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This article showcases our top picks for the best Cape Town based FinTech companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the FinTech industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
Top Cape Town FinTech Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
JUMO
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JUMO is the market leading Banking as a Service platform that uses AI to power financial services in emerging markets.
Yoco
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Yoco is a point-of-sale payments provider for small businesses in Africa.
Stitch
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Stitch Money provides full API access to financial accounts.
Root
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A financial services platform – programmable banking and insurance
PayGate
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PayGate offers leading payment services to enterprise companies worldwide.
Zoona
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Zoona is a mobile technology company developing products such as money transfers, electronic voucher payments, and agent payments.
Lulalend
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Lulalend is an online lending company that provides fast and easy working capital funding to small businesses in South Africa.
Nomanini
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Fintech SaaS platform to deliver digital financial services to the informal retail trade.
Inclusivity Solutions
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We design, build and operate digital insurance businesses in emerging markets
Meerkat
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Meerkat is a financial wellness business committed to making a real difference in the financial lives of its customers.
Nobuntu
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A community driven savings product which pays you more as you grow older.
Mama Money
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Mama Money is the world’s first social business for remittances.
Payfast
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Our focus is on driving adoption of digital payments in South Africa by fostering ecommerce and helping businesses grow.
Sygnia
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Sygnia is a FinTech company that provides asset management, stockbroking, and administration services.
Netcash
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Netcash specialises in providing secure, online transaction processing services for SMEs in South Africa.
Fundamo (Proprietary)
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Fundamo provides mobile financial solutions for banks, financial organizations and mobile network operators.
Electrum
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Electrum builds software that represents the next generation of payments technology.
ooba
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ooba pioneered mortgage origination in South Africa and now offers a range of solutions to homebuyers.
Simply Financial Services
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Simply is a #fintech #insurtech company, providing mass market life insurance combos (life + disability + funeral) for South Africans.
SASA Solutions
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SASA is a digital FinTech company that leverage data and tech to take friction out of finance.
Startupbootcamp Cape Town
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Startupbootcamp Cape Town is a leading accelerator focused on scouting for startups in blockchain, connected devices.
Nona Digital
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We design and build intuitive software for FinTech companies.
Uprise.Africa
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The first Equity Crowdfunding platform in South Africa
Slide Financial
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Slide Financial offers customizable mobile payment solutions for platforms and marketplaces.
Mobicred
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Mobicred is a pioneering credit facility platform that allows its users to shop safely online with a real-time secure facility.
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Cenfri
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Centre for Financial Regulation and Inclusion. Independent think tank focused on financial sector development,
Peniel
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Accelerating the acceleration of data insights within the sustainability markets with a robo advisor
Virtual Actuary
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Virtual Actuary is a consulting firm that provides insurtech, advanced analytics and fintech actuarial services to businesses.
Africa Trust Academy
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Africa Trust Academy is an education company dedicated to inspiring and educating people for economic transformation
