Afridigest Fintech Review: Every company will be a fintech company
Week 1 2024: Dec 31 - Jan 6 (+Week 52 2023)
Afridigest is your intelligent guide to Africa’s tech ecosystem. The Fintech Review is a weekly recap of what matters in African fintech.
Happy New Year, friends. Hope your 2024 is off to a great start so far. 💪🏽
On to the week’s fintech highlights:
• One fintech officially revealed the amount it raised in 2023.
• News of the week: The Nigerian cNGN stablecoin is real and will be launched on Feb 27th. Cellulant is getting a new CEO. The FBI and the US DOJ partnered to criminally charge the founder of Nigerian 'agri-fintech' Tingo. And sub-Saharan Africa remains the region with the highest remittance costs.
• Companies appearing in today’s Fintech Review: Qardy, CashCall, Paymentology, FutureBank, Fawry, Vipaso, Interswitch, Jumia, TPAY, Multigate, and others.
• Executives appearing: Paga’s Tayo Oviosu, Nala’s Benji Fernandes, VALR’s Farzam Ehsani, Avenews' Shalom Ben Or, Zone’s Obi Emetarom, PwC’s Ashley Nyiko Mabasa, Lendsqr’s Adedeji Olowe, and others.
With that said, let’s get into it!
