Visa has invested in four new fintech start-ups graduating from its biannual Africa Fintech Accelerator programme as part of its commitment to invest $1 billion into the continent by 2027.

Investment recipients include AI-powered address verification platform OkHi in Nigeria, HR and payroll platform Workpay in Kenya, business lending and payments app Oze in Ghana, and restaurant software vendor Orda.Africa, which operates between Nigeria and Kenya.



The financial details of Visa’s investment across these four start-ups has not been disclosed.

Visa so far invested in 45 start-ups and inked 15 additional partnerships in conjunction with its Africa Fintech Accelerator programme, which launched last year with the support of Amazon Web Services (AWS).

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