FinTech Startups in Africa
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FinTech is booming in Southern Africa, driven by high smartphone penetration and a large unbanked population. Players like Tabby, MNT-Halan, and OPay are gaining traction by offering tailored financial services. Local business leaders are optimistic, seeing FinTech as a key enabler for financial inclusion and economic growth.
Cummulative Funding
$17.6B+
Total # of Companies
698
Total Deal Count
1754
Total M&A Count
50
Total # of Investors
2696
List of FinTech startups in Africa
Add Startup| Startuparrow_upward | Overviewarrow_upward | Last roundarrow_upward | Total raisedarrow_upward | Founded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Tabby creates financial freedom in the way people shop, earn and save by reshaping their relationship with money. | Series E | $ 1,904,000,000 | 2019 | |
Zepz is unlocking the prosperity of cross-border communities through finance and technology. | Series F | $ 960,600,000 | 2021 | |
MNT-Halan is Egypt’s largest and fastest growing lender to the unbanked. | Debt Financing | $ 947,900,000 | 2018 | |
OPay empowers users and enables them to accomplish more with their money by providing smart financial services. | Series C | $ 570,000,000 | 2018 | |
dLocal enables global merchants to accept and send payments across emerging markets via one API. | Post-IPO Secondary | $ 548,300,000 | 2016 | |
TymeBank is a South African fully black-owned and controlled investment company. | Series D | $ 528,409,182 | 2012 | |
Moove is a Nigerian mobility fintech that provides revenue-based vehicle financing to mobility entrepreneurs across Africa. | Series B | $ 447,200,000 | 2019 | |
Wave Mobile Money is a Senegalese startup which provides an app-based financial solution to save, transfer, and borrow money. | Debt Financing | $ 438,500,000 | 2017 | |
Tala is a financial technology company on a mission to build a financial system that works for everyone. | Series E | $ 349,439,700 | 2011 | |
Chipper cash is the largest mobile cross-border money transfer platform in Africa. | Series C | $ 302,200,000 | 2017 | |
Moniepoint provides a seamless platform to accept payments digitally, receive credit and access business management tools. | Series C | $ 293,100,000 | 2015 | |
JUMO is a technology platform, developed for building and running financial services. | Venture | $ 266,700,000 | 2014 | |
TerraPay simplifies global money movement – by providing a single connection to the most expansive cross-border payments network. | Debt Financing | $ 256,500,000 | 2014 | |
Cross-border, cross-currency, cross-network payments. | Debt Financing | $ 215,200,000 | 2009 | |
Thunes is a B2B company that powers payments for the world’s fastest-growing businesses. | Series C | $ 202,000,000 | 2016 | |
Access to mobility for the underbanked | Debt Financing | $ 145,235,200 | 2017 | |
Tasaheel is a financing company for micro-projects with easy and simple payment systems. | Funding Round | $ 138,000,000 | 2015 | |
Fawry is the leading Egyptian platform for digital transformation & e-payments | Private Equity | $ 122,000,000 | 2008 | |
Interswitch is an Africa-focused integrated digital payments and commerce company. | Private Equity | $ 120,500,000 | 2002 | |
Lemonade Finance is a Nigerian multi-currency payments solution. | Series B | $ 119,550,000 | 2020 |
Founded
2019
Overview
Tabby creates financial freedom in the way people shop, earn and save by reshaping their relationship with money.
Last round
Series E
Total raised
$ 1,904,000,000
Employee
51-200
Founded
2021
Overview
Zepz is unlocking the prosperity of cross-border communities through finance and technology.
Last round
Series F
Total raised
$ 960,600,000
Employee
1,001-5,000
Founded
2018
Overview
MNT-Halan is Egypt’s largest and fastest growing lender to the unbanked.
Last round
Debt Financing
Total raised
$ 947,900,000
Employee
10,001+
Founded
2018
Overview
OPay empowers users and enables them to accomplish more with their money by providing smart financial services.
Last round
Series C
Total raised
$ 570,000,000
Employee
201-500
Founded
2016
Overview
dLocal enables global merchants to accept and send payments across emerging markets via one API.
Last round
Post-IPO Secondary
Total raised
$ 548,300,000
Employee
501-1,000
Founded
2012
Overview
TymeBank is a South African fully black-owned and controlled investment company.
Last round
Series D
Total raised
$ 528,409,182
Employee
51-200
Founded
2019
Overview
Moove is a Nigerian mobility fintech that provides revenue-based vehicle financing to mobility entrepreneurs across Africa.
Last round
Series B
Total raised
$ 447,200,000
Employee
51-200
Founded
2017
Overview
Wave Mobile Money is a Senegalese startup which provides an app-based financial solution to save, transfer, and borrow money.
Last round
Debt Financing
Total raised
$ 438,500,000
Employee
501-1,000
Founded
2011
Overview
Tala is a financial technology company on a mission to build a financial system that works for everyone.
Last round
Series E
Total raised
$ 349,439,700
Employee
501-1,000
Founded
2017
Overview
Chipper cash is the largest mobile cross-border money transfer platform in Africa.
Last round
Series C
Total raised
$ 302,200,000
Employee
11-50
Founded
2015
Overview
Moniepoint provides a seamless platform to accept payments digitally, receive credit and access business management tools.
Last round
Series C
Total raised
$ 293,100,000
Employee
1,001-5,000
Founded
2014
Overview
JUMO is a technology platform, developed for building and running financial services.
Last round
Venture
Total raised
$ 266,700,000
Employee
201-500
Founded
2014
Overview
TerraPay simplifies global money movement – by providing a single connection to the most expansive cross-border payments network.
Last round
Debt Financing
Total raised
$ 256,500,000
Employee
501-1,000
Founded
2009
Overview
Cross-border, cross-currency, cross-network payments.
Last round
Debt Financing
Total raised
$ 215,200,000
Employee
51-100
Founded
2016
Overview
Thunes is a B2B company that powers payments for the world’s fastest-growing businesses.
Last round
Series C
Total raised
$ 202,000,000
Employee
201-500
Founded
2017
Overview
Access to mobility for the underbanked
Last round
Debt Financing
Total raised
$ 145,235,200
Employee
11-50
Founded
2015
Overview
Tasaheel is a financing company for micro-projects with easy and simple payment systems.
Last round
Funding Round
Total raised
$ 138,000,000
Employee
10,001+
Founded
2008
Overview
Fawry is the leading Egyptian platform for digital transformation & e-payments
Last round
Private Equity
Total raised
$ 122,000,000
Employee
251-500
Founded
2002
Overview
Interswitch is an Africa-focused integrated digital payments and commerce company.
Last round
Private Equity
Total raised
$ 120,500,000
Employee
501-1000
Founded
2020
Overview
Lemonade Finance is a Nigerian multi-currency payments solution.
Last round
Series B
Total raised
$ 119,550,000
Employee
2-10