The platform enables companies to send and collect payments seamlessly through a digital account. Based in Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire and France, it has just raised 5 million dollars to open new offices in West Africa. By editorial staff Julaya, a fintech based in Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal and France has announced...

Viola A. Llewellyn is a digital pioneer in Cameroon and beyond.  President & Co-Founder of Ovamba Solutions, a leading, multi-award winning FinTech and TradeTech innovation company since 2013.  Born in the UK to Cameroonian parents, Viola A. Llewellyn has worked at IBM, Digital Equipment, Unisys, KPMG and Rothschild.  She came to the...

Skaleet, an international fintech providing a next-generation Core Banking Platform (CBP), announces a partnership with Thunes, the leading global cross border payments provider to complement its existing ecosystem. Skaleet wanted to find a partner that could offer an instant, global payment service to both B2B and B2C customers. With Thunes,...

7th Africa Fintech Summit (AFTS) in Washington, D.C. will be organised April 21, 2022, in Washington, D.C. Twice a year, AFTS bring the issues, entrepreneurs, and opportunities revolutionizing finance in Africa to the world’s stage. The AFTS takes place in Washington, D.C., every April during the spring meetings of the...

 The international investor community is becoming increasingly aware that those who misunderstand Africa risk missing the greatest growth opportunity of the 21st century. At the occasion of the 7th Africa Fintech Summit (AFTS) in Washington, D.C, Africa FinTech Summit' Zekarias Amsalu sets his analyze.  The African startup funding statistics for...

The Kigali International Financial Centre (KIFC) on 3 February launched the first and fintech-focused Africa Fund. The $50 million fund, backed by MyGrowthFund Venture Partners, will focus on fintech companies with proven technology, operating in Africa, a statement from the Rwandan fund said....

New name, new financing, new ambitions too. The French FinTech TagPay, renamed Skaleet, in analogy with the buzzword on the international tech scene, Scale-iT, is taking a new step. The goal is to become the reference technology platform for core banking platforms. By Dounia Ben Mohamed Fifteen years ago, two...

With the lowest banking penetration rate in the world, Africa has so far relied little on traditional banking services to improve financial inclusion. That situation could be changed by digital transformation in banking, according to the fintech TagPay and its banking partners.  How can the majority of the African population...

The Senegalese fintech, which specializes in the aggregation of payment solutions and digital services in Africa, has announced that the CFAO group has acquired a stake in its capital. This rapprochement between the two groups will be materialized by an increase in the capital of the technology company headed by...

The Mauritanian Bank for International Trade (Banque Mauritanienne pour le Commerce International, BMCI) has partnered with TagPay to roll out its digital bank, aimed at providing digital, value-added financial services to its customers. This mobile bank responds to banking needs by providing secure and accessible financial services to the Mauritanians. By Bilkiss...