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…
Stitch, the South Africa-based payments infrastructure company, has acquired Efficacy Payments, a digital payments startup with direct access to the…
As mobile banking adoption surges across Nigeria, users demand faster and simpler ways to manage their money, without switching apps…
Three years after shelving its initial cross-border remittance plans, Nigerian neobank Kuda Technologies has relaunched with a multi-currency wallet that…
In the hierarchy of Africa’s fintech narrative, Francophone countries are often second placed. The Anglophone giants—Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa—have…
As mobile banking adoption surges across Nigeria, users demand faster and simpler ways to manage their money, without switching apps…