Afridigest Fintech Review: A $13 million seed round for a Consumer + B2B financial ecosystem

Week 36: September 4-10

The Afridigest Fintech Review is a weekly recap of what happened in African fintech.

Hello again, friends! To recap, here’s the tentative publishing plan: this Fintech Review goes out on Sundays, the regular Week in Review goes out on Mondays, and the French-language Revue de la Semaine goes out on Wednesdays. Assuming no delays, of course. Send me your feedback here: Whatsapp, Twitter, and email. And help me share & spread the word about this Fintech Review. 🙏🏽

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On to this week’s highlights:

• Two fintech deals announced for ~$15M in disclosed equity funding, plus an interesting look at Africa’s largest banks in the visual of the week.

• McKinsey followed up its must-read Fintech in Africa report with a high-quality look at the Future of Payments in Africa.

• The two-year-old Cellulant CEO saga came to an end with no findings of financial miscondu…