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  Visa, the global payment card company, is organizing an accelerator for FinTechs in Africa. The Visa Africa Accelerator Program aims to connect the continent’s most promising financial technology startups with mentorship, new technologies, and investments. If you have founded and are currently building a FinTech, here’s an opportunity you may want to explore.
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This Visa Africa Accelerator Program is specifically seeking applications from startups involved in the digitization of payment flows, embedded finance, enabling payment infrastructure, driving sustainable and inclusive finance, and shaping the future of finance. Solutions eligible for consideration range from cross-border remittance support providers, to open banking solutions.
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Benefits

Participants in the accelerator will benefit from it in many ways, including:
  • Access to discounts and product perks from more than 100 vendors worth over $250,000
  • Receive expert guidance on design, marketing, finance, and sales, among others
  • Be mentored by founders from across Africa’s ecosystem and beyond
  • Take advantage of Visa’s FinTech training module
  • Secure funding for the work your startup does
  • Partner with industry-leading companies and innovators
Register to attend the CN Business Mixer

Eligibility

This program is open to startups that meet the following criteria:
  • Must be anywhere between seed and Series A
  • Should have at least a Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
  • The product must be market-tested and have traction
  • Operating in Africa or being committed to expanding to the continent
Applications will remain open until March 15, 2025. Apply HERE.
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This article was first published on 31st December 2024

ikenna-nwachukwu

Ikenna Nwachukwu holds a bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He loves to look at the world through multiple lenses- economic, political, religious and philosophical- and to write about what he observes in a witty, yet reflective style.

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