LATAM
Lemon: useful crypto in Argentina
Currency depreciation hurts Argentinians' wallets. Maxi Raimondi explains how crypto can help.
FinTech
FinTech
Payze: Stripe for the former Soviet Union
By Giorgi Tsurtsumia
MENA
Lendo: crowd-lending in Saudi Arabia
By Osama AlRaee
Africa
Djamo: banking francophone Africa
By Hassan Bourgi
Africa
Cashi: Sudan's fintech OS
By Nina Saeed
Africa
Wasoko: digitizing Africa's corner shops
Banking on an expensive, asset-heavy approach, the Kenyan-based logistics startup isn't scared to spend to win a competitive market.
MENA
Fawry: Egypt's first unicorn
A singularity amongst founders, Ashraf Sabry has arguably built one of Egypt’s most useful companies.
LATAM
Ebanx: a Brazilian fintech unicorn expanding to Africa
What works in Brasília can also, in theory, work in Lagos.
Africa
Wave: an American-led, Senegal-based unicorn
Through aggressive pricing and a modern interface, a fintech birthed by two American founders unexpectedly takes the lead in francophone Africa.
Africa
Daba: building Africa's investment OS
By enabling anyone to invest in Africa's capital markets, Daba seeks to open up global flows of capital to the continent's innovators.
Europe
Ledger: the gold standard of crypto security
The recent unicorn has leveraged its pragmatism, a rare trait in the crypto world, to make its way to the top.
Africa
Paystack: Nigeria's fintech maverick
Built on a pragmatic yet ambitious vision, Paystack is now widely considered to be one of the most consequential African startup success stories of this past decade.