Guides, reports, and expert insights for African business
Market ReportThe African BNPL market is projected to grow from USD 5.2 billion in 2025 to USD 16.8 billion by 2031 at a 20.7 percent...
Kenya
Expert InsightThe USD 330 billion African SME credit gap is the most-cited statistic in African fintech. Development finance...
Nigeria
Market ReportIn August 2025 Nigeria became the first African country to go live with a formal open banking framework. Two months...
Nigeria
How-to GuideEvery African fintech needs KYC infrastructure: identity verification at onboarding, ongoing monitoring, and regulatory...
Nigeria
Market ReportThe African SME credit gap is estimated at over USD 330 billion by the IFC. OmniRetail's OmniPay disburses USD 12...
Nigeria
Expert InsightThe Pan-African Payment and Settlement System reached 17 countries and over 150 banks by late 2025. It launched a card...
Nigeria
Case StudyPiggyVest was founded in 2016 by Somto Ifezue, Odunayo Eweniyi, and Joshua Chibueze as Piggybank.ng. By late 2024 the...
Nigeria
Market ReportAgriculture represents at least 20 percent of African GDP and 60 percent of African jobs, but smallholder farmers...
Kenya
Expert InsightNigeria's eNaira has 98.5 percent unused wallets according to IMF research. After four and a half years, total eNaira...
Ghana
NewsThe Central Bank of Nigeria has upgraded Kuda Microfinance Bank to a full national operating banking license, placing...
Nigeria
How-to GuideSafaricom's Daraja is the API gateway that connects your application to M-Pesa. This guide walks through the practical...
Kenya
Market ReportPiggyVest has over 7 million users saving an average of NGN 25,000 every second as of 2024. Bamboo has over 500,000...
Nigeria