Safaricom’s M-Pesa is set to join the Pesalink network, which could significantly reshape Kenya’s digital payments landscape. In a proposal…
Ampersand, a Rwandan electric motorcycle manufacturer, has raised a $2 million Series A extension to expand to other East African…
PrivPay, a Kenyan fintech that allowed customers to make M-PESA transactions without revealing their personal details, shut down in May…
Mobius Motors, a Kenya-based automaker backed by Playfair Capital, has entered a voluntary liquidation after efforts to rescue the company…
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) plans to issue payment licences to fintech startups soon, an important softening of an…
In recent years, a handful of Latin American fintechs have made inroads into Africa to tap into its growing digital…
Months after the board of the agricultural data platform Gro Intelligence replaced CEO and founder Sara Menker, the New York…
Tanzania’s Central Bank will no longer allow unlicensed digital lenders to operate in the country and has told customers to…
Cellulant, the pan-African payments startup valued at $133 million in 2022, has named new executives three months after the CEO…
Roam, a Kenyan-based electric mobility company, has secured a partnership with Mogo, an asset financier in East Africa, to boost…
Before consumer protection laws were passed, any lender could run a digital credit business. Kenya has approved the operation of…
A Kenyan high court has unfrozen $3 million belonging to fintech giant Flutterwave and two of its associates, ending a…