Who should join the
Mauritius Africa FinTech Hub?
Entrepreneurs
Reach the next step of your growth phase, whether you’re an established tech company or a pre-funded FinTech startup, with the help of Mauritian and international industry experts. You can do this from anywhere in the world, but there are additional benefits for joining our hub in Mauritius.
Investors
Be exposed to vetted FinTech start-ups with potential to grow. One of the purposes of the Hub is to create a space where investors, tech talent and start-ups can come together and innovate to create profit. Get access to our exclusive upcoming Investor Circle events.
FSPs & Corporate
Commission the production of FinTech solutions that nobody else can in both new and existing global markets. Stay on-top of the latest tech trends by taking advantage of brand-new developments in the FinTech space in both Africa and Mauritius, before anybody else has a chance.
FinTech is Opportunity that Uplifts
FinTech provides new ways for people to access life-changing services, which many other markets take for granted, such as banking and insurance. As a business-minded person why else, besides upliftment, should you take notice? Here are some positive predictions for Africa’s spending capacity and social improvement over the next decade.
Africa now accounts for
70% of the world’s $1
trillion mobile money value
of Africans do not hold
any kind of bank account,
including mobile money
accounts
The GCC data center market
is expected to reach
revenues of more than
$2bn by 2025 with a
cumulative revenue opportunity
for data center power
infrastructure providers of $1bn
In Africa, e-commerce
revenues were $28 billion
in 2021 and are expected
to rise to over $46 billion
by 2025
Africa is home to 19 of the
20 youngest countries in
the world (between 15-29),
currently exploring with
tech
Fintech investment has
increased across emerging
markets over the last five
years, totaling $23bn across
regions
of blockchain solutions
being developed are
currently at the ideation
and expected to go
mainstream in next 3-5 years
2021 was a record year for
fintech investment in Africa,
with over US $1.6bn invested,
representing a 50% increase
in transaction numbers
Between 2020 and 2021,
the number of tech start-ups
in Africa tripled to around
5,200 companies,
half of which are FinTechs
FinTech is Opportunity that Uplifts
FinTech provides new ways for people to access life-changing services, which many other markets take for granted, such as banking and insurance. As a business-minded person why else, besides upliftment, should you take notice? Here are some positive predictions for Africa’s spending capacity and social improvement over the next decade.
Africa now accounts for
70% of the world’s $1
trillion mobile money value
of Africans do not hold
any kind of bank account,
including mobile money
accounts
The GCC data center market
is expected to reach
revenues of more than
$2bn by 2025 with a
cumulative revenue opportunity
for data center power
infrastructure providers of $1bn
of blockchain solutions
being developed are
currently at the ideation
and expected to go
mainstream in next 3-5 years
2021 was a record year for
fintech investment in Africa,
with over US $1.6bn invested,
representing a 50% increase
in transaction numbers
Between 2020 and 2021,
the number of tech start-ups
in Africa tripled to around
5,200 companies,
half of which are FinTechs
In Africa, e-commerce
revenues were $28 billion
in 2021 and are expected
to rise to over $46 billion
by 2025
Africa is home to 19 of the
20 youngest countries in
the world (between 15-29),
currently exploring with
tech
Fintech investment has
increased across emerging
markets over the last five
years, totaling $23bn across
regions
Why Mauritius?
What is the Mauritius Africa FinTech Hub?
What is the Mauritius Africa FinTech Hub?
Why Mauritius?
Our Members
From The Blog
The Fintech Revolution: Transforming the Future of the Banking Industry
What are our Future FinTech Champions learning at the moment? And what are their thoughts on the current development of FinTech? Read through this submission from one of our FFCs, Chitradeo Sonkar, currently studying Computer Science @ University of Mauritius [Submission made in August 2024].
Unleashing Fintech: empowering financial inclusion in the digital age!
What are our Future FinTech Champions learning at the moment? And what are their thoughts on the current development of FinTech? Read through this submission from one of our FFCs, Jeevesha Ramburun, currently studying Accounting and Finance @ Curtin University [Submission made in August 2024].
Future FinTech Champions (FFC) Programme 2024
The Future FinTech Champions Programme is a skills and capacity building initiative developed by the Mauritius Africa FinTech Hub. Applications for 2024 now open!
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