Fintech landscape in Sub-Sharan Africa - the case of Mozambique: who is behind fintech funding

The lack of access to traditional finance makes Sub-Saharan Africa an attractive market for the adoption of Fin Tech services. This report provides an overview of Sub-Saharan Africa’s Fintech landscape, high lighting the case of Mozambique. By constructing a data base of active fin techs in the regi...

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Main Author: Pombeiro, Tiago Ulrich da Cunha Mascarenhas (author)
Format: masterThesis
Language:eng
Published: 2022
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10362/143038
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:run.unl.pt:10362/143038
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Summary:The lack of access to traditional finance makes Sub-Saharan Africa an attractive market for the adoption of Fin Tech services. This report provides an overview of Sub-Saharan Africa’s Fintech landscape, high lighting the case of Mozambique. By constructing a data base of active fin techs in the region, the report identifies top Fintech verticals and countries. To assess the factors behind Fin Tech success, as coring model covering five pillars– regulation, demand, talent, capital and feeling of community–is also designed. These results served as the basis to explore the opportunities and challenges of Mozambique’s Fin Tech ecosystem and provide recommendations for its growth.