On this episode, Laolu, Furo, and Nosa break down some recent and interesting moves in Africa’s fintech industry. 

We explore LemFi’s FSCS-protected savings launch in the UK and what it means for retention beyond remittances. We also discuss Nomba’s remittance-first expansion into the DRC and Nigeria’s new National Payment Stack, built to modernise instant transfers and onboarding. 

Finally, we unpack South Africa’s Discovery Bank adding crypto integration via Luno, Chowdeck’s new airtime feature, and Wave’s evolving journey from mobile money to full bank ambitions.

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P.s: you’ll find a suprise if you listen to the end!

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On this episode, 'Laolu, Furo, and Nosa are joined by Benjamin Dada of Condia! We break down the CBN’s new Agent Banking Guidelines — exploring tighter fraud controls, new cash limits, and exclusivity rules. We also discuss the ATM exposure draft, unpack media reporting standards in fintech, the $20B remittance market boom, and how startups like Lemfi are evolving with credit-based and stablecoin models.

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On this episode, 'Laolu, Furo, and Nosa talk about recent developments across the continent! They start off by discussing Kredete’s recent $22 million series A funding raise, Rulebase raising $2.1 million to automate financial services compliance, new regulations for e-hailing services in South Africa, and other news.

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On this episode, 'Laolu, Furo, and Nosa talk about Chowdeck’s growth and recent $9 million series A funding raise, Nedbank’s acquisition of iKhokha, and Nomba’s industry presence and new multi-currency wallet for businesses.

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On this episode, 'Laolu, Furo, and Nosa are joined by Osarumen Osamuyi from The Subtext!

They talk about the recent collapses of Vendease and Okra in the ecosystem, then take a closer look at Magic Beans, the first chapter of Foodpod – a limited series about Technology eating food in Africa – by Osarumen.

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On this episode, 'Laolu, Furo, and Nosa talk about dLocal’s intention to acquire AZA Finance, Fincra’s Expansion to East Africa, Palmpay’s plan to Raise, and other alleged Industry news.

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On this episode, 'Laolu, Furo, and Nosa talk about Banks—how banks make money, how banks loan money, and what most Nigerians think about bank charges, while reading commentary from Twitter (X).

Read our substack about Bank Charges here

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On this episode, 'Laolu, Furo, and Nosa talk about Paystack launching Zap, PayHippo’s recent $4 million raise, rebrand as Rivy and pivot to clean energy financing, alongside news of Nigerian neobanks like Kuda and Nomba launching premium tiers.

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On this episode of the podcast, 'Laolu, Nosa, and Furo talk about Cedar Money’s $9.9 million seed round, Ghana-based fintech Oze securing undisclosed funding from Visa and DEG, Edukoya’s shutdown as a result of macroeconomic challenges, Vendease’s second round of layoffs in five months, and other industry news across the continent.

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Welcome to our first explainer episode for 2025!

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On this episode, 'Laolu, Furo, and Nosa talk about how cross border payments and remittances really work, LemFi’s expansion into Europe and why this is a good thing.

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