{"id":1331,"date":"2016-02-15T14:40:54","date_gmt":"2016-02-15T14:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insights.invyo.io\/europe\/?p=1331"},"modified":"2019-04-12T17:23:57","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T17:23:57","slug":"overview-of-the-6-most-active-african-countries-in-fintech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insights.invyo.io\/europe\/nos-ressources\/mapping\/overview-of-the-6-most-active-african-countries-in-fintech\/","title":{"rendered":"#Africa: Overview of the 6 most active countries in FinTech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The tech startup ecosytem in Africa is booming\u00a0and more and more start-ups are being funded by investors from over the world. According to a recent report published by Disrupt Africa,\u00a0more than 120 start-ups have raised a total of <strong>185 785 500 dollars<\/strong> in 2015. The top 3 countries were\u00a0<strong>South Africa (36%), Nigeria (24%) and Kenya (14.4%)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Fintech ecosystem is growing in Africa, especially in <strong>South Africa<\/strong>, with more and more initiatives being launched\u00a0such as <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.barclaysaccelerator.com\/#\/cape-town\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Cape Town Barclays accelerator<\/a><\/strong>. In our chart below, we highlight 31 Fintech startups coming from 6 countries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We are glad to share with you\u00a0our list of <strong>the 6 most active African countries in Fintech<\/strong> :<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1332\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1332\" style=\"width: 1170px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/insights.invyo.io\/europe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Techfoliance_overview-of-the-6-most-active-african-countries-in-fintech.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1332\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1332 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/insights.invyo.io\/europe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Techfoliance_overview-of-the-6-most-active-african-countries-in-fintech.png\" alt=\"fintech africa south africa nigeria kenya ghanauganda namibia startup digital funding investment funds \" width=\"1170\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insights.invyo.io\/europe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Techfoliance_overview-of-the-6-most-active-african-countries-in-fintech.png 1170w, https:\/\/insights.invyo.io\/europe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Techfoliance_overview-of-the-6-most-active-african-countries-in-fintech-300x117.png 300w, https:\/\/insights.invyo.io\/europe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Techfoliance_overview-of-the-6-most-active-african-countries-in-fintech-768x299.png 768w, https:\/\/insights.invyo.io\/europe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Techfoliance_overview-of-the-6-most-active-african-countries-in-fintech-1024x399.png 1024w, https:\/\/insights.invyo.io\/europe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Techfoliance_overview-of-the-6-most-active-african-countries-in-fintech-700x273.png 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1170px) 100vw, 1170px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1332\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Overview of the 6 most active African countries in Fintech<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Please feel free to leave a comment at the end of the page to add\u00a0more fintech startups that we could have missed in this list.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The tech startup ecosytem in Africa is booming\u00a0and more and more start-ups are being funded by investors from over the world. 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