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Top 25 Fintech app developers based in South Africa

RevenueBase identified 94 fintech app developers headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 2,867 professional contacts across them, including 922 with verified work emails and 86 with mobile numbers. Johannesburg is the largest hub.

This list covers fintech app developers headquartered in South Africa, 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, how directly it supports the match, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 2, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase SmartSearch, 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.

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2,867Contacts tracked
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86Mobile numbers
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The 25 largest fintech app developers based in South Africa

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 94 fintech app developers based in South Africa, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 2, 2026. Evidence rates how directly each company's own description names fintech app developers: strong (names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on its full profile rather than the summary shown). Click a count to unlock that company's people.
#CompanyHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1
Lesaka Technologies INCIndirect evidence
Johannesburg, South Africa1,001-5,000517

“Lesaka is a South African financial technology company.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
2
Momo From MTNPartial evidence
Johannesburg, South Africa10001+500

“MTN MoMo is a fintech platform providing consumers and businesses with a host of innovative digital financial services.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
3
LULAPartial evidence
Cape Town, South Africa51-200254

“Lula is an innovative, and human-focused FinTech company on a mission to help small businesses make cash flow.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
4
JUMOIndirect evidence
Cape Town, South Africa201-500214

“JUMO is a financial technology company that partners with banks, MNOs and other e-commerce players to deliver progressive financial choices to customers in emerging markets across…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
5
Direct TransactIndirect evidence
City Of Tshwane, South Africa51-200146

“We move the money that moves South Africa.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
6
WONGAPartial evidence
Cape Town, South Africa501-1,000145

“We are a pioneering international FinTech company, which is disrupting the traditional consumer lending space by providing solutions for “underserved” customers.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
7Cape Town, South Africa51-200136

“The Connect Group of companies provides retail merchants with fintech solutions that connect them to cash management, quick access to business funding, card payments and…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
8
S1 ServicesIndirect evidence
Cape Town, South Africa1,001-5,00079

“Leading banks, credit unions, retailers, and processors need solutions that adapt to the increasing complex and challenging needs of their businesses.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
9
KasteloIndirect evidence
Cape Town, South Africa11-5042

“Making and managing money can feel complicated.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
10Pretoria, South Africa11-5036

“Pattern Matched Technologies™ (PMT) is a product development company that was founded over two decades ago.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
11
WizzitIndirect evidence
Johannesburg, South Africa11-5036

“Wizzit is a new digital payments company headed out of London.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
12
Mpowa FinancePartial evidence
Johannesburg, South Africa11-5030

“An innovative Fintech operating in the Financial Services sector offering Short Term Loans to individuals.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
13
IMB Financial ServicesPartial evidence
Cape Town, South Africa51-20030

“IMB Financial Services is a Fintech start-up based in South Africa mobilizing money through cell phone technology to create wealth & solve real world problems in emerging markets.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
14
Finch TechnologiesIndirect evidence
Cape Town, South Africa11-5024

“OUR MISSION With the move to a digital-first world, most companies are stuck trying to bridge inefficiencies between themselves and their customers.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
15
DashpayPartial evidence
Illovo, South Africa11-5023

“Dashpay, a subsidiary of JSE-listed Araxi Ltd, is dedicated to delivering innovative payment solutions that empower financial institutions and Fintech’s worldwide.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
16Techno Park Stellenbosch Cape Town, South Africa11-5022

“At StraTech, we are revolutionising the fintech landscape with comprehensive solutions spanning the entire transaction value chain.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
17
Origin FintechPartial evidence
Cape Town, South Africa11-5021

“Accelerating Fintech Innovation Since 2008 Your Strategic Partner in Financial Technology Excellence.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
18
Block Markets AfricaIndirect evidence
Cape Town, South Africa11-5020

“Block Markets Africa is dedicated to pioneering the new world of tokenised public and private sector solutions that will help create an inclusive and equitable financial future…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
19
BANCXPartial evidence
Johannesburg, South Africa51-20019

“A FinTech platform helping companies and banks on the embedded finance and BaaS journey.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
20
VenekaIndirect evidence
Sandton, South Africa11-5016

“Veneka: “to illuminate” Veneka enables Card, Mobile and e-Banking payment solutions.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
21
Paypoint PTY LTDPartial evidence
Illovo, South Africa11-5014

“Paypoint is a FinTech, service and technology company, providing debit, credit, and mobile payment solutions.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
22
Amber FintechIndirect evidence
City Of Tshwane, South Africa11-5014

“We are a financial technologies company based in Pretoria, South Africa.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
23Johannesburg, South Africa501-1,00014

“Araxi (previously Capital Appreciation) is a financial technology company that brings deep payments expertise and cutting-edge software capabilities to create transformational…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
24
BOS Technology PTY LTDPartial evidence
Johannesburg, South Africa1-1010

“Welcome to BOS Technology (Pty) Ltd, a dynamic fintech startup on a mission to redefine digital finance.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
25Pretoria, South Africa51-20010

“RESET is a Fintech company that has developed unique end to end financial solutions.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026

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Fintech app developers based in South Africa at a glance

As of Sep 2, 2026
11-50Median size (employees)
JohannesburgLargest hub · 30 HQs
86Contacts with mobile numbers
Sep 2, 2026Data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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11-50
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51-200
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201-500
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501-1,000
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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 fintech app developers, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and evidence 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 SmartSearch, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in South Africa whose own description of what they do matches “fintech app developers”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among fintech app developers, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside South Africa 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 an evidence 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, 922 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
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Frequently asked

How many fintech app developers are there based in South Africa?

RevenueBase identified 94 fintech app developers headquartered in South Africa 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?

Lesaka Technologies INC, headquartered in Johannesburg, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most fintech app developers?

Johannesburg leads with 30 headquartered companies, followed by Cape Town (24) and Pretoria (6).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

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How current is this list?

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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 SmartSearch, 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.