• FinTech investment in Kenya is expected to set a new annual funding record of $248m in 2022 based on investment in the first half of 2022. That’s a five-fold increase from 2021 levels and a more than three-fold increase from the Kenyan FinTech investment peak of $75m in 2018. Deal activity in the country is also expected to rise to 64 deals, a 52% rise from 2021 levels. Kenya’s capital Nairobi is the FinTech hub in the country accounting for 84% of deals in H1 2022.
• M-KOPA, an asset financing platform, was the largest Kenyan FinTech deal in H1 2022, raising a sizeable $75m in their latest Venture Round led by Generation Investment Management. M-KOPA plans to use the funding to expand into additional countries, adding to its hubs in Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria and recently launched Ghana. Since launching in Nigeria, M-KOPA has acquired over 50,000 customers, its executives said. For Ghana, its newest market, they say it “has grown two times as fast as any of its previous markets.”
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