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Mazzuma was founded in 2015 by Kofi Genfi and Nii Osae Dade who were both named in Forbes Africa 30 under 30 Technology category in 2018. Mazzuma currently has over 300,000 customers that use its service to make payments and receive remittances.
Moniepoint (formerly TeamApt) is a Nigerian fintech company based in Lagos that provides banking services and loans via an online banking app. The company was founded by Tosin Eniolorunda and Felix Ike in 2015. In November 2024, Bayo Olujobi was appointed its Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to aid the bank's vision to improve financial inclusion ...
Sybrin is a software company headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa that sells enterprise software and services to the financial services, insurance, and telecommunications industries. Sybrin implemented the first cheque truncation system in Africa, the third in the world, in Malawi. [5]
"Fintech", a clipped compound of "financial technology", refers to the application of innovative technologies to products and services in the financial industry.This broad term encompasses a wide array of technological advancements in financial services, including mobile banking, online lending platforms, digital payment systems, robo-advisors, and blockchain-based applications such as ...
Flutterwave was founded in 2016 by Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, Olugbenga Agboola, and Adeleke Adekoya and is headquartered in San Francisco, California with current operations in the U.S., Canada, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Ghana, South Africa, and 29 other African countries. [2] [3] [4] In 2021, Flutterwave raised a US$170 million Series C funding round. [5]
Kuda, also known as Kuda Technologies Limited, is a Microfinance Bank and fintech company operating in Nigeria and the UK. It was founded by Babs Ogundeyi and Musty Mustapha in 2019. [1] [2] [3] The company initially begun as Kudimoney, or "the bank of the free", an online-only savings and lending platform.
CR2 is an Irish-owned banking software company which provides mobile, internet and ATM financial service technology to more than 100 retail banks across Africa, the Middle East and Asia. [1] [2] Headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, [3] [4] the company has offices in Dubai, London, Cairo, Amman, Bengaluru, Lagos, Johannesburg, Singapore and Perth. [5]
Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the U.S. government’s development finance institution, committed to invest up to $200 million USD in December 2015, the largest investment commitment historically by OPIC to any impact fund manager. [19] In January 2016, Prudential Financial invested $350 million USD with the firm. [14]