Tag: Africa

Moment closes $22m round to scale African payments

Moment, a pan-African FinTech, has closed a $22m Series A funding round led by AlphaCode Venture Partners, with continued backing from General Catalyst and...

UK cemented its place as the European FinTech hub attracting over...

Key European FinTech investment stats in H1 2026: European FinTech deal activity grew 9% in H1 UK cemented its place as the European FinTech...

Cedar and Noah partner to unlock African cross-border payments

Cedar Money, a regulated cross-border payments and FX infrastructure firm focused on emerging markets, has formed a strategic partnership with API-first stablecoin payments platform...

Mambu powers Nyla’s Islamic neobank launch in Ghana

Mambu, a SaaS cloud banking platform, has announced a strategic collaboration with Nyla, Africa's first Islamic neobank, to power its Shari'ah-compliant digital banking infrastructure...

Peach Payments and RelyComply boost AML compliance

Peach Payments has partnered with RelyComply to enhance its financial crime controls and support the expansion of its payments services across Africa. The collaboration has been...

Moniepoint bags $200m Series C to expand financial inclusion

Moniepoint, Africa’s all-in-one financial platform for businesses and their customers, has raised over $200m in equity financing through a Series C funding round. The investment...

Kuunda raises $7.5m to grow embedded liquidity in Africa

Tanzanian FinTech firm Kuunda, which offers embedded working-capital solutions for financial institutions and digital payment providers, has raised $7.5m in pre-Series A funding to...

Premier Credit Uganda secures $1.5m to boost financial inclusion

Premier Credit Uganda, a licensed microfinance institution and subsidiary of The Platcorp Group, has raised $1.5m from Swiss impact asset manager Enabling Qapital to expand its operations and further its mission of driving financial inclusion across the country.

LSEG powers Burundi’s financial market digital transformation

LSEG has partnered with Banque de la République du Burundi (BRB), the central bank of Burundi, to deliver a full suite of modern financial...

African payments platform HoneyCoin secures $4.9m funding

HoneyCoin, a fast-growing full-stack payments orchestration platform serving both consumers and businesses, has secured $4.9m in funding.

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