VISA has chosen 23 African startups to be part of the inaugural cohort of its Visa Africa Fintech Accelerator.
Nigerian startups dominated the cohort of selected startups, followed by Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, South Africa, Egypt, Uganda, Zambia, and Tunisia.
The following startups were selected from:
Nigeria:
Anchor: Provides APIs, dashboards, and tools for developers to embed and build banking products
Dojah: Offers a comprehensive Know Your Customer (KYC) and digital onboarding solution
Moni: Provides low-interest loans to mobile money agent communities
OkHi: Allows banks, fintechs, and businesses to collect and verify customers’ addresses
Orda Africa: African restaurant cloud operating system provider
Traction: Builds the next generation of payment solutions and business tools
Ghana:
OZÉ: Provides digital record-keeping tools with embedded finance products to medium and small businesses
The Blu Penguin: Delivers an in-store Point of Sale (PoS) system
AgroCenta: Runs a mobile merchant platform for smallholder farmers
Affinity Africa: Provides banking products to the underserved and unbanked
Kenya:
Duhqa: B2B platform for retail distribution of consumer goods
Power: Allows workers to take control of their financial health
WorkPay: HR payroll provider
Morocco:
Chari: B2B e-commerce and retail startup
PayTic: Streamlines the back-office operations and risk control of digital payments
Weego: Offers a variety of transportation options and solutions
South Africa:
FloatPays: On-demand wage access platform
Franc: Allows users to invest in leading cash and equity funds
OnLife: All-in-one money management wallet
Rest of Africa:
Sympl (Egypt): Enables customers to shop and pay later, with no interest
Eversend (Uganda): Payments platform offering cross-border payments, virtual cards, currency exchange, and crypto buying and selling
PremierCredit (Zambia): Online microlending and investment platform
Konnect (Tunisia): Offers payment links by SMS, email, Messenger, or WhatsApp
The chosen startups will receive:
1:1 mentoring from experts and founders in the African ecosystem
VISA-specific training
Partnership opportunities
Undisclosed funding
Access to various product perks and discounts from over 100 vendors, valued at $200,000. This includes credits from Google Cloud and HubSpot.
See also
The Visa Africa Fintech Accelerator program will provide up to 40 startups annually with a three-month intensive learning program focused on business growth and mentorship. Upon completing the program, select participating businesses will receive further support from Visa through capital investment, along with access to Visa’s technology and capabilities, to accelerate their commercial launch.
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