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Top 25 African fintech companies based in Kenya

Name: African fintech companies based in Kenya
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 27, 2026 221 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 221 african fintech companies headquartered in Kenya as of September 2026 and tracks 21,413 professional contacts across them, including 2,267 with verified work emails. Nairobi is the largest hub.

This list covers african fintech companies headquartered in Kenya, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 27, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 27, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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21,413Contacts tracked

2,267Verified emails

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The 25 largest african fintech companies based in Kenya

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 221 african fintech companies based in Kenya, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 27, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to african fintech companies: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Equity Bank Limited	Partial evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	n/a	8,147 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Equity Group Holdings Plc is a Pan-African financial services holding company listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange, Uganda Securities Exchange, and Rwanda Stock Exchange.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
2	Airtel Africa	Partial evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	1,001-5,000	826 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Airtel Africa is a leading provider of telecommunications and mobile money services, with a presence in 14 countries in Africa, primarily in East Africa and Central and West…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
3	Mogo Kenya	Partial evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	1,001-5,000	569 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Mogo Kenya is a developing markets fintech which provides credit access to underbanked and underserved consumers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
4	Cellulant	Partial evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	201-500	504 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Cellulant is Africa’s leading payments company, providing seamless, secure and innovative solutions that empower businesses, banks, and global brands to thrive in a fast-changing…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
5	Pesapal	Partial evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	201-500	332 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We’re the leading payment services company with local know-how in building payments and business tools for Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
6	Musoni Capital LTD	Indirect evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	201-500	275 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Musoni is the world’s first financial institution to exclusively use mobile money.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
7	KCB Bank Group	Partial evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	5,001-10,000	217 contacts →
	Partial evidence “KCB Group, is the largest financial services organization in East Africa in terms of asset size.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
8	Interswitch East Africa	Partial evidence	Chiromo Lane, KenyaHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	172 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Interswitch is an Africa-focused integrated digital payments and commerce company that facilitates the electronic circulation of money as well as the exchange of value between…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
9	Watu Credit	Strong evidence	Mombasa, KenyaHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	1,001-5,000	93 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Watu is an Asset FinTech revolutionising financial inclusion across Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
10	Jambopay	Indirect evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	11-50	84 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “JamboPay is an electronic payments platform that enables businesses, governments,non government organizations and individuals to securely make and receive payments over mobile…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
11	Pezesha	Indirect evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	59 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Pezesha means(Capital enabler).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
12	Tracom Services Limited	Indirect evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	59 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Tracom Services Limited is a limited liability company incorporated in Kenya.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
13	Riverbank Solutions LTD	Partial evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	57 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Riverbank Solutions Ltd is a payments technology company which provides ‘solutions’ to organizations in Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
14	Cashia	Indirect evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	53 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “It all started with an idea in 2020, built to take the pain out of peer-to-peer, B2B payments, and reduce the costs of digital fees altogether, Cashia is a digital Ecosystem…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
15	Data Integrated Limited DIL	Partial evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	45 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Data Integrated Limited (DIL) is a Kenyan ICT company that offers financial solutions to small and medium scale enterprises (SME’s) in Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
16	Tenakata	Partial evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	11-50	45 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Our Core Objective is to Empower One Hundred Million Micro and Small Businesses in Africa through a robust technology.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
17	Escrow Group	Strong evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	43 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The Escrow Group is a diversified pan African FINTECH group offering; Trading & Settlement solutions, Banking & Payment solutions, Share Registry and Investment Administration…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
18	Lipa Later Group	Indirect evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	40 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Our Mission: We offer financial services to business and communities that reduce friction between buyers and sellers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
19	Finserve Africa Official Page	Indirect evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	11-50	39 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “As a subsidiary of Equity Group, our capabilities have been tried and tested through the innovations and digitization we have delivered for the Group.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
20	Innova Limited	Partial evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	38 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Innova Limited is a CAPTECH (Capital Markets Technology) & FINTECH (Financial Technology) company that specialises in the design, development and implementation of various…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
21	Zenka Digital	Partial evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	38 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Zenka Finance is an international Fintech focused on mobile lending.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
22	TANDA	Partial evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	11-50	35 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Tanda is on a mission to unlock Africa's growth through access to essential financial services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
23	MFS Technologies Limited	Indirect evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	34 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “MFS Technologies Limited (MFS) is a company that is passionate about connecting consumers and businesses to financial services through technology.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
24	Flex Money Transfer	Partial evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	33 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Flex Money Transfer Limited is a dynamic and rapidly expanding financial powerhouse, specializing in money transfer and remittance services across Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
25	Asante Financial Services Group	Indirect evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	11-50	28 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Asante Financial Services Group is a high-impact digital financial services firm focused on advancing financial independence and improving the well-being of Underserved small…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: african fintech companies. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names african fintech companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of african fintech companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name african fintech companies. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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African fintech companies based in Kenya at a glance

As of Sep 27, 2026

10.6%Verified-email coverage

96.9Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

90.0%Largest-city concentration · Nairobi

Sep 27, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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501-1,000

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Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Kenya, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Kenya, over 221 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among african fintech companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in Kenya whose own description of what they do matches “african fintech companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names african fintech companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among african fintech companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Kenya are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 2,267 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 27, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

African fintech companies by metro

African fintech companies in Nairobi199

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names african fintech companies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many african fintech companies are there based in Kenya?

RevenueBase identified 221 african fintech companies headquartered in Kenya as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Equity Bank Limited, headquartered in Nairobi, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most african fintech companies?

Nairobi leads with 199 headquartered companies, followed by Mombasa (4) and Nairobi Kenya (3).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 2,267 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 221 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 27, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.