Moniepoint’s London remittance bet has cost it $3.77 million since February 2024, according to UK regulatory filings. Moniepoint Group set…
Street Wallet, a South African cashless payment fintech, has partnered with Plush Car Wash, a popular car care brand, to…
Lendsqr, a Nigerian Lending-as-a-Service (LaaS) startup that serves banks, fintechs, and non-bank lenders, has partnered with CreditRegistry and CRC Credit…
Startups On Our Radar spotlights African startups solving African challenges with innovation. In our previous edition , we featured 7…
Fincra, a payments infrastructure provider for businesses in and beyond Africa, has partnered with Reap, a global stablecoin-enabled infrastructure provider,…
When Wale Akanbi, a former CTO and co-founder of Aella, a Nigerian financial and credit solutions provider, relocated to the…
Tanzanian fintech NALA has expanded into Kenya through a partnership with Equity Bank and payment utility Pesalink, targeting the country’s…
A Kenyan High Court has ruled that fintechs should be exempt from value-added tax (VAT) on payment services, overturning an…
In Johannesburg’s inner city, street traders turn sidewalks into shopfronts. On one side, a woman chops inhloko (cow head), her…
Retail investors are tapping into Nigeria’s ₦89.06 trillion stock market as apps lower barriers to entry, pushing retail trades up…
In June, Leatherback, the UK-headquartered cross-border fintech once mired in fraud investigations, unveiled new executives in posters styled like Marvel…
In Nigeria, the vibrant holiday season often comes with an unusual problem: wasted gift cards. A cousin in London might…
Table of contents A few years ago, I kept my savings in a regular bank account. The interest was so…
In June, Leatherback, the Nigerian cross-border fintech once mired in fraud investigations, unveiled new executives in posters styled like Marvel…
On August 7, I watched a cobalt-blue Moniepoint point-of-sale (POS) device do something it had never done before. With a…
Street Wallet, a South African mobile payment fintech, has raised $350,000 (R6.2 million) in funding at a valuation of $2…
Digital lenders in Nigeria now risk fines between ₦50 million and ₦100 million, or 1% of their annual turnover, for…
When Kemi Michael, a corporate compère, attempted to transfer money to her usual PoS agent in late 2024, the attendant…
Wabeh, a Kenyan buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) provider, has scaled back operations with a portion of its vendor network as of July…
It started with curiosity and a handful of conversations in the back seats of ride-hailing vehicles. “That’s where we noticed…