Afridigest

Afridigest

Share this post

Afridigest
Afridigest
Afridigest Fintech Review: Binance, Visa, Google advance Africa growth plans
Fintech

Afridigest Fintech Review: Binance, Visa, Google advance Africa growth plans

Week 34: August 21-27

Emeka Ajene's avatar
Emeka Ajene
Aug 28, 2022
∙ Paid
5

Share this post

Afridigest
Afridigest
Afridigest Fintech Review: Binance, Visa, Google advance Africa growth plans
Share
The Afridigest Fintech Review is a weekly recap of what happened in African fintech.
Hello, friends! Thanks for your feedback on the first version of this Fintech Review sent last Monday. We’re taking action on it already: going forward, we’ll (try to) publish the Fintech Reviews on Sundays and keep Mondays for the regular Week in Reviews. Feedback is of course welcome: Whatsapp, Twitter, and email.
⭐ Not interested in fintech? No problem, visit the Notifications section on your Account Settings page and deselect the Fintech option. (And if you speak French, make sure to turn notifications on for Afridigest Français — it’s now live.)
On to this week’s highlights:
• It was a relatively slow week for fintech funding on the continent with just three relevant deals announced for $7.4M in disclosed funding.
• Binance was quite active across the continent. The crypto exchange launched local currency deposits in South Africa, a crypto education hub in Cameroon, and is hiring a West Africa Regiona…

This post is for paid subscribers

Already a paid subscriber? Sign in
© 2025 Emeka Ajene
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start writingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture

Share