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Top 25 South african fintech companies based in Kenya

Name: South african fintech companies based in Kenya
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 21, 2026 103 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 103 south african fintech companies headquartered in Kenya as of September 2026 and tracks 2,630 professional contacts across them, including 700 with verified work emails. Nairobi is the largest hub.

This list covers south 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 21, 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 21, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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2,630Contacts tracked

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The 25 largest south african fintech companies based in Kenya

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 103 south african fintech companies based in Kenya, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 21, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to south 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	Cellulant	Partial evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 21, 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 21, 2026
2	Pesapal	Partial evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 21, 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 21, 2026
3	Interswitch East Africa	Partial evidence	Chiromo Lane, KenyaHQ checked Sep 21, 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 21, 2026
4	Airtel Africa Digital Labs	Partial evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	172 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Airtel Africa Digital Labs is the digital force behind Airtel Africa, the leading provider of telecommunications and mobile money services in 14 countries across sub-Saharan…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
5	Real People - E.A	Strong evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	74 contacts →
	Strong evidence “History The Real People Group was established in 2001 and is a financial services provider for businesses and homes in South Africa and East Africa (Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
6	Pezesha	Indirect evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	59 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Pezesha means(Capital enabler).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
7	Riverbank Solutions LTD	Partial evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 21, 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 21, 2026
8	Cashia	Indirect evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 21, 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 21, 2026
9	Tenakata	Partial evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 21, 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 21, 2026
10	Escrow Group	Strong evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 21, 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 21, 2026
11	Finserve Africa Official Page	Indirect evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 21, 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 21, 2026
12	Innova Limited	Partial evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 21, 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 21, 2026
13	Zenka Digital	Partial evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	38 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Zenka Finance is an international Fintech focused on mobile lending.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
14	TANDA	Partial evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 21, 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 21, 2026
15	MFS Technologies Limited	Indirect evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 21, 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 21, 2026
16	Asante Financial Services Group	Indirect evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 21, 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 21, 2026
17	Payless Africa	Partial evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	22 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Payless is making payments FUN, and accelerating access to financial services for the FREEDOM-seeking African Youth.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
18	Finplus Group	Indirect evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	17 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Finplus Group is a technology company building new credit & commerce infrastructure for emerging markets.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
19	Mamlaka HUB And Spoke	Strong evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	13 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Mamlaka Hub & Spoke is a Kenyan fintech company empowering businesses across Africa with secure, scalable, and innovative digital payment solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
20	Pesakit	Strong evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	11 contacts →
	Strong evidence “PesaKit is a last-mile Fintech and Digital commerce start-up building the future of money and commerce in step with the way people live and work in Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
21	Gladys Technologies LTD	Partial evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	10 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Gladys is an end-to-end financial operating system for African businesses and consumers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
22	Opentech Global Services LTD	Indirect evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	9 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
23	Pesabase	Partial evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1-10	9 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Pesabase is a blockchain-powered financial services platform that allows for payments, as well as remitting money to and within Africa instantly, conveniently and securely, at the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
24	Pesaswap East Africa Limited	Indirect evidence	Nairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1-10	8 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “PesaSwap is a 100% indigenous online and mobile payment solutions company based in Nairobi, Kenya, and London UK Headquartered in Nairobi, Pesaswap offers comprehensive tailor…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
25	Pesaway	Strong evidence	Westlands, KenyaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	8 contacts →
	Strong evidence “PesaWay is a Nairobi-based financial technology (fintech) company that provides an all-in-one payment platform for businesses across Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 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: south 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 south african fintech companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of south 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 south 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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South african fintech companies based in Kenya at a glance

As of Sep 21, 2026

26.6%Verified-email coverage

25.5Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

89.3%Largest-city concentration · Nairobi

Sep 21, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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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 103 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 south 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 “south 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 south 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 south 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, 700 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 21, 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.

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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 south 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 south african fintech companies are there based in Kenya?

RevenueBase identified 103 south 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?

Cellulant, headquartered in Nairobi, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most south african fintech companies?

Nairobi leads with 92 headquartered companies, followed by Kajiado (1) and Kikuyu Town (1).

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 700 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 103 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 21, 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.