The awards ceremony unveiled a stellar lineup of winners whose contributions have set new benchmarks in fintech innovation:

Vodacom Business and Zadara Cloud revealed their partnership’s latest offering - Sovereign AI Cloud and GPU-as-a-Service, a solution aimed at empowering African fintechs with secure, agile and cost-effective cloud infrastructure

Darren sat down with Kevin Odudoh from Vodacom Business and Tapfuma Mvere from XLink to unpack how their collaboration is engineering the payments infrastructure that enables Africa’s digital transformation.

This November, South Africa will host an unprecedented gathering that brings together two of the continent’s most influential platforms

The Africa FinTech Festival (AFF) serves as a central hub for collaboration, discussion, and action among industry stakeholders. The festival's significance will only increase as we approach 2026.

For the first time, two of the most influential platforms in African fintech the Africa FinTech Festival and the South African FinTech Awards will come together to create one powerful, united voice for the continent’s innovators, investors, regulators, and visionaries.