Nigerian neobanks and banking agents need each other. The agents are the neobanks’ branches; they open accounts, accept deposits, process…
Margins are slim in the food delivery business. Whether it’s a cloud kitchen like Food Court, a restaurant aggregator platform…
In April, Nigeria’s central bank barred fintechs from onboarding new customers for six weeks. In that period, two of Nigeria’s…
Investor interest in African education technology (edtech) has cooled since the end of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns highlighted how technology…
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) plans to issue payment licences to fintech startups soon, an important softening of an…
Safaricom, Kenya’s top mobile network, has picked Pezesha, a digital lender, to provide credit to small business owners, which will…
In recent years, a handful of Latin American fintechs have made inroads into Africa to tap into its growing digital…
Caantin, the Kenyan startup that was formerly called Kibanda and then TopUpMama, has led many lives. Backed by Ventures Platform…
Chpter, a Kenyan AI-powered social commerce startup, has joined Safaricom’s Spark Accelerator, alongside eight others. Chpter is the first key…
Kenyan identity management startup, Peleza has merged with YC-backed Prembly to form the Prembly Group. Both companies declined to provide…