#40Days40FinTechs Zambia and Malawi Edition – Day 33 SpendSaver, a Malawian FinTech start-up, is tackling one of the biggest barriers facing Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Africa—lack of structured financial records. With over 70% of small businesses in Malawi operating without formal bookkeeping, many struggle to access loans, attract investors, or make informed […]
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Across Africa, achieving true financial inclusion requires a focus on the underserved, the millions at the bottom of the economic pyramid who need digital financial services the most. In Zambia, iZyane InovSolutions is taking bold steps to bridge this gap, bringing innovative solutions to last-mile communities and transforming the cross-border payment space. Founded by Ackim […]
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Malawi, nestled in the Great Rift Valley with a population of 22 million, is emerging as a hotspot for digital innovation. Among the players accelerating this shift is Angle Dimension, a homegrown software company that’s redefining how financial services operate in the country. Founded in 2011 by a team of four visionaries, Angle Dimension was […]
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Informal cross border trade is one of the oldest forms of trade across Africa. It employs millions of people majority of them being women and youth. Research carried out by the African Development Bank (AfDB) shows that cross-border trade is a source of income to millions of people across the African continent. Uganda alone has […]
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SchoolPal; an education management system is committed to using technology to transform education and general school life. This is according to its founder and CEO – Shane Senyonga. “At SchoolPal, we deliver Education management solutions from a dashboard we give to schools and an APP that parents use to access school details for their children. […]
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Nutritionists have repeatedly advised that if we all minded what we eat, we would not need to visit healthcare facilities as regularly as we do. Unfortunately, most people eat to get satisfied and feel good without caring about the nutritional contents of the food they consume. In many cases, these unhealthy diets have led to […]
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Over 20 women-led and women-dominated teams took part in the 2021 HiPipo Women in FinTech Hackathon. Among these teams was one named Belle Beauty. At the end of the Hackathon, this team came out with a minimum viable product (MVP) of a platform that would connect beauticians with customers. But that was just an MVP! […]
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Paying and collection of rent is a huge hustle. While most tenants are willing to pay rent, they are unable to pay it timely due to multiple financial pressures and hard economic times. Delayed rent payments in turn affect landlords as they are unable to appropriately earn from their investments. To cure this, innovators are […]
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It is by default that every human being requires healthcare services at some point in their lives. However, many people cannot access quality healthcare services due to affordability, accessibility, and availability issues. As such, quality healthcare continues to be a preserve of the few, yet it is a need for everyone. Nonetheless, multifaceted efforts are […]
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All sectors have their unique challenges. For schools, collecting school fees is a huge problem as many parents can’t pay the school fees promptly. For those in Agriculture, mainly smallholder farmers, access to quality input is a huge pain point while for small-scale traders, access to merchant stock is almost impossible without cash. Nonetheless, the […]
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