Africa fintech
Startups
Yellow Card’s $40M Round: How an African Fintech Is Wiring Stablecoins Into Banks
Yellow Card raised $40M from SC Ventures, Sony and Polychain to connect banks directly to stablecoin infrastructure across 50+ countries.
Digital Economy
Interswitch + Temenos: Africa’s Pivot from Payments Rails to Banking-as-a-Service
⚡ Key Takeaways On June 4 2026, Interswitch and Temenos announced a continent-wide partnership bundling core banking, digital banking, payments,...
Digital Economy
Africa Fintech Passporting: How Ghana–Rwanda Could Reshape Cross-Border Finance
⚡ Key Takeaways A fintech passporting pilot between the Central Bank of Ghana and the National Bank of Rwanda is...
Digital Economy
Africa’s Fintech Second Wave: Beyond Payments Into Credit, Insurance, and Embedded Finance
⚡ Key Takeaways BCG’s 2026 report projects Africa’s fintech revenues will grow from $10B today to $65B by 2030, but...
Digital Economy
Africa’s $900 Billion Mobile Money Market: The B2B Supply-Chain Payments Shift
⚡ Key Takeaways Africa processes ~$1.43T in annual mobile money, but 80%+ of B2B supply-chain transactions remain cash. BCG projects...
Digital Economy
Africa’s Fintech Second Wave: How $65 Billion in Revenue Will Be Built on Credit, Not Payments
⚡ Key Takeaways BCG projects African fintech revenues growing from ~$10 billion today to $65 billion by 2030, with embedded...
Digital Economy
Super Apps in Emerging Markets: The Embedded Finance Blueprint Driving $155B in 2026
⚡ Key Takeaways The global super app market reaches $155.2 billion in 2026, growing at 27.2% CAGR toward $838.3 billion...
Digital Economy
Africa Fintech 2026: Why Interoperability and Patient Capital Are the Missing Pieces
⚡ Key Takeaways Africa’s fintech revenues stand at roughly $10 billion today, with BCG projecting $65 billion by 2030—but the...
Digital Economy
Africa Fintech Second Wave: How Embedded Finance and B2B Credit Move Beyond Mobile Money
⚡ Key Takeaways Africa’s fintech revenues are projected to grow six-fold from $10 billion to over $65 billion by 2030,...
Startups
Africa’s Credit-First Fintech Wave: How MNT-Halan, Wave, and Tala Are Building the Continent’s Next Unicorns
⚡ Key Takeaways A May 2026 BCG report projects Africa’s fintech revenues will reach $65 billion by 2030, a 13-fold...
Digital Economy
Beyond M-Pesa: Africa’s Fintech Second Wave Targets Credit and Savings
⚡ Key Takeaways Africa’s $65B fintech second wave is moving from payments to credit — built on AI underwriting of...
