There is US $50,000 in prize money up for grabs in the seventh edition of Fintech Challenge, which has twelve African startups among its finalists.
Throughout 35 African countries, Ecobank is a top independent pan-African banking group providing consumer, business, and corporate banking services to more than 32 million clients.
In its seventh year, the Fintech Challenge provides early-stage and established startups with the opportunity to collaborate with Ecobank in all 33 of those countries. Fintech companies that are in line with the bank’s strategic goals have the chance to win a US $50,000 grand prize in cash as well as the chance to collaborate and grow their products with Ecobank.
A hybrid semi-final event featuring forty fintech startups chosen from over 1,550 applications from 70 countries in Africa and other global regions has resulted in the selection of twelve finalists for the final.
Sawport Video Banking as a Virtual Branch and Sproutly are two of the Nigerian startups, while BuuPass and Melanin Kapital Neobank are two of the Kenyan startups.
YMO Africa (Guinea), PaySika (Cameroon), PaySika (Togo), Exuus (Rwanda), Vaultpay (DRC), PROBOUTIK (Senegal), EasyEquities (South Africa), and Daba Finance (Ivory Coast) are the remaining finalists.
At the Ecobank Fintech Challenge Grand Finale on September 27 at the Ecobank Pan African Centre in Lomé, Togo, the finalists will present their solutions. Live streaming of the event will be available on Ecobank Group’s social media platforms, enabling participation from a worldwide audience. At this eagerly awaited event, challenge finalists will square off for the US $50,000 ultimate prize.
