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Entrepreneurship

Egyptian startups encouraged to join the MINT Fintech Hackathon

By Tapiwa Matthew MutisiMarch 25, 2025

Egyptian startups are now invited to participate in the MINT Fintech Hackathon, an exciting opportunity…

Africa

Sparkle Launches to Change the Face of Retail Services in Nigeria

By Oluwasegun OlukotunAugust 1, 2019

Uzoma Dozie, one of Nigeria’s leaders in the financial sector and the last Group Managing Director of…

Africa

Fintech Estimated to Contribute $150 Billion to Sub-Saharan Africa’s GDP by 2022

By Tapiwa Matthew MutisiNovember 9, 2018

The contribution of the financial-technology industry to sub-Saharan Africa’s economic output will increase by at least $40 billion to $150 billion by 2022, according to Financial Sector Deepening Africa, a development-finance organization.

Africa

Econet Wireless Zimbabwe (EZW) Plans to Spin off Cassava to Create Fintech Giant

By Tapiwa Matthew MutisiOctober 19, 2018

Econet Wireless Zimbabwe (EWZ)’s new stand-alone unit Cassava, born out the unbundling financial technology (fintech) businesses to be listed separately on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange, is set to become one of the biggest companies in Zimbabwe.