Shaping the Future of Fintech
Shaping the Future of Fintech – Keynote at Africa Tech Summit Nairobi 2025 by Shehryar Ali – Senior Vice President and Country Manager for East Africa and Indian Ocean Islands at Mastercard. In this dynamic keynote, Shehryar Ali shares insights and innovations shaping the future of fintech, particularly in East Africa and the Kenyan market....
Africa Money & DeFi Summit West Africa Returns to Accra as Fintech, Web3, and Stablecoins Reshape Financial Systems
The third edition of Africa Money & DeFi Summit West Africa returns to Ghana on September 24–25, 2025, bringing together over 500 leaders across fintech, Web3, and decentralized finance. As West Africa continues its rise as a digital finance trailblazer, this high-impact summit builds on its reputation as a catalyst for driving business growth, investment,…
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Visa Backs 22 African Startups in New Cohort to Power Fintech Growth and Inclusion
Visa has announced 22 participating startups for the fourth cohort (Cohort 4) of its program, spanning 12 countries. These startups aim is to tackle challenges in Africa’s fintech sector and promote financial inclusion and digital growth. They provide solutions in Small and Medium Business (SMB) digitization, lending, cross-border payments, payroll, business-to-business (B2B) payments, AI-powered payments,…
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Africa’s FinTech Frontier: Payments & Growth Opportunities
Africa’s FinTech Frontier: Payments & Growth Opportunities – panel at Africa Tech Summit Nairobi 2025 with views and insights from Didi Uwemakpan – VP at Moniepoint, Adesoji Solanke – Head of FinTech & Banks, Investment Banking Origination at Absa, Shay Hamilton – CEO at Tola, Saruni Maina – Associate VP at Flutterwave and moderated by...
Shaping Tomorrow: How Bitcoin, Crypto, and Web3 are Transforming the Digital Landscape
Shaping Tomorrow: How Bitcoin, Crypto, and Web3 are Transforming the Digital Landscape panel session at Africa Tech Summit Nairobi 2025 featuring insights and views from Noelyne Sumba – Operations at Machankura, Yvonne Kagondu – Co-Founder at Kushite ICP East Africa Hub, Felix Macharia – Co-founder and CEO at Kotani Pay and moderated by Jo Eyre...
The Digital Revolution: Enhancing Cross-Border Payments in Africa
The Digital Revolution: Enhancing Cross-Border Payments in Africa - Panel at Africa Tech Summit Nairobi 2025 featuring insights and views from Eric Wainaina - General Manager, Africa at Conduit, Yemi Lawani - Director of Business Development at Circle, Iheakachi Nwabueze - Head of Global Marketing and Growth at Grey, Dr. Collins Igwe - CFO at...
Building the Payment Rails for an Integrated Africa
Building the Payment Rails for an Integrated Africa by Wole Ayodele - CEO at Fincra at Africa Tech Summit Nairobi 2025. In this session Wole shares his passionate vision for building an integrated Africa, highlighting the need for collaboration, economic independence, and love for the continent. Traditional solutions, such as government initiatives and foreign aid,...
Building Web3 Across The Continent
Building Web3 Across The Continent - panel session at Africa Tech Summit Nairobi 2025 with expert insights and views from Chris Duffus - CEO at Fonbnk, Stephen Browne - Co-Founder at Sorted Wallet, Mouloukou Sanoh - Co-Founder & CEO at Mansa Finance and moderated by Jessica Hope - CEO at Wimbart. Highlights from the session...
Float and Adumo Partner to Offer Flexible In-Store Payments
Float, Africa’s first card-linked instalment platform, has announced a strategic partnership with Adumo, a leading provider of payment solutions in South Africa. This collaboration will offer consumers the option to pay in-store over four interest-free monthly instalments using the available limit on their credit card. This collaboration enables an improved shopping experience at a wide…
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Verto Wins $1 million Milken-Motsepe Prize in FinTech for its Innovative Cross-Border Payment Platform
Verto, a United Kingdom-based business-to-business cross-border payments platform, has been announced as the Grand Prize winner of the Milken-Motsepe Prize in FinTech. The prestigious $1 million award that recognises companies expanding access to capital and financial services for small businesses in emerging and frontier markets, was presented at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Los…
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