Where stablecoin payments are actually growing
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Meet Us at Stable Salons Africa – Nairobi, Feb 10
We are launching Stable Salons Africa – curated, operator-focused conversations on stablecoins, treasury management, and cross-border liquidity.
The first salon brings together senior fintech operators and regulators in Nairobi for practical dialogue and high-signal networking.
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Here are the highlights of what happened in African Fintech this week;
M-Pesa partnered with a stablecoin infrastructure provider to bring payments on-chain.
Africa’s Unicorn Turned Cash-Flow Positive.
Africa’s most valuable startup continued to double down on stablecoins.
Nigerian fintech acquired a company to bring brokerage services in-house.
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💸Fundraise and Exits
💰 Venture Funds
Nigeria posted the lowest funding share among Africa’s big four as startups raise $3.8 Billion in 2025.
🚀 Partnerships & Product Launches.
Finlogicreceived an International Money Transfer Operator (IMTO) licence from the Central Bank of Nigeria.
Quidaxdiscontinued its peer-to-peer (P2P) trading feature five months after introducing the service.
👔 Leadership Lineup
Chipper Cash CEO announced company’s first-ever quarter of positive cash flow.
📰 News of the Week
ADI Foundation Partneredwith M-Pesa to Bring 60 Million Mobile Money Platform Users Onchain.
The partnership will connect M-Pesa's user base across Kenya, DR Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Lesotho, Mozambique, and Tanzania with institutional-grade blockchain infrastructure.
👀 Eye Openers
“The lack of a clearer winner in African fintech”
📑 Read of the week
Flutterwave Goes From A Butterfly to A Rocket: Going public in the next 24 months. (Cofounders notebook)
📖 Other News, Reads, and Media
Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Activity in Africa Surged 72% in 2025.
🪙 Stablecoin Watch
🎥 VIDEO INTERVIEWS/DISCUSSIONS
Interview with Bente Krogman on how she started insurtech platform, m-Tek and sold it to Bolttech.
🦉 Tweet of the Week
most people don’t realize how big this is, so let me explain it simply
ADI Foundation just signed an MoU with M-Pesa Africa and this is huge
M Pesa already moves money for 60+ million users every month across Africa.
that’s real people, real payments, real economies.
the… https://t.co/q8CBYf3saU— Axel Bitblaze 🪓 (@Axel_bitblaze69) January 22, 2026
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