Financial Inclusion – Digital Impact Awards Africa

deejaynick20 November 15, 2025 Awards, Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, News

MTN, Centenary, and Standard Chartered Bank Win Big at the 2025 Digital Impact Awards Africa

MTN MoMo, MTN Uganda, Centenary Bank, and Standard Chartered Bank emerged as the biggest winners at the 2025 Digital Impact Awards Africa. Held on 14th November at the Kampala Serena Hotel as part of the broader Digital and Financial Inclusion…

deejaynick20 September 30, 2025 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

With 75% Included and Millions Still Waiting, Here’s How We Are Powering Africa’s Inclusive Financial Future

By Innocent Kawooya, NIM In December 2019, I sat on a panel at FinTech Connect in London, hosted by the Gates Foundation and moderated by Kosta Peric. I thank Miller Abel for inviting me. That day, I made a statement…

deejaynick20 September 27, 2025 Awards, Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

#DIAA2025 Update: Nominees for the Digital Impact Awards Africa are Out!

HiPipo is proud to unveil the nominees for the 2025 Digital Impact Awards Africa (#DIAA2025), following a rigorous review of hundreds of submissions received between 28th July and 22nd September 2025. This year introduces six new categories that reflect the…

deejaynick20 July 28, 2025 Awards, Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, News

HiPipo announces 2025 Digital and Financial Inclusion Summit, opens nomination for Digital Impact Awards Africa

HiPipo is thrilled to bring you the 2025 Digital and Financial Inclusion Summit featuring the Digital Impact Awards Africa. Scheduled for November 14th at Kampala Serena hotel, the Digital and Financial Inclusion Summit will bring together C-Level executives and industry…

deejaynick20 July 2, 2025 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, News

HiPipo Crowned Best Financial Inclusion Organisation 2025 in the Middle East and Africa

Plus: Innocent Kawooya Named FinTech CEO of the Year (MEA) We are thrilled to announce that HiPipo has been honoured with a double victory at the 2025 Wealth & Finance International FinTech Awards, a powerful testament to our unwavering commitment…

deejaynick20 May 26, 2025 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, News, Women In FinTech

Include EveryOne Program is having Tremendous Impact in COMESA – CBC CEO

COMESA Business Council (CBC) is committed to continue working with HiPipo on the actualization of the Include EveryOne Program across the twenty-one COMESA member states. This was confirmed by Teddy Soobramanien, the Chief Executive Officer of COMESA Business Council (CBC)…

deejaynick20 May 24, 2025 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

Empower Tech is providing Trade Information and GBV support to Women Traders. #40Days40FinTechs Zambia and Malawi edition, Day 40

In Malawi, more than half of cross-border traders lack access to trade information and financial literacy, leading to reduced participation in trade. In addition, Malawi will soon require all cash registers to send sales receipts instantly to tax authorities. According…

deejaynick20 May 23, 2025 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, News

Entrepreneur Crowdfunding Platform is helping women traders raise money using technology. #40Days40FinTechs Zambia and Malawi edition, Day 39

In Zambia and Malawi, most informal cross-border businesses are owned by women and underserved groups. However, these businesses often struggle to secure funding due to strict banking requirements, lack of collateral, and limited investor trust. This challenge forced a team…

deejaynick20 May 22, 2025 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

MediPay is utilizing FinTech to provide health insurance for Rural Women. #40Days40FinTechs Zambia and Malawi edition, Day 38

In Zambia and Malawi, many people use out-of-pocket (OOP) payments for their health expenditure because they lack appropriate and affordable health insurance products. This burden often leads to delayed or foregone medical care, exacerbating health disparities and increasing vulnerability to…

deejaynick20 May 21, 2025 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, News

Petruwalus is using FinTech to serve Peanut lovers in Africa #40Days40FinTechs Zambia and Malawi edition, Day 37

Many Africans are peanut lovers, yet there is a significant gap in the availability of innovative peanut snacks across the continent. To address this challenge, a team of young innovators from Zambia is developing an e-commerce web application to help…

deejaynick20 May 19, 2025 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

Chalo Money is using FinTech to help Farmers access digital market tools. #40Days40FinTechs Zambia and Malawi edition, Day 36

Malawi and Zambia are agriculture-driven countries, with more than half of their populations relying on smallholder farming. However, there is currently no centralized or regulated market control at the Mwami-Mchinji one stop border post, which is the main border point…

deejaynick20 May 19, 2025 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

EcoPay using FinTech to solve Zambia’s charcoal problem. #40Days40FinTechs Zambia and Malawi edition, Day 35

Approximately 70% of Zambian households rely on charcoal or firewood for cooking, yet there are some few clean energy solutions in the country. It is this problem that Zambian FinTech EcoPay sought to address during their participation in the 2025…

deejaynick20 May 17, 2025 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, News

RippleWave is using FinTech to solve crowdfunding challenges. #40Days40FinTechs Zambia and Malawi edition, Day 34

Millions of Africans, particularly women, children, and marginalized communities, struggle to access financial support due to barriers in traditional crowdfunding platforms, which require credit/debit cards. Since most people in these communities rely on mobile money, they are excluded from global…

deejaynick20 May 17, 2025 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

SpendSaver using FinTech to help MSMEs to generate automated financial reports. #40Days40FinTechs Zambia and Malawi edition, Day 33

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) are the backbone of Africa’s economy, contributing more than 80% of employment and 50% of GDP. However, majority of MSMEs in Sub-Saharan Africa lack proper financial records, making it difficult for them to access…

deejaynick20 May 16, 2025 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, News

BroadPay is easing Collections, Payments and Payouts. #40Days40FinTechs Zambia and Malawi edition, Day 32

BroadPay; a Zambian FinTech is supporting last mile financial inclusion through digital financial services accessible anywhere, anytime. The company processes electronic payments for different service providers ranging from mobile network operators, utilities like electricity & water companies and Internet merchants…

deejaynick20 May 15, 2025 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

Save and Remit is helping Saving Groups and Cooperatives digitize. #40Days40FinTechs Zambia and Malawi edition, Day 31

Africa has thousands of women savings and lending groups. Many of these are still informal, cash and paper based thus making them prone to administration mismanagement and funds misuse. It is such ills that Save and Remit services was founded…

deejaynick20 May 12, 2025 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

PayChangu is enabling seamless Payments and Collections. #40Days40FinTechs Zambia and Malawi edition, Day 29

Malawi based FinTech, PayChangu is supporting financial inclusion through a digital payment platform that simplifies transactions for businesses and individuals. The PayChangu platform enables merchants to accept payments through mobile money and card payments thus providing customers with flexible payment…

deejaynick20 May 12, 2025 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, News

Pay per Coin seeks to give Farmers value for money. #40Days40FinTechs Zambia and Malawi edition, Day 28

Ashers Foods, an Agriculture value addition start-up found some 200 kilometers outside Lilongwe, Malawi has a developed a digital payment platform that ensures that farmers get full value for their money. Though in its infant stages, Pay per Coin seeks…

deejaynick20 May 11, 2025 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

YendaRide seeks to digitize Bus Ticketing and Fare Payments. #40Days40FinTechs Zambia and Malawi edition, Day 27

Those that have used local buses, and taxis will tell you that most payments are done in cash; with passengers usually paying for a full trip fare regardless of your drop off point. It is such rigidities that YendaRide seeks…

deejaynick20 May 10, 2025 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

Robust365 is helping MSMEs manage finances and payments. #40Days40FinTechs Zambia and Malawi edition, Day 26

Robust365 is contributing to Zambia’s Digital and Financial Inclusion through empowering micro, small and medium sized enterprises (MSMEs) to take control of their finances, make data driven decisions and achieve their business growth. The tool allows small businesses to manage…

deejaynick20 May 9, 2025 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

ValueFin is easing access to Finance and Markets. #40Days40FinTechs Zambia and Malawi edition, Day 25

ValueFin is supporting micro, small and medium sized businesses in Zambia to scale and reach higher heights through connecting them to ready markets, and providing patient credit. This according to Mukuka Bwalya, a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of ValueFin Limited…

deejaynick20 May 8, 2025 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, News

pawaPay is aiding seamless mobile money integrations. #40Days40FinTechs Zambia and Malawi edition, Day 24

pawaPay; one of Africa’s FinTech Giants is supporting financial inclusion through enabling hundreds of businesses to seamlessly make and collect payments. Currently operation in at-least 19 African countries, pawaPay provides one API (Application Programming Interface) and one dashboard that integrate…

deejaynick20 May 7, 2025 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, News

Skille Technologies is connecting digital freelancers to customers. #40Days40FinTechs Zambia and Malawi edition, Day 23

World over, the Gig economy is fast-growing, offering millions of people with a decent livelihood. According to Investopedia, the gig economy, also known as the sharing economy or access economy, refers to a labor market characterized by short-term, independent work,…

deejaynick20 May 5, 2025 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, News

JUMO is onboarding 300,000 new digital borrowers every month. #40Days40FinTechs Zambia and Malawi edition, Day 22

JUMO is fast-tracking Africa’s last-mile financial inclusion through offering digital-collateral free loans to individuals and small businesses. Described as a market leading banking as a service platform, JUMO enables real-time access to funds at the lowest possible operating cost in…

deejaynick20 May 4, 2025 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, News

MobiPay is using Malipo to propel the Digital Economy. #40Days40FinTechs Zambia and Malawi edition, Day 21

MobiPay Limited, a Malawian innovation company is using technology to develop and roll-out solutions aimed at ending financial exclusion. Among its financial inclusion solutions is Malipo – a payment gateway that simplifies transactions, enhance efficiency, and empowers business to do…

deejaynick20 May 2, 2025 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, News

Nyamula Logistics is using Tech to ease Cargo Transportation. #40Days40FinTechs Zambia and Malawi edition, Day 20

Transport and Logistics challenges are some of the major pain points affecting trade across Africa. Such challenges include poor infrastructure, limited access to finance, political instability, fragmentation of markets, and lack of skilled workforce. While big businesses, well established traders…

deejaynick20 May 1, 2025 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

Lemon is using Tech to expand Income Streams for Content Creators. #40Days40FinTechs Zambia and Malawi edition, Day 19

Africa has a lot undiscovered and unmonetized content creators. While majority of these are without a doubt very talented, their failure to breakthrough means they can’t earn from their God given talents. It is such content creators that Lemon Zambia…

deejaynick20 April 30, 2025 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, News

Mighty FIN is democratizing access to credit for underserved individuals and SMEs. #40Days40FinTechs Zambia and Malawi edition, Day 18

Access to affordable and reliable finance remains one of the biggest challenges faced by businesses across Africa. Be it east or west, north or south; everywhere you go, the issue of limited capital to scale remains unresolved. While this is…

deejaynick20 April 29, 2025 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, News

Lupiya is addressing access to finance challenges for SMEs in Zambia. #40Days40FinTechs Zambia and Malawi edition, Day 17

Lack of collateral, proper transaction records, coupled with high interest rates make it almost impossible for Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to access the much-needed credit for their businesses’ financing. As such, many small businesses close shop not because they…

deejaynick20 April 29, 2025 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, News

FINCA Malawi’s Gender Intentional Innovations are supporting Financial Inclusion. #40Days40FinTechs Zambia and Malawi edition, Day 16

Established in 1994, FINCA Malawi is an active financial institution in Malawi, serving over 35,000 customers; 70 per cent of these being rural based while at least 50 per cent are Women. According to Takondwa Chirwa, the Marketing Manager at…

deejaynick20 April 28, 2025 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

iZyane InovSolutions is innovating for last-mile financial inclusion and cross border transactions. #40Days40FinTechs Zambia and Malawi edition, Day 15

For financial inclusion to be achieved, the people at bottom of the pyramid must be give special focus as they are not only the majority but also dearly need to access digital financial services to transform their lives. In Zambia,…

deejaynick20 April 27, 2025 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, News

Golden Swift is enabling the unbanked send and receive money. #40Days40FinTechs Zambia and Malawi edition, Day 14

Golden Swift Money Transfer, a subsidiary of Golden Success Investments Limited is contributing to Zambia’s financial inclusion drive through enabling people to conveniently send and receive money digitally, anywhere, anytime. According to Alick Chali, the Founder and CEO of Golden…

deejaynick20 April 26, 2025 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

Kiddies Commute is using Tech to provide safe trips for Children. #40Days40FinTechs Zambia and Malawi edition, Day 13

Managing children’s trips is always a hustle; be it going to school, church, shopping or a party. It is time consuming as parents and guardians struggle to get the right drivers and cars to transport the young ones. In the…

deejaynick20 April 25, 2025 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, News

Kwenda is using FinTech to digitize Travel and Events Ticketing. #40Days40FinTechs Zambia and Malawi edition, Day 12

For those accustomed to tour and travel, you know the lengthy processes involved in doing bookings; getting the right transport, accommodation, and meals, among others is always troublesome. The same happens with events where revelers have to buy physical tickets,…

deejaynick20 October 17, 2024 Awards, Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, News

Nominations for the 2024 Digital Impact Awards Africa are out. Winners to be crowned on 15th November

HiPipo is pleased to unveil the nominees for the 2024 Digital Impact Awards Africa. The release of the nominees follows the completion of both the entries’ submission and verification processes that ran until Saturday 12th, October, 2024. The shortlisted nominees…

deejaynick20 September 13, 2024 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

Kawu is digitizing pocket money and supporting students’ financial inclusion. #40Days40FinTechs Season 5, Day 40

Boarding schools’ students always need some upkeep. Commonly know as ‘Pocket Money’, these funds enable them to restock their ‘School Grab’, affordable to buy eats at their canteens, contribute church tithe and pay for some school activities such as sports,…

deejaynick20 September 12, 2024 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

Eazy Sacco is digitizing Individual and Group Savings. #40Days40FinTechs Season 5, Day 39

A group of Young Ugandans are determined to revolutionize Savings and Investments through a digital platform named Eazy Sacco. According to Ben Okello Mwaka, the Founder and CEO of this platform, Eazy Sacco is a FinTech solution that concentrates on…

deejaynick20 September 11, 2024 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

Tawaza is using FinTech to serve informal women traders and Youth. #40Days40FinTechs Season 5, Day 38

Informal Women Traders and Youth are some of the most unserved and underserved people in matters digital and finance. For finance particularly, this is so because most Informal Women and Youth don’t have collateral security to use to access credit…

deejaynick20 September 10, 2024 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, News

XENO is using FinTech to provide alternative investment opportunities for Ugandans. #40Days40FinTechs Season 5, Day 37

Since time immemorial, many people have been investing in tangible assets mainly, land, houses, automotives, and animals. But with technology, investment options have expanded with Treasury Bills, Bonds, Equity and Shares among others added to a list of areas of…

deejaynick20 September 9, 2024 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

Hamwe is bridging the gap between Farmers and the Digital Economy. #40Days40FinTechs Season 5, Day 36

Interaction between AgriTech and FinTech is key to ensuring that Farmers can benefit more from Agriculture. Well as AgriTech focuses mainly on introducing technology in to agriculture, integration with FinTech (financial technology) moves this a notch higher as it doesn’t…

deejaynick20 September 6, 2024 Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

iSOKO is supporting over 80,000 Informal Cross Border Traders. #40Days40FinTechs Initiative Season 5, Day 33

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…

deejaynick20 September 5, 2024 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

SchoolPal is using Tech to support Education, improve School Payments. #40Days40FinTechs Initiative Season 5, Day 32

SchoolPal, an education management system, is committed to using technology to transform education and enhance 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…

deejaynick20 September 4, 2024 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

aXiom Zorn is using Data to enable Farmers, Rural People access Finances. #40Days40FinTechs Initiative Season 5, Day 31

Farmers and generally people living in rural areas have over the years been the most unserved when it comes to access to financial services. This is particularly because they usually don’t have financial records, credit history and business data to…

deejaynick20 September 3, 2024 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

Fido is offering digital loans to individuals and businesses. #40Days40FinTechs Initiative Season 5, Day 30

Access to affordable credit is a big pain point for individuals and businesses alike. Majority that need loans don’t qualify to access them through formal institutions due to institutional red tape and absence of requirements such as collateral and guarantors. …

deejaynick20 September 2, 2024 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

PayTota is collecting Payments for over 400 businesses. #40Days40FinTechs Initiative Season 5, Day 29

For start-ups, micro, small and medium sized enterprises (MSMEs), proceeds from sales are in many cases immediately injected back in to the operations of the business. Many never have a luxury of having huge capital to keep them running for…

deejaynick20 September 1, 2024 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, News

PesaSave is enabling the unbanked and underserved save towards achieving Life Goals. #40Days40FinTechs Initiative Season 5, Day 28

For Uganda to achieve last mile financial inclusion, there must be special focus on the unserved and underserved. This means that there must be equitable distribution and access to financial services. Several innovators have developed and rolled out solutions aimed…

deejaynick20 August 31, 2024 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

Ticket Yo is using FinTech to digitize Events Tickets. #40Days40FinTechs Initiative Season 5, Day 27

Not a day passes without an event in Uganda. It is either a music, dance and drama show or a themed party, or a sports activity or a professional gathering or cultural gathering, name it. For all these events, there…

deejaynick20 August 30, 2024 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

Uncle Bob is linking Artisans to ready markets. #40Days40FinTechs Initiative Season 5, Day 26

Uganda is blessed with hundreds of talented and competent Artisans. However, many of these are unable to showcase their skills due to absence of a ready and stable market for their services. While their services are needed by different customers…

deejaynick20 August 29, 2024 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

MobiPay is connecting farmers to inputs and ready market. #40Days40FinTechs Initiative Season 5, Day 25

Uganda is an agro based economy. As a result of this, efforts to modernize agriculture and make it much more profitable are always welcome. In the last one decade, several initiatives aimed at transforming agriculture have been rolled out. While…

deejaynick20 August 28, 2024 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

Flutterwave is helping MSMEs collect payments. #40Days40FinTechs Initiative Season 5, Day 24

Many businesses in Uganda have in the last four years expanded from merely physical businesses to embracing e-commerce as a reliable way of trading. While many businesses have accepted e-commerce, most of them continue to face several hurdles when it…

Category: Financial Inclusion