accounts in Prohibited Countries by August
24 July 2024
This decision has led to concerns among affected users, who depend on Mercury Bank for their international financial transactions
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Mobile money dominates FinTech investment in Africa
01 October 2021
Financial technology, colloquially referred to as “fintech,” is accelerating financial inclusion in sub-Saharan Africa—a region that traditionally suffers from limi...
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Meet the woman behind Okra, Africa’s first API FinTech “super connector”
01 June 2020
Raising $1M for your startup in Africa is starting to become more common.
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African FinTech firm Flutterwave raises $35M, partners with Worldpay
22 January 2020
San Francisco and Lagos-based FinTech startup Flutterwave has raised a $35 million Series B round an...
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FinTech in focus at UK-Africa Investment Summit
20 January 2020
The Prime Minister is making the case for the UK to be an ‘investment partner of choice’...
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2019 Africa Roundup: Jumia IPOs, China goes digital, Nigeria becomes fintech capital
31 December 2019
Here’s an overview of the 2019 market events that captured attention and capped off a decade of rapi...
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10 ways Africa’s FinTech sector boomed in 2019
30 December 2019
FinTech remains one of the hottest tech verticals in Africa. This year saw African FinTech startups...
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African FinTech Chipper Cash Gets $6M To Enter New Markets
18 December 2019
Chipper Cash, a FinTech startup in Africa that facilitates cross-border peer-to-peer (P2P) payment s...
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