Fawry
Payment

Fawry Plans to Directly Offer Consumer Finance Services in 2022

Fawry, the Egyptian e-payments solutions, and banking services provider, has announced plans to establish a consumer finance company, Fawry Consumer Finance,

Visa
Cryptocurrency

Visa Launches Crypto Advisory Services to Help Partners Advance Their Crypto Journey

Visa, the global leader in digital payments, has announced the launch of Visa’s Global Crypto Advisory Practice, an offering within Visa

Kigali International Financial
Venture Capital

Kigali International Financial Centre Sets up $250m Virunga Africa Fund I

The Kigali International Financial Centre (KIFC), Africa’s leading destination for compliant and professional financial services and cross-border investments, announces the

Brass
Funding

Nigerian Fintech Startup, Brass Secures $1.7m to Provide Premium Banking Services to SMEs

Brass, a Nigerian fintech startup, has secured a $1.7 million investment to address the banking needs of local entrepreneurs, traders,

Cryptocurrency

Nigerian Crypto Exchange, Buycoins Becomes Helicarrier to Reflect Expansion of Services

Buycoins, the Nigerian crypto exchange, is 4 years today. So far, it has achieved so much and built new products

Pngme
Fintech Funding Investment Venture Capital

African Financial Data Platform Pngme Raises $15m by Octopus Ventures

Pngme, an African financial data platform, has raised $15 million led by Octopus Ventures led the Series A round, with

Appzone
Appointment

Appzone Announces New Group Chief Financial Officer

The Board of Directors of African fintech company, Appzone Group, has approved the appointment of Timothy “Tim” Souter as the new Group

AURA
Health Security

AURA’s Digital Marketplace Platform Geared to Drive Change in Access to South Africa’s Security and Medical Services

Platform technology has introduced something new and different to the market. In another wave of positive disruption, these platform-based businesses

MFS Africa
Money Transfer Payment

MFS Africa Partners Afrimoney to Launch Mobile Money Remittance Services in Sierra Leone

MFS Africa, the pan-African cross-border payments startup, has partnered with Afrimoney to enable mobile money users in Sierra Leone to

Lidya
Fintech Funding Investment Venture Capital

Nigerian Fintech Startup, Lidya Secures $8.3m to Expand its Digital Loan Services

Lidya, a Nigerian fintech and lending startup, has announced that it has raised $8.3 million pre-Series B funding round led