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Touch and Pay wins $50,000 Ecobank Fintech Challenge 2022

by Justice Godfrey Okamgba
October 31, 2022
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Touch and Pay a Nigeria-based fintech has won the 2022 edition of the Ecobank Fintech Challenge.

This announcement was made at the Grand Finale, Monday at Ecobank’s headquarters in Lomé, presided over by H.E. Cina Lawson, Minister of Digital Economy and Transformation, Republic of Togo. Touch and Pay took home a $50,000 cash prize, the largest no-strings-attached fintech cash prize in Africa.

Touch and Pay processes microtransactions across Africa, such as paying for bus journeys. Today, Touch and Pay have over 2 million users who help 500,000 people make payments every day.

The winner and the other five finalists were also inducted into the Ecobank Fintech Fellowship – a unique program that gives the Fintech Fellows the opportunity to explore potential commercial partnerships with the Bank, such as integrating with Ecobank’s pan-African banking platforms and scaling their fintech businesses across Ecobank’s 33 African markets.

The five other finalists for the 2022 edition are:

  1. Cauri Money, Senegal
  2. DizzitUp, Togo
  3. MaishaPay, Democratic Republic of Congo
  4. Moni Africa, Nigeria
  5. Paycode, South Africa
  6. Touch and Pay, Nigeria

Ade Ayeyemi, Chief Executive Officer, Ecobank Group, congratulating the finalists, said: “This year’s six finalists have set the bar high at this Grand Finale.

Their innovations are revolutionizing the financial payments landscape in Africa and advancing financial inclusion. It is an honor for the Ecobank Group to partner with them and jointly transform the financial landscape of our continent.”

Ayeyemi also expressed Ecobank’s “profound appreciation to all our partners, especially Arise, the gold sponsor of the 2022 Challenge, as well as to the jury who worked tirelessly to evaluate the finalists and select the winner.”

Gavin Tipper, the CEO of Arise, a gold partner and co-sponsor of the challenge, said: “Arise extends its congratulations to the finalists and the winner for the creativity and innovation they displayed.

The Ecobank Fintech Challenge has become an important platform for supporting fintech innovators and encouraging bold solutions to advance financial inclusion in Africa.

The talent on offer in this year’s pool of finalists once again exceeded expectations, and we look forward to seeing how the different products transform financial services on the continent.”

Oluwole Michael, CEO of Touch and Pay expressing deep satisfaction at winning the Fintech Challenge, commented: “We at Touch and pay (TAP) are excited about the opportunity given to us to work with Ecobank, a pan-African bank operating across Africa.

This plugs into our vision of helping 250m Africans process cash-based transactions digitally making them truly cashless and providing true credit facilities for merchants, retailers, and customers.”

In addition to the pitch by each of the six finalists and a keynote address by H.E. Cina Lawson, highlights at the Grand Finale included panel discussions on ‘Sustaining and deepening investor interest in African Fintech in the face of global economic crisis: what should investors, Fintech companies and governments do?’ and ‘Ensuring Fintech-friendly regulations that accelerate start-up growth and maturity: what is the best way forward for Africa.’

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