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