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Announcements and deep-dive analysis about the financial technology (fintech) space in Africa.
“Verification compliance is not an obstacle” – CBN tells innovators at Nigeria Fintech Week
The first day of Nigeria Fintech Week 2025 opened in a flurry of energy and expectation. The city’s…
$157m in VAS and 14m app clients: Capitec’s tech engine powers H1 results
South African banking giant Capitec Bank Holdings Limited has reported a set of results that underline how technology…
5 big changes PoS operators must know about CBN’s new agency banking rules
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has introduced new regulations for agency banking providers and POS operators. This…
DevOps Heroes: How Samuel Arogbonlo is advancing blockchain’s fight against financial crime with observability
Since the turn of this decade, blockchain has continued to reshape the future of global finance; its most…
How Seyi Ebenezer’s Payaza turned debt into discipline and delivered ₦20.3B back to investors
On September 24, Payaza founder and CEO Seyi Ebenezer took to LinkedIn with a note of pride: “A…
Etsy shut out African sellers, SeerBit shows how fintech can bring them back
When Etsy pulled the plug on African sellers earlier this year, thousands of entrepreneurs suddenly found themselves cut…
Linda Olumide on building people strategy in fintech: From survival to scale
In Nigeria, more than 40% of startups funded between 2021 and 2023 had already shut down by mid-2024,…
Why Nigerian fintech platforms will be big on blockchain soon
Nigeria is already one of the top countries for cryptocurrency use worldwide. A 2023 Chainalysis report ranked it…
Is Lagos the fintech capital or an infrastructural ticking time-bomb?
Lagos is no longer just Nigeria’s supposed megacity: it’s staking a claim as Africa’s fintech capital. A 2025…
South Africa’s Float raises $2.6 million to scale card-linked instalment service
Float, a South African fintech startup, has received $2.6 million (R46 million) in Invenfin and SAAD Investment Holdings-co-led…
