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Nigerian fintech Nearpays has made history by becoming the first African startup to win the UN AI for Good Innovation Factory grand finale. Their AI-powered SoftPOS platform…
Nigerian fintech startup Mida is integrating AI into its credit infrastructure to enhance borrower data and improve lending decisions, directly addressing the significant…
Nigerian internet users, including a large population of freelancers, face significant barriers to accessing global digital services, including essential AI tools, due to frequent…
Anchor, an African banking and payments infrastructure company, has launched one of the continent's first Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. This innovation allows AI agents to…
Seychelles-headquartered Fusepay has launched Fuse360, an AI-native operating system designed to streamline operations for wholesalers, distributors, and manufacturers across…
A new report by Visa Consulting & Analytics highlights how digital lenders in Kenya are leveraging machine learning and automated decisioning to dominate the unsecured credit…
The Democratic Republic of Congo's postal service is launching a digital microfinance institution, Poste Finance SA, in partnership with an Irish firm. This initiative aims to…
OPay, a leading Nigerian fintech, processes over 100 million daily transactions, leveraging this data to create a real-time intelligence layer. This capability allows the company…
African HR technology firm SeamlessHR has rebranded to Seamless Technologies, marking a significant expansion into AI and financial services aimed at businesses and workers across…
Nigerian fintech Nearpays has made history by becoming the first African startup to win the UN's AI for Good Innovation Factory grand finale. Its AI-powered SoftPOS platform…
In Nigeria's rapidly expanding digital economy, AI is increasingly making critical financial decisions, necessitating a robust accountability framework. The country's swift tech…
Renew Capital, a pan-African investment firm, is championing data-driven embedded finance by backing 15 startups from 10 African countries. These companies will leverage…
South African fintech Bridgement has secured $20.3 million from Rand Merchant Bank and Standard Bank to scale its AI-powered lending platform for small and medium-sized…
Budge AI is launching a personal finance app in Africa that circumvents the need for bank account linking, a significant barrier in markets with low open banking adoption and…
The RegTech Africa Conference and Expo 2026, held in Abuja, Nigeria, served as a crucial platform for advancing regulatory technology and digital financial services across the…
M-KOPA, a Nairobi-headquartered asset financing company, has evolved its business model beyond selling smartphones on credit. While initially gaining traction by enabling millions…
