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How-to Guide

How to Build KYC Infrastructure Using Smile ID, Youverify, and Dojah

Every African fintech needs KYC infrastructure: identity verification at onboarding, ongoing monitoring, and regulatory ...

ABA EditorialFeb 5, 2026Nigeria

Market Report

African Food Processing and Value Addition 2026: The USD 50 Billion Import Bill and the Industrial Response

African countries import approximately USD 50 billion in food annually, much of it processed products that could in prin...

ABA EditorialFeb 4, 2026Nigeria

News

Mini-Grid Developers Warn Mission 300 Target at Risk Without Faster Reforms

Key players in Africa's mini-grid sector have warned that the Mission 300 electrification initiative risks missing its 2...

ABA EditorialJan 30, 2026

Market Report

SME Lending and Supply Chain Finance in Africa: Closing the USD 330 Billion Credit Gap

The African SME credit gap is estimated at over USD 330 billion by the IFC. OmniRetail's OmniPay disburses USD 12 millio...

ABA EditorialJan 29, 2026Nigeria

Expert Insight

PAPSS Will Probably Fail at Its Stated Goal. That Is Fine.

The Pan-African Payment and Settlement System reached 17 countries and over 150 banks by late 2025. It launched a card s...

ABA Editorial BoardJan 28, 2026Nigeria

Case Study

PiggyVest: How Three Co-Founders Built Africa's Largest Consumer Savings Platform

PiggyVest was founded in 2016 by Somto Ifezue, Odunayo Eweniyi, and Joshua Chibueze as Piggybank.ng. By late 2024 the pl...

ABA EditorialJan 26, 2026Nigeria

Market Report

Agricultural Finance and Agritech-Fintech in Africa: Financing the Smallholder Gap

Agriculture represents at least 20 percent of African GDP and 60 percent of African jobs, but smallholder farmers receiv...

ABA EditorialJan 22, 2026Kenya

Market Report

African Transmission and Power Pools 2026: WAPP, EAPP, SAPP, and the Regional Integration Opportunity

Africa's regional power pools (WAPP in West Africa, EAPP in Eastern Africa, SAPP in Southern Africa) coordinate cross-bo...

ABA EditorialJan 22, 2026

Market Report

African EdTech Content Distribution and Device Access 2026: Starlink, the Giga Initiative, and the Infrastructure Layer

Content distribution and device access are the infrastructure layer on which all African edtech interventions depend. St...

ABA EditorialJan 20, 2026

Market Report

African Trade Finance and Supply Chain Financing 2026: The USD 120 Billion Gap, Afreximbank, and the Emerging Digital Layer

African trade finance faces a gap estimated at approximately USD 120 billion annually, limiting the ability of businesse...

ABA EditorialJan 18, 2026Egypt

Expert Insight

The eNaira Was Always Going to Fail. Ghana Should Listen.

Nigeria's eNaira has 98.5 percent unused wallets according to IMF research. After four and a half years, total eNaira in...

ABA Editorial BoardJan 16, 2026Ghana

News

Kuda Bank Upgraded to National Operating Banking License in Nigeria

The Central Bank of Nigeria has upgraded Kuda Microfinance Bank to a full national operating banking license, placing th...

ABA EditorialJan 15, 2026Nigeria