Dakar’s 5 Fastest Growing FinTech Startups

At Fintech Energy we track over 200,000 fintech startups and over 1,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.

We’ve ranked the top 5 FinTech companies in Dakar. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).

We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:

• Track record
• Executive leadership
• Market share
• Innovation
• ESG rating

Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.

Top FinTech Companies & Startups (Dakar)

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PayDunya

Founders	Aziz Yerima
Follow	Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin

One only API to accept payments anywhere in the world from all african mobile money wallets (80%of people) and credit/debit cards

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African Payment Gateway

Founders	Unknown
Follow	Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin

African Payment Gateway is a fintech platform dealing with online money payment, transfer & processing & related digital monetary services.

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MaTontine

Founders	Bernie Akporiaye, Tosan Oruwariye
Follow	Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin

MaTontine is a digital financial services platform that enables access to small loans and a range of services.

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PAYALL

Founders	Unknown
Follow	Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin

Mobile App, Aggregation, Money Transfer, Mobile Banking, FMCG, Payment Services.

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Wave Mobile Money

Founders	Drew Durbin, Lincoln Quirk
Follow	Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin

Wave Mobile Money provides an app-based financial solution to save, transfer, and borrow money.