Finance and Fintech
Delving into different varied fintech innovations that are reshaping banking, investments, and payments globally.
- Startups
Bloc has acquired Orchestrate, formerly Getwallets
Bloc, Nigeria’s full-service FinTech and Banking as a Service infrastructure provider, announces its acquisition of Orchestrate
- Startups
Nigeria’s AFEX expands to Kenya; To empower small farmers
AFEX has launched a $1 million loan program that will allow farmers gain access to seed and fertiliser to mitigate…
- Startups
Nigeria’s Mono expands to Kenya to push the Open Finance dream
Mono has expanded to Kenya pushing the open banking idea to East Africa by allowing access of Financial Data &…
- News
Autochek acquires CoinAfrique to expand into Francophone Africa
Autocheck has acquired CoinAfrique in a move to expand into Francophone Africa. This comes after they acquired Cheki in Kenya…
- 24 Bit
Podcast: Our Experiences using the new M-Pesa Visa Virtual Card
Listen in on Chenze, Dickson Otieno & Nick Kanali as we discuss our personal experiences with the recently launched M-Pesa…
- News
‘Absa Visa Send Money’ service launched for domestic & international remittances
Absa and Visa have partnered to launch a domestic and cross-border remittance service called "Absa Visa Send Money"
- News
KDC partners with KNCCI to improve access to credit for SMEs in Kenya
The KDC and KNCCI have entered into a strategic partnership to accelerate the provision of credit to Small and mid-size…
- News
TECNO follows Infinix footsteps with new Digital Wallet
TECNO has followed Infinix footsteps announcing a digital wallet called the TECNO Wallet that'll launch with the CAMON 19 Series.
- News
‘Grey’ fintech offering Foreign Bank Accounts and Instant Money Transfer expands to Kenya
Grey has announced its expansion into the East African market starting with Kenya where it is partnering with Cellulant.
- News
NALA partners with Cellulant to reduce cost of sending money from UK, US to Africa
NALA partnership with Cellulant aims to reduce the cost of sending money from the UK and the US into Africa.
- News
Skaleet is partnering with Thunes to expand cross border payments worldwide
Skaleet has announced partnership with Thunes, leading global cross border payments provider and enabler of the PayPal to M-Pesa solution.
- News
Infinix expands into Fintech with the launch of a Mobile Money Wallet
Infinix has announced the Infinix Wallet, a digital mobile money wallet targeting Infinix Smartphone users across the African continent.
- News
Visa opens its first Innovation Studio in Africa in Nairobi in bid to advance payment solutions
Visa has launched its first dedicated innovation site in Sub-Saharan Africa with the opening of the Innovation Studio in Nairobi.
- News
Kenya named a leading source of FinTech Innovation
Kenya is already well-established as a leading source of FinTech innovation, developing solutions which are leapfrogging existing infrastructure and driving…
- News
M-Pesa African Expansion Underway as service reaches 30 million monthly users in Kenya
M-Pesa Africa is currently investing in a common platform that will empower all markets to enjoy the entire range of…
