South African startup Scale has launched what it claims to be Africa’s first fintech agency, built to help startups in the sector overcome the challenges many face in the...
Kenyan and Rwandan startups are invited to apply for the Smart Cities Innovation Programme (SCIP) aimed at quickly scaling solutions shaping the future of urban living in Africa. Run...
GIFTY AI, a Nigerian startup that provides an AI-powered sales growth assistant for e-commerce businesses, has won the top prize in the Super Nova Challenge by North Star at...
A new report by Paystack traces agency banking trajectory in Africa and where it might be headed : From the small airtime kiosk in Kumasi, Ghana, to the corner...
The African Development Bank and the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) have renewed a project partnership to support policy and regulatory reforms increasing access to financing for Africa’s women-led...
There is a slow process of diversification away from payments and lending solutions within Africa’s fintech space, but the two verticals remain by far the most populated and best...
Two African countries — Nigeria and South Africa — have been listed among the most crypto-savvy countries in the world, according to a new 2023 global survey that also...
In many African countries, remittances play a crucial role, sometimes making up as much as 20% of the GDP. However, traditional money transfer methods suffer from prohibitively high fees,...
African fintech startups raised more than US$2.7 billion in VC funding in the last two years, according to a new report. Disrupt Africa’s Finnovating for Africa publication, released every...
Nigerian fintech startups, Opay and Kuda, South Africa’s Yoco and Egyptian’s Fawry made a debut on CNBC’s list of top 200 global fintech companies. Together, CNBC and independent market...