Although there is vast potential for ecommerce in Africa just by sheer market size, the ecommerce sector is currently concentrated…
UK-headquartered global cash payments platform Pipit Global and pan-African payments company Cellulant have extended their partnership agreement to include eighteen…
South Africa is one of the top hubs for fintech, with several fintech startups in South Africa dominating headlines in…
Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund Mubadala has made investments in the crypto ecosystem amidst its growing value, Reuters reported. “This…
Uganda-headquartered superapp SafeBoda has become the first company to receive funding from Google’s US$50 million Africa Investment Fund. The undisclosed…
Canada-based digital transaction platform BlocPal International and its majority-owned Nigerian subsidiary PayPassage have partnered to launch a financial services marketplace…
Singapore-headquartered challenger bank Tyme has closed a US$180 million Series B round with fresh infusions from Tencent and CDC. The…
Fintech events in Africa can be centres of crucial conversation, considering the traction that the sector has gained in the…
South Africa will be launching a new regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies in early 2022 (Bitcoin.com). The country’s Financial Sector Conduct…
Cape Town-headquartered device identity and authentication solutions provider Entersekt has bagged an investment from Accel-KKR. According to a statement, the investment…
Arab Bank Egypt has concluded the first edition of its fintech bootcamp for Egyptian startups, with cash funding provided to…
B2B ecommerce and embedded finance platform TradeDepot has raised US$110 million in a Series B equity and debt funding round.…
Saudi Arabia’s fintech sector has broadened, with licenses issued to 16 new fintech companies during the third quarter of this…
As good news for Africa-based crypto exchanges, crypto has emerged as one of the top fintech trends across Africa this…
Although the fintech ecosystem in Tanzania has developed rapidly over the past decade, it remains nevertheless small and nascent with…
The Bank of Tanzania, the country’s central bank, has announced plans to introduce its central bank digital currency, Bloomberg reported.…
Nigeria’s startup funding reached approximately US$417.5 million in nine months, and a lion’s share of this came from fintech (Punch).…
In today’s funding update, a crypto exchange, a fintech API platform and an MSME lender have raised seven-figure investment rounds…
Specialist development agency Financial Sector Deepening (FSD) Africa is set to be launching its insurtech accelerator program in Ghana and…
African fintech hubs have grown rapidly in the past few years, leading to pockets of fintech development across the continent.…