By Staff Writer, ITWeb Johannesburg, 02 Jul 2026 Fireline won the Interledger Foundation and UCT Financial Innovation Hub Hackathon.
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In a small office on Adeola Odeku Street in Victoria Island, Lagos, a young fintech startup was trying to solve a problem that many global payment companies had largely ignored
Omnisient, Nkwa, Hub2 and Zemi are fintech startups impacting the African financial ecosystem. (Source: Image by wayhomestudio on Magnific)
In many markets across Africa, investors wishing to participate in the provision of financial services, including fintech startups, have to navigate 54 different regulatory environments.
Fintech improvements to cross-border payment systems could create more than a million remote jobs in Africa and bring the continent further into the global digital economy
