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The collaboration marks a significant milestone in Kenya’s banking sector and sets the stage for a new era of accessible and innovative banking solutions. Founded in 2021, Fingo aims to empower youths to create a wealthier Africa with distinctly designed financial products. The startup’s collaboration with Ecobank combines the agility and innovation of a neobank with the stability and expertise of an established financial institution.
Fingo seeks to deliver financial services such as savings, insurance, and credit to its users at cheaper transfer fees, subsidized rates at pay bills, and cash-back rewards, among other features.

Climate Fund Managers (CFM) has given the green light to a $86.2 million mezzanine debt commitment from its Climate Investor Two (CI2) facility to support the early phases of the Olifants Management Model Programme (OMMP) in South Africa’s Limpopo Province.

South Africa’s Business Partners Limited (BPL) has unveiled a new financing initiative: the Basadi-Women Growth Fund, a R90 million (around US$4 million) facility aimed squarely at supporting women-led small and medium enterprises.

Sahel Capital’s social-impact investment arm, Social Enterprise Fund for Agriculture in Africa (SEFAA), has extended an additional financing facility of US$800,000 to MM LEKKER, the Benin-based agribusiness.