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Case StudyChari was founded in early 2020 by Ismael Belkhayat and Sophia Alj, a husband-and-wife team with backgrounds at BCG and...
Morocco
Case StudySmile ID was founded in 2017 by Mark Straub and William Bares with a seemingly impossible goal: build a single identity...
Kenya
Case StudyMoniepoint was founded in 2015 as TeamApt by Tosin Eniolorunda and Felix Ike, two former Interswitch engineers. It...
Nigeria
Case StudyFlutterwave was founded in 2016 by Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, Olugbenga Agboola, and Adeleke Adekoya. By March 2021 it had...
Nigeria
Case StudyYellow Card operates in approximately 20 African countries providing stablecoin on-ramps and off-ramps to businesses...
Nigeria
Case StudyPiggyVest was founded in 2016 by Somto Ifezue, Odunayo Eweniyi, and Joshua Chibueze as Piggybank.ng. By late 2024 the...
Nigeria
Case StudyOmniRetail was founded in 2019 by Deepankar Rustagi. By 2023 it was EBITDA positive. By 2024 it was net profitable. By...
Nigeria
Case StudyMNT-Halan was founded in 2018 by Mounir Nakhla. By January 2023 it had raised USD 260 million in equity and USD 140...
Egypt
Case StudyWave was founded in 2018 by Drew Durbin and Lincoln Quirk, the same two co-founders who had earlier built Sendwave (the...
Senegal
Case StudyKuda began in 2017 as Kudimoney, an online lending and savings platform founded by a former PwC engagement manager and...
Nigeria
How-to GuideB2B supply chain finance is one of the most promising African fintech categories because it addresses a genuine credit...
Nigeria
How-to GuideEvery African fintech needs KYC infrastructure: identity verification at onboarding, ongoing monitoring, and regulatory...
Nigeria