Fintech News Africa
South African fintechs Vaultavo and AlphaOmega Intelligence are presenting digital-asset custody and AI technology to Asian investors at Hong Kong Fintech Week 2026. Both firms are part of a Brand South Africa delegation aiming to…
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View MoreArab Bank Egypt has concluded the first edition of its fintech bootcamp for Egyptian startups, with cash funding…
B2B ecommerce and embedded finance platform TradeDepot has raised US$110 million in a Series B equity and debt…
Saudi Arabia’s fintech sector has broadened, with licenses issued to 16 new fintech companies during the third quarter…
As good news for Africa-based crypto exchanges, crypto has emerged as one of the top fintech trends across…
Although the fintech ecosystem in Tanzania has developed rapidly over the past decade, it remains nevertheless small and…
The Bank of Tanzania, the country’s central bank, has announced plans to introduce its central bank digital currency,…
Nigeria’s startup funding reached approximately US$417.5 million in nine months, and a lion’s share of this came from…
In today’s funding update, a crypto exchange, a fintech API platform and an MSME lender have raised seven-figure…
Specialist development agency Financial Sector Deepening (FSD) Africa is set to be launching its insurtech accelerator program in…
African fintech hubs have grown rapidly in the past few years, leading to pockets of fintech development across…
African fintech companies have had a year like no other when it comes to funding. Between Q1 and…
In a tech solutions crossover last week, Enel X and Mastercard have launched a ‘FinSec Innovation Lab’ —…
Singapore-headquartered payments network Thunes and US-based cross border payments company UniTeller have announced a partnership to expand UniTeller’s…
Ozow, a South Africa-based payments company, has raised US$48 million in a Series B round of funding, according…
The African fintech industry has grown by leaps and bounds, no doubt. VC dollars have flooded the startup…













































