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\nABABA\/SINGAPORE\/ZURICH –\u00a0Media OutReach<\/a>\u00a0– 31 March 2021 – The
\nFintech News Network is pleased to announce the launch of our eighth
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\nNetwork is an industry publication covering fintech and digital news across the
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\nbudding fintech startups.<\/p>\n
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\nare currently present in four continents, covering fintech news across 44
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\npublications include; Fintech News Switzerland<\/a> (soft launched end of 2014), Fintech News
\nSingapore<\/a> (2015), Fintech News Hong Kong<\/a> (launched in 2016), Fintech News Middle
\nEast<\/a> (launched in 2017), Fintech News Malaysia<\/a> (launched in 2018), Fintech News
\nBaltic<\/a> (launched in 2018), Fintech News Philippines<\/a> (launched in 2020)
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\nNews Africa<\/a> (launched in 2021).<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/release.media-outreach.com\/release.php\/Images\/Thumb\/500x0\/137676\/fihn2.jpg#image-137676\")
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\nhas consistently provided fintech updates from the African continent on our
\nMiddle East site, we believe that the tremendous growth that the region has
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\ntouted as the next up-and-coming fintech hub after China as it is currently
\nhome to about 600 fintech startups according to Disrupt Africa. <\/p>\n
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\nis evidenced by fintech attracting the lion’s share of Africa’s tech funding in
\n2020. Fintech funding in Africa increased by a whopping 49.3% in 2020 to US$160
\nmillion. Fintech deal sizes also grew last year, rising from an average of
\nUS$1.3 million in 2019 to US$1.6 million in 2020. <\/p>\n
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\ndevelopments are a strong indicator of the region’s maturing and fast
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\nNigeria and Kenya have historically been the fintech hubs of the vast
\ncontinent, Ethiopia, Ghana and Rwanda are now quickly catching up to their
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\nexcited to provide our readers with updates on these bustling hubs with the
\nlaunch of Fintech News Africa (www.fintechnews.africa). <\/p>\n
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\nalike, have leveraged this opportunity to revolutionise their digital offerings
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