Finance and Fintech
Delving into different varied fintech innovations that are reshaping banking, investments, and payments globally.
- Startups
Kulipa Raises $6.2M to Help Fintechs Like Flutterwave Turn Stablecoin Balances Into Real Payments
Kulipa raises $6.2M to let fintechs issue payment cards funded directly from stablecoin balances, with Nigeria in its regulated footprint.
- Interesting Reads
More Kenyans Are Earning More — But 4 in 10 Are Still Borrowing to Eat
Old Mutual's 2025 report shows Kenyans are more financially optimistic but still stretched thin by debt and rising costs. Option…
- Startups
A South African Fintech Just Raised $9.5M to Turn African Banks into Merchant Powerhouses — and Kenya Is on the List
South African fintech littlefish raises $9.5M to expand its bank-embedded merchant infrastructure platform to Kenya and across Africa.
- News
How paying rent on M-PESA could unlock your next loan
As Safaricom pushes toward its new My OneApp future, one of the more interesting things I’ve seen tucked inside the…
- Business
Kenswitch and Visa Sign Deal to Modernise Kenya’s Payment Backbone
Kenswitch and Visa sign a framework agreement to modernise Kenya's payments infrastructure, targeting merchants, banks, and settlement systems.
- Business
Consolidated Bank Turned a Profit. But the Audited Numbers Tell a More Complicated Story.
Consolidated Bank posted a KES 217.5 million profit, but severe capital shortfalls and rising bad loans threaten its future survival.
- Interesting Reads
Kenya Mobile Money: We Already Ran the Experiment. It’s Time to Act on the Results.
Kenya's 2020 free mobile money experiment added 2.8 million users. The data is clear. It's time to go back.
- Business
NBK Shrunk Its Loan Book by KES 24 Billion and Still Made 178% More Profit. Here’s How.
NBK's 178% profit surge proves that lending less, spending smarter, and new ownership can rebuild a broken bank.
- News
Hurupay promises Kenyans the ultimate U.S. bank account. But is it a scam? I signed up to find out
As someone who has spent over a decade tracking the highs and lows of the Kenyan tech scene, from the…
- Business
How 100,000 Kenyan Women are Moving from the Informal Economy to Bankable Businesses
The Stanbic Foundation and KIE are tackling the MSME credit gap by training over 100,000 women-led businesses across 10 Kenyan…
- News
Pesalink Finally Wakes Up: The PAPSS Integration That Bypasses the Dollar and Threatens the Fintech Ecosystem
Pesalink and PAPSS have unlocked instant KES cross-border payments. Discover how bypassing the dollar threatens the entire remittance startup ecosystem.
- News
Sun King’s new product isn’t a solar lamp – it’s a smartphone built on debt
Sun King enters the smartphone market with the EZ 1 for KES 60 daily, balancing accessibility with high long-term costs.
- Business
Eveready East Africa Pivots: From “Shika Paka Pawa” to Green Energy Finance
Eveready ditches dry cells for a green platform, offering solar solutions, carbon credits, and financing for electric vehicles in Kenya.
- Startups
Qualcomm Make in Africa 2025: Why AI farming and ‘Hard Tech’ are taking over
Qualcomm’s 2025 Africa cohort signals a major shift to hardware innovation, crowning Kenya’s Farmer Lifeline for its solar-powered AI crop…
- Opinion
Why Africa’s Next Banking Revolution Won’t Be Led by Banks
Expert James Booth analyses how embedded finance, cross-border payments, and AI-driven risk models will redefine African fintech by 2026.
