Builders & Founders Africa

Fincra logo displayed against a modern dark purple financial network backdrop representing global payment rails.

Fincra: Building the payment infrastructure connecting Africa to the world

Businesses operating across Africa need more than a way to accept payments. They also need reliable systems for receiving money in different currencies, paying suppliers and customers, managing settlements, and...
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Bitpowr infrastructure for institutional digital asset management

Bitpowr: The infrastructure for institutional digital assets

Blockchain infrastructure is becoming an important part of how businesses manage digital assets, process transactions, and develop financial products. Bitpowr, a Nigerian-founded technology company, is positioning itself in this market...
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Mento logo displayed over a modern 3D on-chain foreign exchange graphic.

Mento: Building the infrastructure for on-chain FX

The foreign exchange market processes more than $9.6 trillion in transactions every day,  making it the largest financial market in the world. Yet most currency exchange still happens through traditional...
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Africarare African metaverse connecting brands and creators in a virtual world

Africarare: Building an African metaverse for brands and creators

Africa’s metaverse story started taking shape long before virtual worlds became a mainstream conversation. One of the projects that helped put an African identity into that conversation was Africarare, a...
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Celo Africa: A stronger DAO ecosystem across Africa

Africa has become one of the most active regions for blockchain experimentation, with developers building around payments, stablecoins, digital identity, DeFi and other real-world applications. However, building a blockchain ecosystem...
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FlexPay connecting digital payments across the Democratic Republic of Congo

FlexPay: Connecting digital payments across the DRC

FlexPay is a digital payment platform developed by INFOSET in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It allows merchants to accept electronic payments from customers using different mobile money networks or...
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Sudo Africa programmable financial infrastructure for African businesses

Sudo Africa: Building programmable financial infrastructure for Africa

A fintech can build a wallet, a lending product or a payment platform, but giving users a physical or virtual card usually requires another layer of infrastructure. The Nigerian fintech...
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Cleva financial infrastructure connecting Africans to the global economy

Cleva: Building Financial Infrastructure for Africans in the Global Economy

For Africans who work with international clients, receive payments from abroad, or run businesses that serve customers outside their home countries, accessing and managing foreign currency can be difficult. Cross-border...
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Pezesha digital lending platform supporting African SMEs

Pezesha: Building digital lending infrastructure for African SMEs

An SME can have customers, steady sales and a product people want, yet still struggle to grow because the money needed for the next purchase is not available when it...
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Conceptual diagram showing interconnected payment network nodes across a map of Africa, representing the simplification of fragmented payment rails.

Onafriq: The fintech connecting Africa’s fragmented payment rails

Africa has built one of the world’s most diverse digital payment ecosystems, but the systems powering it do not always connect easily. Mobile money wallets, bank accounts, cards and payment...
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