Afridigest Fintech Review: Crypto isn't dead yet

Week 36 2023: Sep 3-9

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:

• Seven African fintech fundraises were announced this week.

• News of the week: Nigerian payments unicorn Flutterwave announced its expansion to India. And real-world use cases of crypto pick up steam.

• Companies appearing in today’s Fintech Review: Anchor, Nestcoin, Onboard, Djamo, CryptoConvert, Flutterwave, Paga, Kotani Pay, & others.

• Executives appearing: Moniepoint’s Tosin Eniolorunda, Flutterwave’s Olugbenga Agboola, Anchor’s Segun Adeyemi, Smile ID’s Mark Straub, PayDay’s Favour Ori, Mastercard’s Mark Elliott and Ebehijie Momoh, Swahilies’ John Haule, Fuhlstack’s Lemuel Okoli, Mono’s Abdul Hassan, Bank of Industry’s Uzoma Nwagba, Carbon’s Ngozi Dozie and Chijioke Dozie, MFS Africa’s Funmi Dele-Giwa, Visa’s Cuy Sheffield, the University of the Western Cape’s Vivienne Lawack & others.

With that said, let’s get into it!

Week 36 2023: Sep 3-9