Afridigest Fintech Review: Africa's newest telco-led super app
Week 47 2023: Nov 19-25
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:
• $10 million was raised in announced African fintech transactions this week.
• News of the week: French telco Orange joined Africa’s super app race. M-KOPA finally expanded to South Africa — first up: Soweto. And a global survey found that men are consistently more likely to use fintech products than women.
• Companies appearing in today’s Fintech Review: FrontEdge, ClickPesa, Brolly, KashNow, Mastercard, Bloc, Klasha, M-KOPA, Stitch, Orange, and others.
• Executives appearing: Klasha’s Jess Anuna, Fawry’s Ashraf Sabry, TAP’s Michael Oluwole, Qore’s Mudiaga Umukoro, EBANX’s Wiza Jalakasi, Paymentology’s Kirsten Wortmann, Nclude’s Basil Moftah, AV8 Ventures’s Amir Kabi, Nelson Nelson-Atuonwu, and more.
With that said, let’s get into it!
