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Nigerian agritech startup, ThriveAgric, has partnered with global nonprofit organisation, Heifer International to empower 125,000 smallholder farmers.

Pan-African Banking Group, Ecobank Group, has announced Koree, a fintech company based in Cameroon, as the overall winner of the 2023 Ecobank Fintech Challenge.

Koree from Cameroon is the competition’s first ever female-led fintech winner having beaten eight other finalists to claim the top prize of US$50,000; Wolf Technology from Democratic Republic of Congo came in second, winning US$10,000, while Kenya’s Flexpay Technologies were the second runner-up, taking home US$5,000; the 2023 edition drew participation from over 1,400 fintechs

Koree emerged as the winner after facing fierce competition from seven other fintech companies.

The 2023 Ecobank Fintech Challenge Grand Finale , hosted at the Ecobank Pan African Conference Center, will crown the winner of the $50,000 Ecobank Fintech Challenge prize and promote networking, regulatory, innovation and investment dialogue. The Grand Finale will take place on Friday, 6th October 2023 and will be live streamed for everyone to participate.

African fintech industry players to converge in Lomé, Togo, for the 2023 Ecobank Fintech Challenge Grand Finale

Experience the future of finance at the 2023 Ecobank Fintech Challenge grand finale! Eight top African fintechs compete for a $50 000 prize.

Over 1,400 Fintech startups from 64 countries across Africa and beyond applied for this year’s Ecobank Fintech Challenge with eight of them making the cut to the final to compete for the ultimate prize. This is the sixth edition of the international competition, and it has the highest number of…

Eight finalists emerged from an impressive pool of 1,490 Fintechs drawn from 64 countries in and beyond Africa; the Grand Finale will take place on 6 October at the Ecobank Group Pan African Centre (www.Ecobank.com) in Lomé, Togo; all finalists will be admitted into the Ecobank Fintech Fellowship Programme; the overall winner of the Ecobank

A Record 1,490 Fintechs entered the Ecobank Fintech Challenge 2023 with Eight (8) reaching the Final