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

Week 34: August 21-27

The Afridigest Fintech Review is a weekly recap of what happened in African fintech.

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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…