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Africa Bank-Fintech M&A 2026: Banks Are Buying the Fintechs They Couldn’t Build

UphivaBETAR
March 29, 2026

Two deals in March 2026 — Moniepoint buying Sumac MFB and Paystack acquiring Ladder MFB — signal a structural shift: Africa’s banks and fintechs are now buying each other.

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