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Flutterwave: From 2016 Payments Startup to Pan-African Payment Infrastructure

Flutterwave was founded in 2016 by Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, Olugbenga Agboola, and Adeleke Adekoya. By March 2021 it had...

Yellow Card: Building the B2B Stablecoin Infrastructure Layer for African Corporates

Yellow Card operates in approximately 20 African countries providing stablecoin on-ramps and off-ramps to businesses...

PiggyVest: How Three Co-Founders Built Africa's Largest Consumer Savings Platform

PiggyVest was founded in 2016 by Somto Ifezue, Odunayo Eweniyi, and Joshua Chibueze as Piggybank.ng. By late 2024 the...

OmniRetail: How a B2B E-Commerce Platform Built the Most Disciplined Loan Book in African Fintech

OmniRetail was founded in 2019 by Deepankar Rustagi. By 2023 it was EBITDA positive. By 2024 it was net profitable. By...

MNT-Halan: How an Egyptian Microfinance App Became an Investment-Grade Super-App

MNT-Halan was founded in 2018 by Mounir Nakhla. By January 2023 it had raised USD 260 million in equity and USD 140...

Egypt

Wave: How a Sendwave Spinout Became Francophone Africa's First Fintech Unicorn

Wave was founded in 2018 by Drew Durbin and Lincoln Quirk, the same two co-founders who had earlier built Sendwave (the...

Senegal

Kuda Bank: From Kudimoney to a Full National Banking License

Kuda began in 2017 as Kudimoney, an online lending and savings platform founded by a former PwC engagement manager and...

How to Price and Structure B2B Supply Chain Finance in African Markets

B2B supply chain finance is one of the most promising African fintech categories because it addresses a genuine credit...

How to Build KYC Infrastructure Using Smile ID, Youverify, and Dojah

Every African fintech needs KYC infrastructure: identity verification at onboarding, ongoing monitoring, and regulatory...

How to Set Up Mobile Money Agent Network Operations

Mobile money only works if agents can convert cash to digital balance reliably. Building an agent network is a mix of...

Kenya

How to Structure a Fintech Cap Table for African Investors

African fintech fundraising usually combines capital from several distinct investor types: local angels, pan-African...

How to Integrate the Flutterwave API: A Practical Starting Guide

Flutterwave is one of the most widely used payment infrastructure providers in Africa, supporting cards, bank...