Visa backs four new African fintech start-ups as part of $1bn continental commitment
OkHi, Workpay, Oze and Orda.Africa have all received investment from Visa.
Kenya
Kenya migrates national payment system to ISO 20022
ISO 20022 facilitates communication between different financial systems and institutions globally.
Kenya’s Diamond Trust Bank taps Network International for digital payment solutions
The bank will utilise Network International’s platform for debit, credit and prepaid card hosting and processing.
Stanbic Bank Kenya set for Temenos core banking upgrade with Orion Innovation
Stanbic Bank Kenya first went live with Temenos’ core banking tech in 2010.
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: GenTwo, Momnt, myZoi, Treyd, Firstcard & more
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across the globe.
LemFi bags $33m in Series A funding round to fuel global expansion
LemFi was founded in 2020 to provide immigrants with better access to financial services.
Moniepoint gets the go-ahead to acquire Kenyan fintech Kopo Kopo
For Moniepoint, which operates in Nigeria, the acquisition allows it to expand its footprint into Kenya.
Diamond Trust Bank in treasury management tech revamp with Profile Software
Profile’s Acumen.plus supports DTB’s treasury management ops in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania.
African fintech M-Kopa secures $200m debt financing and $55m equity funding
The debt financing was led by Standard Bank Group and the equity round by Sumitomo Corporation.
Kenya’s Fingo partners with Ecobank to launch neobanking app
The app aims to boost financial inclusion for young people in Kenya.
South Africa’s Peach Payments lands $31m Series A funding
With the new investment, Peach Payments plans to expand across new markets in Africa.
Amidst legal troubles in Kenya, Flutterwave lands two licences in Rwanda
The unicorn’s latest push in Rwanda follows its bid to expand across East Africa.
KCB Bank Kenya taps Sopra Banking Software for digital transformation
Sopra Banking Software will design, build and support the bank’s savings and lending products.
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Ascendant, Evergreen, Kwara, Pilon & more
Featuring Ascendant, Evergreen, Komunal, Kwara, Pilon, and Sprinque.
Kenya’s DeltaPay taps Provenir for data and risk decisioning platform
DeltaPay leverages alternative data to expand financial access to affordable consumer credit.
Africa’s Cellulant partners Mastercard for online e-commerce payments
Cellulant’s customers can now pay online wherever Mastercard is accepted via the Tingg wallet.
Mambu core banking tech underpins new African bank, Carbon Finance
Nigeria’s Carbon Finance is now a full-service bank with pan-African aspirations.
Africa fintech funding round-up: Pezesha, Duplo, SubsBase, Grey and Anchor
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across Africa.
DPO Group co-founder and CEO Eran Feinstein retires
As Feinstein retires, Brandon Williamson has been appointed regional managing director for acquiring in South Africa.
Umba acquires 66.6% stake in Kenyan microfinance lender Daraja
The Central Bank of Kenya says the deal will “support the stability of Kenya’s microfinance banking sector”.
African neobank 4G Capital goes live on Mambu’s cloud banking platform
The micro and small business-focused bank is looking to scale across East Africa.
Remittance start-up SendSprint launches in UK in partnership with Flutterwave
Flutterwave will provide the infrastructure to enable SendSprint to process cross-border transactions.
African neobank 4G Capital completes Series C round
Global private equity fund Lightrock is investing $18.5 million in the financial inclusion player.
Paytech Dash lands $32.8m seed round to unify Africa’s mobile money wallets
Dash is a unified payment network for the 1.3 billion Africans currently transacting digitally.
African asset financing platform M-Kopa raises $75m in funding
M-Kopa will use the new cash to grow its team and expand into additional countries.
Kenyan start-up MarketForce lands $40m Series A funding
The oversubscribed round was led by Africa-focused investment vehicle V8 Capital Partners.
South African BaaS platform Jumo raises $120m in funding
The company will use the cash to expand into more emerging markets.
Chipper Cash lands unicorn status with $150m Series C extension
The extension brings Chipper Cash’s total funding to date to over $305 million.
Ghana International Bank selects Backbase to drive digital transformation
The Dutch fintech will act as the core strategic partner for the bank’s digital operations.
Safaricom mulls M-Pesa partnership with Amazon
A wider partnership with Amazon “is important”, says CEO.
Airtel Africa sells 25% stake in mobile money arm to Mastercard for $100m
Airtel Africa hopes to list the mobile money business as a separate entity.
Kenyan start-up Powered by People raises $1.5m seed funding
The round was led by Matt Kalish of DraftKings and TBD Angels.
South African paytech Nomanini obtains debt funding
It raised a convertible loan from the MASSIF fund, which is run by FMO.
ImaliPay raises undisclosed amount in pre-seed funding
The undisclosed amount in pre-seed funding came from Australian venture capital firm TEN13.
Kenyan paytech Popote raises funding from GreenHouse Capital
The undisclosed amount of funding will help the paytech scale.
Kenyan agri-insurtech Pula raises $6m Series A
The funding round was led by Pan-African early-stage venture capital firm, TLcom Capital.
Prospa sets out to serve global diaspora of African entrepreneurs
The start-up’s sweet-spot customers are entrepreneurs and micro-SMEs.
Kenyan loans via mobile phones drop 50%, says KCB
Defaults have more than tripled, according to KCB’s CEO.
Standard Chartered and Airtel Africa sign financial inclusion partnership
The two firms plan to boost services in “key” African markets.
Kenyan central bank plans digital lender clampdown
New legislation the latest attempt to stop unregulated lending.
