the africa chapter

Africa Neobank Radar

Chapter steward: in trial — the seat is earned, not given · 29 African neobanks tracked · radar source file

Most coverage of African fintech is written from London or San Francisco. This radar is the opposite: a running log of the developments that matter across African digital banking — licenses granted and revoked, rails launched, funding that changes the map — maintained on the ground, under the same rules as everything else on this site: a source for every claim, null over guesses, and nobody pays to be featured.

29
African neobanks
105M+
reported users
10
licensed banks
8
HQ countries
Nigeria · 15 neobanks HQ'dSouth Africa · 3 neobanks HQ'dEgypt · 2 neobanks HQ'dKenya · 1 neobank HQ'dSenegal · 1 neobank HQ'dCôte d’Ivoire · 1 neobank HQ'dTunisia · 1 neobank HQ'dCameroon · 1 neobank HQ'dNG · 15ZA · 3EG · 2KE · 1
traditional · 25hybrid · 3web3-native · 1
🇳🇬 Nigeria · 15 🇿🇦 South Africa · 3 🇪🇬 Egypt · 2 🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire · 1 🇸🇳 Senegal · 1 🇰🇪 Kenya · 1 🇹🇳 Tunisia · 1 🇨🇲 Cameroon · 1 🇺🇸 US-based · 1 🌍 multi-hub · 3

The 29 on the radar

🇳🇬 OPay60M 🇳🇬 PalmPay35M 🇿🇦 TymeBank10M 🇳🇬 ALAT by Wema 🇿🇦 Bank Zero 🇳🇬 Bitnob Branch Intl 🇳🇬 Carbon 🇺🇸 Chipper Cash 🇳🇬 Cleva 🇿🇦 Discovery Bank 🇨🇮 Djamo Eversend 🇳🇬 FairMoney 🇰🇪 Fingo 🇹🇳 Flouci 🇳🇬 Grey 🇪🇬 Khazna 🇳🇬 Kuda 🇪🇬 MNT-Halan 🇳🇬 Moniepoint 🇳🇬 Nyla 🇳🇬 Onboard 🇨🇲 PaySika 🇳🇬 Sparkle Umba 🇸🇳 Wave 🇳🇬 Yellow Card 🇳🇬 Yolat

The radar

August 18, 2026

The Africa chapter opens

neobankbeat tracks 28 verified-active African neobanks — from TymeBank's 11M customers to OPay, Kuda, Moniepoint and the mobile-money giants — but until now every fact was verified from afar. This radar changes that: a running log of the developments that matter across African digital banking, maintained on the ground, with the same rules as everything else here — a source for every claim, null over guesses, and nobody pays to be featured. Want to contribute or take a chapter of your own? Open an issue.

TymeBankOPayKudaMoniepointsource ↗

The chapter model

A chapter is two jobs in one: this radar, and data stewardship — the chapter holder audits and maintains their region's rows in data.json, and every regional addition or correction gets their eyes before it merges. Entries and fixes arrive by pull request, get reviewed like any other change, and ship with the contributor's byline. The trial to hold a chapter: four sourced radar entries and one full audit pass of the region's data.

want a chapter?Know a market better than the fintech press does — LatAm, Southeast Asia, MENA? Open an issue and make the case. Meanwhile: browse the African cut of the directory, the emerging-markets deep dive, or the full directory.
using this at work?Teams at fintechs, VCs and banks use this data for market maps, diligence and monitoring. For sponsorships, data licensing or a monthly team briefing — work with us →

Figures compiled from public sources, for comparison only — not financial advice. "Up to" rates change constantly; always confirm with the issuer. Spotted an error? Suggest a fix.