Market Intelligence OP-ED: Embedded Insurance—How routine township shopping in South Africa now buys you 'invisible' funeral cover SAG Ventures’ Purchase Pal, underwritten by Sanlam, tucks funeral insurance into everyday grocery purchases. No forms, no intermediaries, no premiums. Prince Nwadeyi shows what happens when deep consumer research drives product design.
Fintech OP-ED: Stablecoins and Africa’s Fintech Future—Efficiency, exclusion, and the price of progress As stablecoins promise fast, cheap transfers, African businesses must weigh efficiency against surveillance risks and shifting gatekeepers in a new digital financial order.
Fintech POD: Cracking Africa's $286B Trade Puzzle—Inside Verto's fintech strategy Ola Oyetayo shares how Verto is tackling cross-border payment challenges, exploring stablecoin potential, and scaling a profitable fintech serving businesses across key African markets.
Founders OP-ED: African Logistics Reality Check—Gugulethu Siso shares hard-earned insights on avoiding startup failure Thumeza founder Gugulethu Siso reveals the brutal survival cycle of African logistics startups and shares practical wisdom for navigating relationship-driven markets where technology alone cannot ensure success.
Banking OP-ED: Banking Evolution—Building digital banks that balance scale and sustainability Global shifts and regional demands are transforming neobanking, as African digital banks redefine success through delivering market-relevant financial services profitably and sustainably.
Fintech POD: Beyond Free Banking—Chijioke Dozie on Carbon's journey to profitable digital banking in Nigeria Chijioke Dozie, co-founder and CEO of Carbon, shares insights on building a sustainable digital bank in Nigeria and the evolving neobanking landscape across Africa.
Fintech OP-ED: Is fintech truly advancing financial inclusion—or just reshuffling the deck? Andile Masuku offers a thoughtful critique on oversimplifying financial inclusion, urging deeper exploration of systemic issues beyond fintech innovations and product-driven solutions.
Fintech OP-ED: Fact, Fiction and Fintech—Behind the hype of Bitcoin and M-PESA Andile Masuku wades into the propaganda and conspiracy theories surrounding the origins of Bitcoin and M-PESA, uncovering how these groundbreaking technologies are influenced by myths, biases and special interests.
Fintech OP-ED: Philosophy to fintech for agro-processors feat. Ochich Magero Ochich Magero shares insights from his journey, evolving from philosopher to fintech founder, with a mission to transform financial inclusion for agro-processors across Africa.
Fintech OP-ED: Is traction a la TymeBank the new standard for fintechs looking to raise VC? Fintech leaders are facing up to the realities of plummeting global VC funding. TymeBank's trajectory exemplifies the evolving landscape for securing venture capital.
Fintech OP-ED: Reflecting on a decade in African fintech feat. Elizabeth Rossiello Elizabeth Rossiello, CEO of AZA Finance, reflects on her decade-long journey from founding BitPesa to steering a fintech scale-up in Africa, navigating industry changes and strategic growth.
Failure OP-ED: Failing forward—translating public setbacks into fresh starts MarketForce's closure underscores the importance of sustainable growth. Co-founder Tesh Mbaabu's openness paves the way for new beginnings.
Fintech OP-ED: Insights on Africa's fintech landscape amidst global 'funding winter' feat. Nicole Dunn Fresh from attending FT Partners' Fintech in Africa Event in New York, fintech founder Nicole Dunn offers a handy VC winter weather report.
Unajua UNAJUA S7 EP1: Will blockchain-enabled fintech disrupt the global financial system? feat. Ronit Ghose Blockchain-enabled fintech solutions are on the rise. Citi Group's Ronit Ghose factors in on how the trend towards a more inclusive, decentralised financial services landscape will impact the global financial system.
Unajua UNAJUA S1 EP1: How significant is the opportunity for tech companies in Africa? feat. Derin Adebayo For this Unajua Series opener, Derin Adebayo factors in on the size of the commercial opportunity for tech companies in Africa and offers a take on whether the apparent lack of exits should cause worry.
African Contemplating COVID-19's Impact on Africa's Economic Outlook with Landry Signé and Iginio Gagliardone Landry Signé and Iginio Gagliardone explain why they are optimistic about Africa's socio-economic prospects despite the havoc being wreaked by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Africa Ozow's Mitchan Adams On COVID-19: Well-positioned South African digital payments players are coining it right now South African Mitchan Adams, Ozow Co-founder & Head of R&D, explains why the COVID-19 pandemic is yielding some rather lucrative business opportunities for some fintech startups operating on his home turf.
African Tech Roundup Vietnamese-style Africa-focused Fintech Innovation With Quan Le of Binkabi Binkabi CEO Quan Le unpacks how blockchain tech and Vietnamese smarts could usher in a profitable era of increased international trade participation for African farmers.
Fintech 49: Will These FinTech Startups Disrupt Incumbents? Subscribe on iTunes [http://bit.ly/2cl7ISa] | Subscribe on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/3Z3LxMD9ilV0cMYc9c9MMe] Last week, the Standard Bank Incubator in Johannesburg played host to Nest.vc’s forum on finance and technology. The gathering formed part Nest’s monthly entrepreneurship speaker series and showcase dubbed #WhatsNext. It
Dominique Collett-Antolik 35: Dominique Collett-Antolik and Brandon Doyle Talk 2015 African Fintech & Telecoms Trends Subscribe on iTunes [http://bit.ly/2cl7ISa] | Subscribe on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/3Z3LxMD9ilV0cMYc9c9MMe] Over the next four weeks the we are taking a much-needed break. Cue peaceful ocean sounds But while we're away, in place of our regular programming, we’ll be sharing exclusive content
