Banking & Financial Services

Africa’s leading fintech start-ups share six characteristics

Published by McKinsey on 8 September 2022

In overcoming the common obstacles in their path, the most successful African tech start-ups share six characteristics with features that mirror those of successful global companies.

Global realignment – an opportunity for Africa?

Published by Seth Onyango on 2 September 2022

Simmering rivalries and strategic shifts between superpowers and their allies are offering Africa more geopolitical and economic agency, as it seeks to avoid the pitfalls of the past.

It’s high time B2B payments get solved in Africa

Published by Shreyas Mishra on 9 August 2022

Businesses today in all parts of the globe still heavily rely on manual ways of sending and receiving payments to each other.

Start-ups eye metaverse, NFTs, to solve Africa’s economic woes

Published by Kim Harrisberg on 21 July 2022

Afropolitan, a pan-African digital nation selling NFTs as passports, says it wants to solve African governance issues.

Why Equity Group CEO James Mwangi is betting on the DRC

Published by Jaco Maritz on 30 June 2022

James Mwangi, CEO of Kenya-based banking outfit Equity Group Holdings, believes the country has the potential to “succeed big”.

Nairobi adds new infrastructure, incentives to its ‘silicon savannah’ drawcard

Published by Conrad Onyango on 19 June 2022

Kenya’s tech start-up ecosystem is looking to attract even more overseas interest as the country launches an International Financial Centre and giant tech firms renew their interest in East Africa’s ‘Silicon Savannah’.

Is there still a positive story for investing in Africa?

Published by Allan Gray on 14 June 2022

Like many risk assets, African bonds benefited from loose developed country monetary policy over the past decade, which resulted in inflows; however, these have now begun to reverse.

Zimbabwean investment firm allows clients to invest in cows

Published by Natalie Greve on 14 June 2022

Cattle protects investors from inflation and can offer attractive returns.

Insurance heavyweights such as Allianz eyeing growth in Africa

Published by Conrad Onyango on 9 June 2022

Africa’s insurance market is the most underserved in the world – but activity in the sector is on the increase, a trend that could signal a new phase of growth.

Nigerian CEO unpacks Africa’s booming buy-now, pay-later industry

Published by James Torvaney on 5 May 2022

We speak to Fehintolu Olaogun, CEO of Nigeria-based CredPal, to learn more about the buy-now, pay-later industry in Africa.

Cameroonian fintech entrepreneurs finding traction with savings app

Published by Patrick Nelle on 21 April 2022

Two young Cameroonians have converted their interest in financial literacy and technology into an app.

Steep rise in African private equity and venture capital dealmaking

Published by Staff Writer on 19 April 2022

Private capital investments rose to record breaking levels in 2021.

Nigeria: Start-up connects investors with SMEs that need funding

Published by Maureen Ihua-Maduenyi on 13 April 2022

Nigerian entrepreneur spots an opportunity to connect investors with borrowers.

Nigerian stock exchange wants to draw in tech IPOs

Published by Seth Onyango on 15 February 2022

Nigeria has set in motion what could herald a new dawn for African tech start-ups as it moots the adoption of new listing rules to encourage tech companies to go public.

Banking & Financial Services

Africa’s leading fintech start-ups share six characteristics

Global realignment – an opportunity for Africa?

It’s high time B2B payments get solved in Africa

Start-ups eye metaverse, NFTs, to solve Africa’s economic woes

Why Equity Group CEO James Mwangi is betting on the DRC

Nairobi adds new infrastructure, incentives to its ‘silicon savannah’ drawcard

Is there still a positive story for investing in Africa?

Zimbabwean investment firm allows clients to invest in cows

Insurance heavyweights such as Allianz eyeing growth in Africa

Nigerian CEO unpacks Africa’s booming buy-now, pay-later industry

Cameroonian fintech entrepreneurs finding traction with savings app

Steep rise in African private equity and venture capital dealmaking

Nigeria: Start-up connects investors with SMEs that need funding

Nigerian stock exchange wants to draw in tech IPOs

Nine agribusiness ideas to consider in Africa in 2023

Interview: The man behind Ghana’s first shopping mall

From catfish to cassava: Seven Nigerian agribusiness entrepreneurs to watch

How a Nigerian bread company made it big in Canada

Nigerian cassava: The next big thing in US food market?

From battery metals to avocados: Zambia attracts investor interest

Elon Musk’s Starlink could fuel competition for internet customers in Africa

Ethiopian food company pursues vertical integration

European investor backs Somalia’s private sector

Entrepreneurs seize opportunity in Egypt’s fruit and veg market

Uganda: How this CEO spotted a gap in the agricultural supply chain

A more inclusive pension system in Nigeria with Tunji Andrews

Nigerian cassava: The next big thing in US food market?

Europe’s growing interest in Africa’s green hydrogen potential

From catfish to cassava: Seven Nigerian agribusiness entrepreneurs to watch

The strategies behind Cleopatra Hospitals’ rise in Egypt’s private healthcare sector

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