Ecobank Group today announced the finalists from  the 2020 Ecobank Fintech Challenge.

The challenge, in its third edition, is designed to deepen collaboration between Ecobank and fintechs with Africa focused products.

The 10 finalists fintechs from seven different countries, who emerged from a competitive pool of over 600 fintechs, will participate in an online finale scheduled for August 21.

The 2020 Finalists are: Always In-Touch Real-time ( South Africa), Fluid AI (India), Franc Group (South Africa), Growth Factor (Ghana) and Leaf Global Corporation (Rwanda).

Others are Moja Ride (Ivory Coast), Nokwary Technologies Limited (Ghana), Papersoft S.A (Mozambique), Ukheshe Payment Solutions (South Africa), PayChap Technologies (Tanzania).

The finalists  will pitch their products to a jury for the cash prizes for the  top 3, worth US$10,000, US$7,000, and US$5,000. 

All the finalists will be enrolled into Ecobank’s Fintech Fellowship where they will spend the next 6 months exploring partnership opportunities.

These include: Multinational product roll out: An opportunity to pursue collaboration with Ecobank and possibly launch products in Ecobank’s  33 African markets.

Service provider partnerships: A chance to become a pan-African service partner to Ecobank for Fintechs with the qualities to become product partners and offer joint services with Ecobank

Mentoring and networking support:  Access to networking and mentoring opportunities within the Ecobank Group and its vast network of global and African partners 

Integration with existing Ecobank digital offerings: An opportunity to potentially integrate with Ecobank’s existing digital offerings.

Eddy Ogbogu, Group Executive, Operations & Technology  said, “we congratulate the 10 Fintechs that have made it to the 2020 Finals. This is an impressive cast of innovators and we  look forward to the Final event where we will honour them and potentially build productive collaborations.”

The Ecobank Fintech Challenge is designed in partnership with the advisory firm Konfidants and is supported by partners across Africa and globally.

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