Cryptocurrency exchange Yellow Card, which has a pan-African presence, has secured US$15 million in a Series A round.…

In last week’s MEA fintech news, it’s all eyes on crypto trading in the UAE – approvals for…

Nigeria-based energy distribution and collection fintech startup Infibranches Technologies has secured US$2 million in a funding round raised…

Egypt-focused B2B2C payments platform dopay has secured US$18 million in a Series A funding round, the company announced…

Global cross-border payments company Thunes has announced a partnership with M-Pesa Tanzania to launch a new service corridor,…

In last week’s MEA fintech news, we saw US-Israeli fintech startup Melio raise a quarter billion dollars at…

Kashat, an Egyptian micro loan solutions provider, has raised US$1.75 million in a new bridge funding round, Magnitt…

Funding rounds made a splash in Africa fintech news last week. African fintech startups Wave, Pezesha and Prospa…

Central bank digital currencies, or CBDCs, are not a new concept to Africa. Multiple CBDC projects in Africa…

SME banking fintech Prospa has raised US$3.8 million in the largest pre-seed round to have been raised by…

Egyptian financial and logistics super app MNT-Halan has secured US$120 million from private equity and venture capital investors,…

Kenyan fintech startup Pezesha has secured a seven-figure seed extension round led by GreenHouse Capital (GHC). The round…

U.S. and Senegal-based mobile money provider Wave has raised a substantial US$200 million in a Series A fundraise,…

In last week’s Africa fintech news, Australian BNPL firm Zip broadened its global expansion plans with the acquisition…

London-based payments company pawaPay, which focuses on the Africa market, has raised US$9 million in a seed round,…