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23 stories on the Finance & Fintech desk in the last 30 days (23 this week). Latest: Kenya Licenses 29 More Digital Lenders. Updated 1 October 2026.

Latest raise: Kenya’s SunCulture closes $10M securitisation with Mirova to fund more solar irrigation loans →

• Kenya Licenses 29 More Digital Lenders ↗

  1 October 2026

• Safaricom, Pesapal Expand M-PESA QR And Tap-to-Pay Services ↗

  1 October 2026

• Afreximbank’s $15bn Dangote exposure deepens with Kenya refinery project ↗

  3 October 2026

• Africa’s biggest REIT markets in 2026, ranked by value ↗

  30 September 2026

• Kenya’s digital payment boom is leaving mobile money agents stranded ↗

  29 September 2026

• Kenya’s SunCulture closes $10M securitisation with Mirova to fund more solar irrigation loans ↗

  29 September 2026 · raise card

• Nigeria’s shrinking bank network and the future of access ↗

  29 September 2026

• Kenya’s payments revolution cannot end with mobile money ↗

  27 September 2026

• 👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – ARC-ing for an EV market ↗

  28 September 2026

• Kenya’s Sevi Secures Oxano Capital Investment To Expand B2B fintech Platform ↗

  29 July 2026 · raise card

• Carrefour Kenya, KCB Bank Kenya and Mastercard Launch Prepaid card for Smarter Grocery Budgeting ↗

  30 July 2026

• FasterCapital Expands Launchup with PitchInvestors to Tackle Kenya’s SME Funding Gap ↗

  30 July 2026

• The FinTech Safari Launches For Africa’s Digital Finance Leaders ↗

  31 July 2026

• Absa Kenya Says Automation Drove 71% of Its Processes in 2025 ↗

  29 July 2026

• Kenswitch launches a Kenyan Card Scheme without naming a single issuing Bank ↗

  25 September 2026

• Explainer: CBK approves Access Bank Kenya and NBK merger with NBK as the surviving bank ↗

  25 September 2026 · raise card

• The Kiosk That Taught Kenya To Trust Digital Money Is Dying ↗

  24 September 2026

• Kenswitch enters Kenya’s card market with domestic card scheme ↗

  24 September 2026

• Kenya proposes steep $1.93 million capital thresholds for payment companies ↗

  23 September 2026 · raise card

• Standard Bank sets aside $1.3 billion for regional acquisitions as South African banks battle for East Africa ↗

  23 September 2026

• 👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Paid-up or priced out ↗

  23 September 2026

• Kenya proposes up to $1.93m capital requirement for payment firms ↗

  22 September 2026

• Kenya’s new payments bill could force banks to share customer data ↗

  22 September 2026