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Loans Startups in Africa

Loans: fierce competition, but demand outstrips supply. Tala and Money Fellows dominate, while NFTfi gains traction. Local leaders express cautious optimism, citing high interest rates as a concern.

Tracked Companies

Avg. Deal Size

$11.1M+0%

Active Startups

21+0%

Total Funding

$478.3M+0%

Avg. Growth

0%+0%

Market Map

21 companies in this sector

Company	Tagline	Total Funding	Last Round	Team Size	Backers
Faydety Egypt	Faydety is an Egyptian startup which allows users to find, compare and apply to banking products online.	-	- -	11-50	No Data
Shop Okoa Kenya	Shop Okoa is on a mission is to bridge the $5.2 trillion credit gap faced by SMEs in developing countries, particularly in Africa.	-	Seed -	2-10	No Data
Pumpkn South Africa	Pumpkn leverages data to make credit assessments of agricultural small and medium-sized enterprises (agri-SMEs).	-	Funding Round -	2-10	No Data
PressPayNg Nigeria	PressPayNg helps African learners save and access loans, scholarships, grants, and crowdfunding	-	Seed -	11-50	No Data
Mortgage Market South Africa	Mortgage Market is a South African mortgage broker that operates a digital platform for easy application of home loans.	-	Series A -	2-10	No Data
Cotrust Equity Nigeria	Cotrust Equity harnesses KYC of target audience to provide unique credit plans to banked and unbanked Micro Traders in sub-Saharan Africa.	-	- -	11-50	No Data

Tala Kenya	Tala is a financial technology company on a mission to build a financial system that works for everyone.	$349M	Series E -	501-1,000	No Data
Money Fellows Egypt	Digitizing Collaborative Group Lending and Savings in Egypt	$62M	Pre-Series C -	51-200	No Data
Hakki Africa Kenya	Hakki Africa is a Kenya-based FinTech startup that provides microfinance services for small and medium-sized enterprises.	$28M	Debt Financing -	11-50	No Data
Furaha Uganda	Furaha is a purpose-driven lending platform aiming to make finance accessible across sub-Saharan Africa.	$10M	Venture -	2-10	No Data
MyCredit Kenya	MyCredit is a Kenyan consumer-focused fintech offering quick loans and insurance solutions to individuals.	$9M	Debt Financing -	201-500	No Data
Sycamore Nigeria	Sycamore is a Financial services company where you can lend through us or borrow from us.	$5M	Debt Financing -	51-200	No Data
NFTfi South Africa	NFTfi is a simple marketplace for NFT collateralized loans.	$5M	Seed -	2-10	No Data
Carrot Credit Nigeria	Carrot provides accessible line of credit to its users so they never have to liquidate their portfolio when they need quick cash.	$4M	Seed -	11-50	No Data
Emata Uganda	Emata is a Ugandan AgTech startup revolutionising the way smallholder farmers in Africa access financing.	$3M	Seed -	11-50	No Data
Sava South Africa	Empowering business growth through tools and credit management.	$2M	Pre-seed -	2-10	No Data
Swipe Nigeria	At Swipe, our mission is to drive credit card adoption in Africa through our Cards as a Service (CAAS) solution	$650K	Pre-seed -	11-50	No Data
Rivia Clinics Ghana	Rivia is a Ghanian Health Care startup which offers loans to clinics to upgrade their physical infrastructure and augment their inventory.	$400K	Debt Financing -	2-10	No Data
CreditCheck Nigeria	CreditCheck is building Africa's largest credit data Infrastructure that will improve access to better financial services for Africans.	$240K	Pre-seed -	2-10	No Data
Flow Global Uganda	Flow Global provides liquidity solutions for small businesses in emerging markets, empowering sustainable growth.	$200K	Venture -	11-50	No Data

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