Afridigest Fintech Review: Fintech meets WhatsApp
Week 50 2023: Dec 10-16
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 fintech fundraises and one acquisition were announced this week.
• News of the week: Flutterwave announced a bunch of new senior hires, keeping talks of a potential IPO alive. Moove hired its first-ever CFO in a sign of its maturity & stage of growth. And Chipper Cash laid off a small number of staff in offices outside of Africa.
• Companies appearing in today’s Fintech Review: Clickatell, Vendy, LemFi, Visa, Earnipay, Onboard, Africred, Nomba, Chipper Cash, and more.
• Executives appearing: Jamii.one’s Charlotte Rønje, Sasai Fintech’s Darlington T. Mandivenga, GSMA Intelligence’s Kalvin Bahai, Union54’s Perseus Mlambo, Chipper Cash’s Samee Zahid, and more.
With that said, let’s get into it!
