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Mobile Payment Startups in Africa

Mobile payments are gaining traction, but adoption varies by country. Regulatory complexities, lack of interoperability, and consumer trust issues hinder growth. Local businesses are cautiously optimistic, recognizing the potential benefits but also the challenges in integrating and scaling these solutions.

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9 companies in this sector

Company	Tagline	Total Funding	Last Round	Team Size	Backers
MaishaPay Dr Congo	MaishaPay seeks to establish itself as a banking solution in rural areas generally disadvantaged by banks in Africa.	-	- -	2-10	No Data
Popote Kenya	Popote is a Kenya based mobile app that enables businesses to make their payments with total control and up-to date record keeping.	-	Venture -	11-50	No Data
Flitaa Kenya	Flitaa is a Kenyan all-in-one platform for storing, purchasing, selling, exchanging, and earning cryptocurrencies.	-	- -	11-50	No Data
Conduit Kenya	Conduit enables businesses to simply and cheaply move money between Latin America, Africa, China and the US at scale.	$59M	Series A -	11-50	No Data
Dayra Egypt	Dayra is a data-driven fintech company providing financial services to unbanked gig-workers and micro-businesses via API integration.	$3M	Seed -	11-50	No Data
Munify Egypt	Munify is a cross-border neobank designed to give Egyptians abroad a faster, cheaper way to send money home.	$3M	Seed -	2-10	No Data

MoneyBadger South Africa	MoneyBadger is eabling payments online and at the till using Bitcoin Lightning - an internet native currency.	$400K	Pre-seed -	2-10	No Data
Ahmini Tunisia	Ahmini is a digital platform that facilitates access for rural women to the Tunisian welfare and healthcare system.	$34K	Grant -	11-50	No Data
Roqqu Nigeria	Roqqu is a Nigerian cryptocurrency startup building blockchain-related technology through digital products.	$15K	Seed -	51-200	No Data

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