Afridigest Fintech Review: Killing crypto in Nigeria
Week 9 2024: Feb 25 - Marc 2
Afridigest is your intelligent guide to tech in Africa. The Fintech Review is a weekly recap of what matters in African fintech.
On to the week’s highlights:
• Two fintech financing transactions and one fintech M&A deal were announced.
• News of the week: Nigerian authorities took aggressive steps to get the country’s rapidly depreciating currency under control — and crypto/stablecoin exchange Binance emerged as a key target.
• Companies appearing in today’s Fintech Review: Binance, Strike, MTN, Mastercard, Visa, Squad, Omnibiz, Carbon, Propel, PalmPay, MNT-Halan, Moove, TerraPay, and others.
• Executives appearing: Absa’s Adesoji Solanke, Julaya’s Mathias Léopoldie, Umba’s Tiernan Kennedy, Zeeh Africa’s David Adeleke, Mastercard’s Amnah Ajmal, MTN Fintech’s Serigne Dioum, Bitmama’s Brian Dennis, & others.
With that said, let’s get into it!
