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…
South Africa’s fintech space is one of the most developed in Africa. It makes up nearly 40% of the continent’s…
At the fifth edition of Pitch2Win on July 30, a yearly event where aspiring entrepreneurs showcase their ideas and learn…
Afriex, the Lagos- and San Francisco-based money transfer startup, has expanded into Asia’s three biggest remittance markets—China, India, and Pakistan—to…
Nigeria continues to dominate Africa’s fintech landscape in 2025, even as funding slows across much of the continent. In the…
Ten African fintechs, including Interswitch, Moniepoint, M-KOPA, OPay, and PiggyVest, have been named among the world’s top 300 fintech companies…