Sanibonani Fintech friends 👋,
Welcome back, here are the highlights of what happened in African Fintech this week;
Telecommunications Giant Postponed Mobile Money Listing Due to Volatile Markets.
Crypto Leader Backed Startup to Scale Digital Asset Derivatives Trading.
Fintech Partnered to Digitize Payments Across National Healthcare Startup Systems.
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📰 News of the Week
Airtel Africa Postponed Mobile Money IPO Amidst Global Market Volatility.
Airtel Africa postponed the anticipated initial public offering of its mobile money business to the second half of 2026. Management cited extreme market volatility and geopolitical shocks as primary factors, opting to delay the listing until global financial conditions stabilized.
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Yoco Brings Tap to Pay on iPhone to South Africa - The feature enables merchants to seamlessly and securely accept all forms of in-person contactless payments - including contactless credit and debit cards, Apple Pay, and other digital wallets - using only an iPhone and the Yoco App. Yoco is South Africa’s largest independent payments and point of sale platform serving 200,000+ merchants Africa. They are the first payment platform in South Africa to offer Tap to Pay on iPhone.
Fundraise and Exits
Venture Funds
Bellatrix Launched $10M Ndjaba Seed Fund to Back Southern African Startup Founders
Partnerships & Product Launches
dLocal and inDrive Launched Cashless Ride Payments Across South African Fintech Markets
Stitch Rolled Out BNPL Services to Capture $1.17B South African Market
Thunes And Vodacom Tanzania Launched Cross Border Fintech Payments for Asia
Senegal Partnered with Wave to Digitize Payments Across National Healthcare Startup
Kemet Secured Strategic Coinbase Partnership to Scale Startup Derivatives Trading Operations
Leadership Lineup
Read of the week
Discover How Africa’s Second Fintech Wave Could Scale Total Revenues To $65B By 2030.
Other News, Reads, and Media
Stablecoin & Crypto Watch
Mastercard And Yellow Card Partnered to Scale Stablecoin Payments Across Africa
Paga Expanded into Tokenised Assets Through Strategic Fintech Integration with Sui
MiniPay Surpassed 15M Wallets Driven by Rapid African Startup Adoption
P2P Platforms Suspended Birr Transactions Following Intense Local Regulatory Pressure Tactics
Bank of Tanzania approved NEDA Labs for fintech regulatory sandbox token testing
Video Interviews/Discussions
As the early backer of Flutterwave, Paystack, and Moniepoint, Ventures Platform founder Kola Aina reflected on transitioning from his family business to backing 140+ startups. He shared hard-won lessons on integrity and innovation.
Tweet of the Week
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