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Are Mobile Operators The Next Fintech Startups?
Africa’s leading Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), MTN, Vodacom and Safaricom, have recently made bold plans to venture into…
Carbon Partners With Visa To Enable Payments Across Africa
Carbon, a pan-African fintech company providing access to basic financial services for Africans, has today announced a strategic…
FinTech Marketers Invested $3B Globally on User Acquisition in 2020 According to AppsFlyer
AppsFlyer, the global marketing measurement leader, today released its 2021 edition of The State of Finance App Marketing report. The…
appsNmobile Raises $1 Million From Oasis Capital VC
Ghanaian fintech startup, appsNmobile has closed a $1 million investment from the Oasis Capital VC fund to scale…
Big Tech in African Fintech
I ended my May 2021 essay with the hypothesis “…leading fintechs might turn around and start acquiring the…
Mergers and Acquisitions in African Fintech
On 1st of April, as I was publishing my Uniconization of African Fintech piece, Mastercard was busy announcing…
Pan-African Fintech Platform Appzone Secures $10m Series A Funding
Appzone, the Pan-African fintech software provider building proprietary solutions for the continent’s banking and payments industries, has today announced…
Sparkle for Business Launches to Power Nigeria’s SMEs
Sparkle, a mobile-first digital ecosystem providing financial, lifestyle and business support services to Nigerians across the globe, has launched Sparkle Business, a new…
BitSika Officially Expands To Cameroon
BitSika, the African “Cash App”, has officially expanded to Cameroon. Users in Cameroon can now use the BitSika…
The Pan Africa Fintech Accelerator Announces 2021 Cohort
The Pan-African Fintech Accelerator (PAFA) is excited to announce the selection of the ten (10) fintech startups to…