Afridigest Fintech Review: Chipper Cash transforms a cost center into a revenue stream
Week 35 2023: Aug 27-Sep 2
Afridigest is your intelligent guide to Africa’s tech ecosystem. The Fintech Review is a weekly recap of what matters in African fintech.
On to the week’s fintech highlights:
• Two fintech-related fundraises were announced this week.
• News of the week: Cross-border payments platform Chipper Cash formally launched its digital KYC & identity verification product suite. India is in talks to bring its Unified Payments Interface (UPI) to Africa. And Uganda’s Asaak entered Mexico with the acquisition of FlexClub’s Mexican operations.
• Companies appearing in today’s Fintech Review: LeaseSurance, HEDG, Asaak, Chipper Cash, Float, Ingiz, Octamile, Traction, Ozow, Cenoa, Bloc, Kyshi, LipaLater, Paystack, & others.
• Executives appearing: Mastercard’s Mark Elliott and Kari Tukur, Affinity’s Tarek Mouganie, Ndovu’s Radhika Bhachu, Fonbnk’s Christian Duffus, M-KOPA’s Jesse Moore, Absa CIB’s Robert Cousins, Mukuru’s Andy Jury, & more.
With that said, let’s get into it!
