Fintech
Payments, banking, lending, insurance and the money infrastructure powering Africa.
Angolan fintech CYTO secures $40,000 through Catalytic Africa co-investment model
Angolan fintech startup CYTO has secured a reported $40,000 capital package through Catalytic Africa’s co-investment approach, which combines angel backing with matching support...
Verve outlines plans for phone tap-to-pay, wearables and AI-assisted payments
Verve is developing a payments roadmap that extends beyond physical cards to smartphones, wearable devices and, eventually, transactions carried out by AI agents.Managing...
Yas Comores backs rural savings and mobile finance through Dima Na Ulozi
Yas Comores has renewed support for Dima Na Ulozi, a rural financial inclusion project combining community savings with access to mobile financial services...
Cameroon brings fintech firms together for cybersecurity and regulation forum
Around 100 fintech companies have gathered in Mbankomo, Cameroon, for a three-day forum addressing cybersecurity, regulation and cooperation across the digital finance sector.The...
MTN Ghana reports GHS23.2 billion in nine-month service revenue
MTN Ghana has reported service revenue of GHS23.2 billion for the nine months to September 2026, an increase of 33.5% from a year...
MTN MoMo adds digital bill payments at C-Care IHK in Uganda
Patients and caregivers at C-Care Uganda’s IHK Hospital in Namuwongo can now settle bills through an MTN MoMo integration. The partnership aims to...
Luno centralises payment connections with MoneyHash
Luno is using MoneyHash’s payment infrastructure to manage a growing collection of banking and payment-provider connections. The crypto and investment platform, founded in...
Google Wallet brings supported contactless card payments to Nigeria
Google Wallet, including Google Pay, has launched in Nigeria, adding another way for eligible users to make digital payments with compatible devices. The...
Founder Stories
Ikenna Nzewi: The Releaf journey that led to Biochar Industrial Group
Ikenna Nzewi’s startup career has moved from improving agricultural processing to turning its leftovers into a climate technology business. The thread connecting those...
Shola Akinlade: From building software in Lagos to Paystack and The Stack Group
Before Paystack became part of Stripe, Shola Akinlade was a software builder working through a much smaller question: how could the tools he...
