Africa

Africa is home to some huge fintechs, with everything from banks to crypto companies based on the continent. If you’re interested in the biggest fintech news stories across Africa you’ll find them collected on this page. View the articles below to learn the hottest fintech stories coming from Africa.

25 March 2024

Nigerian paytech Zone raises $8.5m in seed funding

Payment infrastructure provider Zone has raised $8.5m in an oversubscribed seed funding round led by Flourish Ventures and TLcom Capital....

5 March 2024

Does Africa need a climate-centric financial architecture?

At the recent COP28 climate summit in Dubai, African financial and political leaders spoke extensively about the role of finance in...

13 December 2023

Frank Molla’s strategy for Africa expansion

Frank Molla is the managing director and head of Sub-Saharan Africa at BPC Banking Technologies. Can you share insights...

6 October 2023

Stitch’s $25M Series A extension propels South African paytech forward

Since launching two years ago, Stitch has increased its presence in the payments space, handling more than 50m payments annually, totalling $2b...

28 September 2023

A conversation with Solomon Amadi

Moniepoint is Africa’s biggest fintech by transaction volume. And was recently ranked the second-fastest growing company in Africa, by the...

18 July 2023

Mastercard and SomBank launch debit card in Somalia

Mastercard has partnered with SomBank, a Sharia-compliant bank in Somalia, to promote the adoption of digital payment solutions and increase...

18 July 2023

DPO Pay granted licence by the Bank of Tanzania

DPO Pay, an Africa-based payment gateway, has received approval from the Bank of Tanzania to operate as a payment service...

17 May 2023

M-KOPA raises $255m to improve access to credit in Africa

Kenya-based financing platform M-KOPA has raised $255m in debt and equity capital to fund its expansion across Sub-Saharan Africa. Standard...

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Africa

Nigerian paytech Zone raises $8.5m in seed funding

Does Africa need a climate-centric financial architecture?

Frank Molla’s strategy for Africa expansion

Stitch’s $25M Series A extension propels South African paytech forward

A conversation with Solomon Amadi

Mastercard and SomBank launch debit card in Somalia

DPO Pay granted licence by the Bank of Tanzania

M-KOPA raises $255m to improve access to credit in Africa

Trustly appoints Adam Miller as group chief financial officer

The shortlists for the US FinTech Awards have been revealed

60% of benefits managers would see employees buy own benefits

NTT DATA and Naehas unite

Carmoola completes £100m debt deal with NatWest

inDrive expands its financial services offering

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Africa

Nigerian paytech Zone raises $8.5m in seed funding

Does Africa need a climate-centric financial architecture?

Frank Molla’s strategy for Africa expansion

Stitch’s $25M Series A extension propels South African paytech forward

A conversation with Solomon Amadi

Mastercard and SomBank launch debit card in Somalia

DPO Pay granted licence by the Bank of Tanzania

M-KOPA raises $255m to improve access to credit in Africa

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Trustly appoints Adam Miller as group chief financial officer

The shortlists for the US FinTech Awards have been revealed

60% of benefits managers would see employees buy own benefits

NTT DATA and Naehas unite

Carmoola completes £100m debt deal with NatWest

inDrive expands its financial services offering

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