What mobile money must learn from banks to cross African borders
Your M-Pesa works in Nairobi but not in Accra or Johannesburg. See what it costs you, what banks solved, and how Africa can fix it.
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African Banks Want Merchants. Fintechs Want Deposits. The Deals Show Both.
Since August 2025, African banks have put about $490m into fintechs, while fintechs bought microfinance banks for deposit licences. Here is who bought whom, why, and what changes for customers.
OPay Heads to New York: How It Stacks Up Against Africa’s Biggest Financial Services IPOs
OPay seeks up to $336 million on the NYSE this week. We ranked Africa’s top 10 financial services IPOs since 2006 and show exactly where the Nigerian fintech would land.
From Bank ATMs to National Infrastructure: Inside SARB’s Cash Smart Plan
South Africa’s proposed shared ATM network could lower cash access costs, expand coverage and push banks to compete through service, pricing and stronger customer relationships.
Top 10 African Banking and Fintech Leaders to Watch in 2027
Meet 10 executives to watch in 2027, whose decisions could reshape how Africa banks, pays, finances businesses and moves money across borders.
From Okada Ban to Wall Street: How OPay Rebuilt Itself Into a $4 Billion Digital Bank
OPay filed for a New York listing on October 9. Its numbers show a Nigerian fintech that more than doubled revenue in six months and now earns money from 50 million monthly users. Here is how it got there, who owns it, and what you should watch before it lists.
Kenya Loses Another Mobile Money Pioneer as Eric Muriuki Joins Absa
Every time M-Shwari covers an emergency or Fuliza clears a payment, you use something Eric Muriuki helped build. After 19 years at NCBA, the man behind the M-Pesa trust framework, M-Shwari, Fuliza and LOOP has joined Absa Group in Johannesburg. This is his story, and a hard question about what Kenya loses when its pioneers leave.
Google Selects 15 African AI Startups for Latest Accelerator Cohort
Google for Startups Accelerator Africa selects 15 early-stage AI startups driving fintech, agritech, healthtech, and logistics innovation across the continent’s tech ecosystem.
BuuPass Secures Strategic Investment from Yango Ventures to Scale Mobility Tech in Africa
Kenyan mobility fintech BuuPass lands strategic funding from Yango Ventures to expand its B2B2C travel booking platform and digitize Africa’s transport ecosystem.
Liquify Raises $1.5M to Power AI-Driven SME Trade Finance in Africa
Ghanaian fintech startup Liquify secures $1.5M seed funding to expand its AI-powered invoice financing platform, helping African SME exporters access same-day working capital and close the continent’s $120B trade finance gap.
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