fintech

Daniel Shin Excels in Fintech Innovation With PortOne Global

Sponsored by Easylink Studio The rapidly evolving fintech (or financial technology) industry has spurred the introduction of new technologies along with adaptations for existing…

EBANX Appoints Wiza Jalakasi as Director of Africa Market Development

EBANX, the payments fintech company that helps global companies expand in Latin America and Africa, has announced the appointment of Wiza Jalakasi as its…

Fintech leaders to gather in Jhb for Backbase tour

Backbase, the world’s leading engagement banking platform provider, has announced its first Backbase Tour in Africa, with a focus on fintech. The one-day conference,…

Fintech innovation: Mukuru launches drive-thru service

The leading Southern African fintech Mukuru has launched a first-of-its-kind drive-thru service in Chisipite, Harare, to make financial services more accessible to people in…

Stitch expands to become end-to-end payments service provider

South Africa-based payments infrastructure company Stitch has expanded its offerings to become an end-to-end payments service provider (PSP). This development comes after the introduction…

Ukheshe vows to take collaborative approach to East Africa

Ukheshe, a leading fintech enablement partner, is taking a collaborative approach to its expansion strategy in East Africa. Anthony Karingi, the company’s vice president…

Financial literacy: Top tips for SMEs, traders

Financial literacy is a vital aspect of managing a small business. It is a fundamental part of the foundation upon which a business is…

Revio raises $1.1m to solve payments failure conundrum

New products, an expanded team, and access to emerging markets are on the cards for fintech SaaS start-up Revio following the completion of a…

Next Fintech Forum: ‘Fintech’s future unfolding in Africa’

While fintech’s past lies predominately in the United States and its present, squarely in Asia, it would be wise to keep a watchful eye…

Talk360 launches Africa-wide payment platform

It seems like a lifetime ago when Africa’s first mobile money system, M-Pesa, was launched back in 2007. Today, M-Pesa has more than 50…

Meet the disrupters and pioneers in SA credit industry

In South Africa, lower-income consumers and thousands of vendors were for years barred from accessing the formal credit sector due to a lack of…

Nigerian fintech Touch and Pay wins $50k in challenge

A Nigeria-based fintech, Touch and Pay, has won a $50 000 cash prize in this year’s edition of the Ecobank Fintech Challenge. This announcement was…

Zilch’s Philip Belamant Discusses How Fintech Investors’ Evolving Priorities Have Changed the Playing Field

Sponsored by Easylink Studio As technology is increasingly integrated into many industries’ operations, financial technology, better know as fintech firms, are frequently at the…

6 African start-ups shine in Ecobank fintech challenge

Ecobank Group, a leading private pan-African banking group, has announced the six finalists for the fifth edition of the Ecobank Fintech Challenge. The finalists…

Abidjan to host 600 leaders at Next Fintech Forum

More than 600 people are set to touch down on Côte d’Ivoire’s commercial capital Abidjan for the Next Fintech Forum, the leading fintech gathering…

Women-only hackathon to solve ‘financial services woes’

African women have the potential to be at the leading edge of technology if they are given the opportunity, says WeThinkCode chief executive Nyari…

M-KOPA unlocks $600m in credit for underbanked customers

M-KOPA, a fast-growing African fintech platform, says it unlocked $600 million worth of credit for customers by the end of 2021. In its latest…

This founder uses fintech to speed up Tunisia

One of a hopeful generation of entrepreneurs that lived through Tunisia’s 2021 revolution as a teenager, fintech startup founder Anis Kallel believes in the…

Pezesha closes $11m funding round to scale fintech

Pan-African fintech Pezesha has raised pre-series A investment of $11 million – a mixture of $6 million in equity and $5 million in debt….

Grey raises $2m to simplify cross-border payments

Nigerian fintech start-up Grey has raised $2 million in seed funding. This allows the business to further simplify sending and receiving foreign payments in…

$50k up for grabs in Ecobank’s new fintech challenge

With banking operations in 33 African countries, competition will certainly be tough for both early-stage and mature start-ups participating in the Ecobank Group’s fintech…

Web3, fintech start-ups invited to pitch at Accra summit

So, you’re the founder of an Africa-based Web3 or fintech start-up. You’re ready to scale – even if that means traveling to Accra in…

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