How to get started as a lender in Zimbabwe
In May 2022, the Zimbabwe government froze all bank lending, citing speculative behavior as the villain. Businesses gasped, households flailed, and the economy wobbled like a three-legged table. For a moment, it felt like financial oxygen had been cut off. But nature—and credit markets—abhor a vacuum. During this period, formal financial institutions were sidelined, and […]
What you need to know about Nigeria’s Open Banking
Two years after the first Open Banking framework circular was released, the CBN issued operational guidelines for Open Banking on Tuesday, March 7, 2023, heralding a start for what many anticipated would bring about a much-needed change in financial services.
How lending software for small lenders levels the playing field with big banks
Banks used to win by size because lending rewarded scale: large banks employed armies of underwriters, maintained branches in every district, and stored customer records in costly legacy systems that slowed change and hid useful data. Small lenders could move faster in a neighbourhood or a niche, yet that speed rarely translated into wide reach […]




