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Financial Inclusion

Banking, Features

UBA promised blind customers braille account opening forms; many are yet to feel them

John Adoyi

6th October 2025
Features, FinTech

On Johannesburg’s streets, traders remain fiercely cash-first

Sakhile Dube

2nd September 2025
Opinion

Rams, chickens, and the price of survival

Guest Author

9th June 2025
The BackEnd

Fintava Pay is banking the unbanked in Northern Nigeria

Faith Omoniyi

11th March 2025
Opinion

Africa’s digital future: Why transparent data is key to financial inclusion

Guest Author

22nd April 2024
FinTech

Beyond innovation, Nigerian fintechs must build strong partnerships to truly win

Ganiu Oloruntade

6th July 2023
FinTech

Awabah is building for the informal economy despite tight regulations

Hannatu Asheolge

13th April 2023
Mobile Money, Policy

Kenya hopes to boost government revenue by taxing M-Pesa transactions

Abraham Augustine

25th January 2023
FinTech, Government

Nigeria chooses India’s costly path to a cashless economy

Abraham Augustine

13th December 2022
Tech Edge

Banks and fintech startups can partner to boost financial inclusion in Congo

Guest Author

16th November 2022
Funding, Startups

Egyptian fintech, Blnk, raises $32 million to provide loans in Egypt

Muktar Oladunmade

10th November 2022
Tech Edge

Bet on fintechs to increase the rates of financial inclusion in Francophone Africa

Guest Author

25th October 2022
FinTech, Mobile Money

Mobile money is surging in Africa as more disruption occur

Caleb Nnamani

11th October 2022
FinTech

Fintech innovations on the rise in DR Congo’s nascent startup landscape

Michael Ajifowoke

8th March 2022
Startups

Chari to acquire the credit arm of France-based Axa Assurance in Morocco for $22M

Damilare Dosunmu

3rd March 2022
FinTech

MFS Africa raises $100m to continue expanding its digital payments network

Damilare Dosunmu

10th November 2021
FinTech

Mobile money is catching on among Beninese, driven by MTN’s MoMo

Michael Ajifowoke

1st November 2021
FinTech

With Awabah, Tunji Andrews wants to make pensions as popular as banking

Michael Ajifowoke

3rd September 2021
FinTech

Fintech Focus: The link between Open Banking and financial inclusion

Michael Ajifowoke

1st September 2021
FinTech

CBN regulations holding back mobile money revolution in Nigeria

Michael Ajifowoke

23rd July 2021
Centre Stage

Nigerian women need to adopt high-level financial services

Koromone Koroye

26th April 2021
My Life In Tech

Ifeoma Uddoh on running Shecluded and getting more money into the hands of women

Koromone Koroye

31st March 2021
The Next Wave

The Next Wave: And the Grammy for financial inclusion goes to…

Alexander Onukwue

29th March 2021
FinTech

Nigerian fintech Bankly raises $2m seed funding to digitize informal thrift savings

Alexander Onukwue

24th March 2021
The BackEnd

The BackEnd: MFS Africa is building Africa’s largest money transfer network

Alexander Onukwue

10th December 2020
The BackEnd

The BackEnd: The link between financial inclusion and interoperability

Alexander Onukwue

3rd December 2020
FinTech, The BackEnd

The BackEnd: How “POS shops” fill the gap left by banks and ATMs in Nigeria

Alexander Onukwue

12th November 2020
Business, FinTech, Long Reads, Mobile, News, Startups

Exclusive: OPay’s core payments business is still growing

Abubakar Idris

11th June 2020
FinTech

Paga CEO, Tayo Oviosu on global expansion, and the new competition

Alexander Onukwue

16th March 2020
Funding, Startups

Powering Financial Inclusion through Fintech

Olanrewaju Odunowo

4th April 2019
Startups

Nigeria’s Apex Bank Is Fostering Regulatory Uncertainty For Fintech Startups

Akindare Okunola

22nd November 2018
Features, FinTech, News

Stellar.org and Oradian are bringing low cost money transfer to rural Nigeria

Bankole Oluwafemi

2nd February 2016
News

NEA is Currently Accepting Applications for its Accelerator Programme

Olumuyiwa Coker

17th August 2015