Africa Isn't Catching Up to the West in Fintech. It Left a While Ago

About this episode

The episode discusses how Africa has advanced in fintech, outpacing the West in payment infrastructure and financial inclusion.

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/africa-isnt-catching-up-to-the-west-in-fintech-it-left-a-while-ago . Africa isn't catching up in fintech. It already left. An engineer who built payment systems in Lagos and London explains why the West is playing catch-up. Check more stories related to finance at: https://hackernoon.com/c/finance . You can also check exclusive content about #mobile-money , #fintech , #africatech , #open-banking , #financial-inclusion , #software-engineering , #payments , #emerging-markets , and more. This story was written by: @tintolee . Learn more about this writer by checking @tintolee's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com . The West assumes Africa is catching up in fintech. It isn't. Countries like Ghana and Nigeria built payment infrastructure from scratch with no legacy systems to protect, and the results now outperform what the UK and US built over decades. Ghana processed GH₵518 billion in mobile money in a single month. Nigeria shipped open banking guidelines before the EU finished debating theirs. An engineer who built cross-border payment systems across both continents explains what…

Topics covered

• fintech
• Africa
• financial inclusion
• mobile money
• open banking
• payments

Keywords

• fintech
• Africa
• mobile money
• open banking
• financial inclusion
• payments
• emerging markets

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: HackerNoon

Places: Africa, Lagos, London, Ghana, Nigeria, UK, US

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