This article showcases our top picks for the best Nairobi based FinTech (Financial Technology) companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the FinTech (Financial Technology) industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
Top Nairobi FinTech (Financial Technology) Startups
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Okolea International
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Okolea International is a fintech company that provides financial solutions for small and medium businesses.
Joly Ventures
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Private investment group, early to mid stage high tech startup companies.
Finite Intelligence
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A tech startup looking to invest in the intelligence and IOT market
Airpesa
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Airpesa is a service that provides Kenyans, Tanzanians & Ugandans living abroad (Diaspora) and locally a way to send airtime instantly.
Aspira
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Aspira is a product financing platform that enables financing of customer retail purchases with the option to pay later and in installments.
BT Africa
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BT Africa provides customer-centric digital solutions for digital transformation and FinTech enablement initiatives.
FeePlan
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An innovative fintech solution to bridge school fees instalments and make private school more attainable for parents in East African markets
Finserve Africa
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Finserve is a fintech company that develops consumer-focused financial technology solutions.
ImpalaPay
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ImpalaPay is a fintech company that offers mass payouts, merchant payments and mobile top-up services.
Spin Mobile
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PaaS for next generation financial services targeted at mobile money dominant markets
Moripesh
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Integrated Mobile Technologies, Centralized Digital Currencies Fair Trade, Asset Management, Internet Distribution. Africa Centered
Loniwa Sacco
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Loniwa Sacco is a digital savings & credit company. We offer both short & long term loans to individuals and SMEs in Kenya
Afya Plan
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Afya Plan is a health wallet for members in savings groups to save affordably , pool resources and be able to afford healthcare.
Jackfruit Finance
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Jackfruit Finance is FinTech for education, increasing access to low-cost African private schools.
Boya
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Boya enables the user to create a virtual card that can be loaded with e-cash and helps to manage the expenses on a single dashboard.
Zege Technologies
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A software development firm that focuses on building financial solutions for daily living with mobile, web and money interaction.
Kanjwa
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Kanjwa is an online platform that talks about finance and money in Kenya.
Sevisure Africa
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Sevisure Africa is an insurtech company that offers on-demand digital and mobile-based health insurance.
Regalia International (k) Ltd
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Mr Banks, an online platform developed for Kenya, enables users to upload their banking needs and get related offers directly from banks.
Quoxient Ltd
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Quoxient is a fintech company in Kenya. It delivers technology solutions to support SMEs in Financial Services.
Savekubwa
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Savekubwa is a web aggregator that gets users insurance policy options and comparisons for effective pricing.
Mobile Financial Solutions
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Mobile Financial Solutions is a fintech company that engages in payment solution and financial services.
Lipa Card
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Enabling Financial services to teenagers and high school students.
PesaBot
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We help companies enhance their customer support through instant messaging powered by AI and make it easy for them to collect payments.
SILQU
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Africa’s most advanced PropTech platform in real estate
Jamii Bora Bank
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Jamii Bora Bank is dedicated to entrepreneurship and savings, with a focus on innovation and relationship banking.
Sokohela
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Short term working capital, fresh food produce and financial literacy provider for MSEs in the urban agricultural value chain.
myNGOVO
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myNGOVO is a fintech platform in Kenya that allows employers to give salary advances as a benefit to their employees.
Chase Iman
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Chase Iman is a combination of traditional Islamic values with a technology and innovation to provide Islamic finance and banking products.
Zoa Tech Limited
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Fintech company in the business of developing technology based solutions that impact how customers interact with money.
Valuraha
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The Valuraha Trader is a virtual trading platform that simulates the Nairobi Securities Exchange & the larger financial ecosystem.
ChamaPesa
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ChamaPesa help chamas to get a better return on their investments by providing information and access to investment options.
OCharge
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Airtime recharge & mobile payments app with benefits.
Vikali
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A freemium digital ledger built for the small businesses of Africa to manage their daily transactions.
Professional Digital Systems Limited
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Our core business is to provide solutions in I.C.T. & Fintech (hardware and software), installations, maintenance and services.
Jumuisha
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Jumuisha is a fintech startup that helps churches and non-profit organisations receive donations.
Gladys
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Virtual wallet infrastructure for financial services in Africa
Paytree
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Paytree is a full stack payments platform that enables businesses to accept mobile, bank and card payments in-app or on their websites.
FarmDrive
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FarmDrive applies data science to build software and credit models that increases access to meaningful financial services.
Umati Capital
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Umati Capital is a non-bank financial institution focused on the provision of credit and related payment technologies.
Zenka
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Zenka is a fintech company that offers a non-banking mobile loan platform that provides financial services to its users.
Chamasoft
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Microsavings and microinvestments record management system
Abacus
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Abacus helps investors make and execute decisions in African capital markets.
Zanifu
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Zanifu provides working capital for MSME’s in Africa
SUPERFLUID LABS
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Superfluid Labs delivers Africa’s Consumer Credit Risk Analytics platform using AI technologies and alternative data sets
Naivera Holdings Lts
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Fintech Company Offering Digital Lending Solutions to Mfis, Saccos and Individual Lendees, to unlock capital and create wealth.
Tanda
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Tanda is a fintech startup working to revolutionize access to essential digital financial services for micro-retilers across Africa.
Eastpesa
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Eastpesa is an online company that offers Instant Cross border payments in Africa.
Orion Fintech Africa – Orion ImageCapital Communication Ltd
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Orion ImageCapital Communication (Orion Fintech Africa)provides diverse financial solutions powered through technology across Africa.
Afrigroups
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A single platform for Founders, Co-founders, Investors, Entrepreneurs, Tech Developers coming together to develop businesses
BlockchainCybertech Limited
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Develops smart blockchain solutions for Supply chain and Financial services
Mobile Decisioning
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Mobile Decisioning is a technology company providing mobile value added services to mobile network operators in emerging nations.
Finplus Group
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A new credit & commerce infrastructure to turn supply chains into demand chains and unlock financing for 10 Million+ SMEs.
Cherehani Africa
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Cherehani leverages technology to provide credit bundled with market information and financial education to women micro-entrepreneurs.
Kiba
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Kiba is the fastest way for Fintechs to connect to banks across Africa and quickly build smart, personalized financial services.
Tulix
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Tulix is a mobile app that provides a simple and convenient way to allocate funds or make payments for all needs.
The Kueq Limited
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Africa’s; Virtual Bank, Neo Bank, Digital Bank, Mobile Bank, Challenger Bank.
Pezesha
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Pezesha is Africa-focused digital financial marketplace.
Saada
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Saada helps businesses automate sales and process payments via messaging platforms and USSD.
Fingo Africa
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Fingo Africa provides a digital banking platform.
PesaKit
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PesaKit is an Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered virtual assistant for mobile money agents.
Alternative Circle
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It has the stamina to succeed in this competitive market, and we look forward to winning new markets with them
WayaWaya
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WayaWaya is a one Account combining your bank, mobile wallet, savings & payments services through Apps, Social platforms and APIs.
Turaco
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Turaco develops simplified insurance and credit solutions through mobile technology to solve the healthcare financing needs.
Digiduka
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Digiduka provides digital financial services and social commerce solutions to informal retailers in Africa
Kopo Kopo
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Kopo Kopo is a US-based company that offers solutions to help businesses grow and prosper through payments.
ImaliPay
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ImaliPay is a financial health platform offering financial products to freelancers and blue collar gig workers.
Alvin
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Alvin is a personal finance app thats helps people balance their daily spending with their savings goals.
RePay Africa
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RePay Africa API’s driven platform serves as electronic alternative to Cash, Cheques & Banks for the un-banked Sub-Saharan Africa.
Kotani Pay
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Kotani Pay is a technology stack that enables blockchain protocols, dApps, and blockchain FinTech companies.
Lendable
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Lendable provides debt financing to fintechs in emerging and frontier markets.
Paylend
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Paylend is a FinTech startup focused on providing access to finance and digitizing MSMEs in Kenya.
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