I don't know anything about fintech in Africa, but the countries you listed have a total population of 318 million people. That's about 26% of the total population in Africa, a pretty large slice isn't it?
Yes, but even the innovation in those countries is concentrated in a few key cities. Akkra, Nairobi, j'burg, etc. There are huge disconnected swaths of people in all of those countries.
It's nuts to imagine that Africa as a continent compares to the West in terms of fintech. We like to imagine Africa as a monolith; it's a terrible mistake.
It's nuts to imagine that Africa as a continent compares to the West in terms of fintech. We like to imagine Africa as a monolith; it's a terrible mistake.