Ibex Frontier is an Route-to-African-Market consultancy firm. Co-Founder of Africa Fintech Summit.
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#Africa’s #Fintech & #Investment prediction for 2026 from our MD & @AfriFintech Co-Founder 👇
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A $1.4 billion vote of confidence in Egypt's fintech sector.
MNT-Halan has reached a $1.4 billion valuation following a new funding round led by Al Ahly Capital, reinforcing its position as one of the largest fintech companies in the Middle East and Africa.
The milestone reflects more than investor confidence in a single company. It signals continued belief in the scale of digital financial services across emerging markets, particularly in Egypt, where demand for lending, payments, savings, and business finance continues to grow.
Since becoming Egypt's first fintech unicorn in 2023, MNT-Halan has expanded beyond its home market into Türkiye, Pakistan, and the UAE, building a diversified financial services platform serving both consumers and SMEs.
The latest investment also highlights a growing trend across African fintech: deeper collaboration between traditional financial institutions and technology-driven platforms to accelerate financial inclusion and digital transformation.
As Africa's fintech ecosystem matures, scale is increasingly becoming the differentiator.
Learn more: empowerafrica.com/egyptian-u…
#AfricaFintech #EgyptFintech #MNTHalan #FinancialInclusion #DigitalFinance #FintechNews #FintechFunding
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AI is becoming a checkout button.
@Visa and @OpenAI have announced a strategic collaboration to help bring agentic commerce into the mainstream, combining OpenAI’s AI-powered experiences with Visa’s global payments infrastructure.
The partnership will enable AI agents to securely initiate transactions on behalf of users while operating within user-defined guardrails such as spending limits, approval requirements, and merchant restrictions.
Beyond payments, the collaboration opens the door for trusted AI-driven commerce across OpenAI products, including developer tools, business workflows, and future agentic applications. Visa’s tokenization, authorization, and fraud monitoring capabilities will provide the foundation for secure AI-initiated transactions at scale.
As AI evolves from answering questions to taking actions, trusted payment infrastructure is becoming a critical part of the stack.
The infrastructure for AI-powered commerce is already being built.
Learn more: corporate.visa.com/en/sites/…
#PartnerNews #AI #AgenticCommerce #OpenAI #Visa #Fintech #DigitalPayments
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Economic stability remains one of the most important foundations for innovation, investment, and private sector growth.
The IMF's approval of a $250 million Extended Credit Facility for Rwanda signals continued confidence in the country's economic trajectory and its commitment to long-term, inclusive development. The 38-month program is designed to strengthen macroeconomic stability, address fiscal and external pressures, and support private sector-led growth.
For fintech, financial services, and the broader digital economy, stable macroeconomic environments create the conditions for capital deployment, infrastructure investment, and sustainable innovation.
As Rwanda continues to position itself as a leading hub for technology and finance, developments like these reinforce the importance of policy, governance, and economic resilience in shaping Africa's future.
Learn more: linkedin.com/posts/ministry-…
#Rwanda #AfricaFintech #EconomicDevelopment #FinancialInfrastructure #InclusiveGrowth #PolicyAndRegulation
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🌍 Africa Stablecoin & Onchain Payments Map 2026
100 fintechs, infrastructure providers, and institutions that see the opportunity clearly.
It's been a year since the last map. So together with @AfriFintech we spoke to the operators on the ground to get their latest takes on progress.
Three things stood out:
1️⃣ Regulation has made real progress
This is the biggest change. Several markets have moved toward formal recognition, licensing, supervision, and sandboxes.
It's a major step forward but the next challenge is implementation: licensing processes, bank policies, compliance procedures --> the practical details that matter.
2️⃣ Firms are verticalizing as competition moves upmarket
Larger fintechs, banks, and PSPs are engaging more seriously. As the market matures, the scarce assets become licenses, banking access, liquidity depth, compliance credibility, and distribution. Firms are verticalizing to capture better economics.
3️⃣ Local-currency stablecoins as settlement plumbing
USD stablecoins still dominate savings and dollar access, but local-currency stablecoins such as cNGN are showing a different path: onchain settlement infrastructure for collections, payouts, FX, liquidity management, and eventually intra-African settlement.
Full details below. Check out the map and let us know if we've missed anyone.
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#Africa & #Stablecoin moment, a deepdive V3 report focusing on regulatory shift, local currency stables & current trends!
Great collaboration and report by @chuk_xyz and @AfriFintech - read below! #Fintech
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The stablecoin stack is becoming a product stack.
@deel has partnered with @stripe to launch a stablecoin wallet that allows contractors across 150 countries to hold, earn, and spend dollar-backed balances directly within the platform.
Powered by Stripe, Bridge, and @privy_io, the solution introduces DLUSD, a USD-denominated balance designed to help workers in markets facing currency volatility access a more stable store of value while receiving payments almost instantly.
For global contractors, the innovation isn't just about getting paid faster; it's about holding earnings in a currency they trust, earning rewards, and spending seamlessly without leaving the platform.
As stablecoins move beyond trading and into payroll, remittances, and everyday financial services, their real impact may be in making global work more accessible and financially resilient.
The next wave of stablecoin adoption will be driven by utility, not speculation.
Learn more: stripe.com/newsroom/news/dee…
#Stablecoins #Stripe #Deel #DigitalPayments #CrossBorderPayments #Fintech #Web3 #FinancialInclusion #DigitalFinance #AfricaFintech
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Africa’s EV infrastructure race is accelerating.
@SPIROEVs has raised $215 million in equity funding to expand its battery-swapping network, manufacturing operations, and energy infrastructure across Africa.
The raise follows a $50 million debt facility secured earlier this year and builds on a previous $100 million investment led by FEDA, underscoring growing investor confidence in businesses building the infrastructure layer of electric mobility.
Founded in 2022, Spiro now operates across Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, and Cameroon, with more than 100,000 electric motorcycles deployed and over 2,500 battery-swapping stations in operation.
As investors increasingly back companies that combine mobility, energy, and local manufacturing, the focus is shifting from selling vehicles to building the ecosystems that support them.
The future of mobility will be built on infrastructure, not vehicles alone.
Learn more: techcabal.com/2026/06/01/spi…
#Spiro #ElectricMobility #EV #CleanTech #ClimateTech #AfricaTech #SustainableTransport #BatterySwapping #EnergyInfrastructure #AfricaBusiness #FundingNews #AFTS
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The conversations shaping Africa’s financial future need the people building it.
From fintech founders and regulators to investors, operators, banks, and infrastructure leaders, #AFTSKIGALI26 is bringing together the voices driving the continent’s next chapter.
If you’re building, scaling, regulating, or redefining African finance, we want to hear your perspective on stage in Kigali.
Apply to speak at Africa Fintech Summit Kigali 2026:
forms.gle/LYN44FPuxxgLJoZu7
#AfricaFintech #FintechAfrica #OpenBanking #EmbeddedFinance #DigitalFinance #AfricanInnovation #AFTSKIGALI26
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Dream VC is Africa’s leading venture capital institute — the only program globally dedicated exclusively to investing across the #African startup ecosystem. With 400 alumni across 40 countries collectively managing nearly $10B AUM. The 2026 cohort acceptance rate? ~4%.
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So, it’s time to level up, hence our Founder’s deliberate decision to go back to school — to take a deep, structured dive into the VC world by joining the @_dreamvc_ Investor Accelerator program. It’s rigorous, immersive, the kind of challenge required for the next chapter.
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Dream VC is Africa’s leading venture capital institute — the only program globally dedicated exclusively to investing across the #African startup ecosystem. With 400 alumni across 40 countries collectively managing nearly $10B AUM. The 2026 cohort acceptance rate? ~4%.
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Bridging African innovation with global capital.
For 9 years, Africa Fintech Summit has connected the builders, backers, and decision-makers shaping Africa’s digital economy, helping startups unlock over $600M in growth capital.
Now, we gather in Kigali.
To the partners shaping the ecosystem.
To the speakers driving the conversation.
To the innovators building what comes next.
Join us at #AFTSKIGALI26.
#AfricaFintech #AFTSKigali26 #PoweringTheWorldFromAfrica #Fintech #DigitalEconomy
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