With a team of over
170 professionals and clients in seven
countries, Appzone is Africa’s leading FinTech
disruptor and provider of home-grown software
solutions for the continent’s Financial Services
industry. Founded in 2008, we process over $2
billion in transactions annually serving 18
commercial banks and over 450 microfinance
institutions across the continent. Our platforms
issue 1.5 million cards and disburse over $300
million in loans monthly, while also managing
$200 million in deposits, 10 million accounts
and 100,000 transactions daily. We are audacious
builders with a mission to completely automate
financial services in Africa. Our offerings
automate Banking operations, interconnect
financial institutions, and provide end-users
with access to a broad range of banking and
payment services. We are working with the most
talented individuals on the continent to create
the de facto operating system for digital
financial services in Africa. AppZone started
off primarily developing custom software for
leading commercial Banks in Nigeria. More than a
decade later, we have accumulated a remarkable
asset-base of intellectual property and built
out significant Fintech infrastructure. We are
licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria as a
Payment Solution Service Provider (PSSP) and
have built the first and only EMV compliant card
management system in sub-Saharan Africa, while
also launching the continent’s first
self-service platform for instant debit card
issuance. Appzone’s other feats include building
and launching a number of global firsts from
Africa such as: Cloud-based core banking and
digital channel software Global mandate platform
for direct debit Decentralised Interbank
transaction processing on blockchain We are
regarded as Africa’s number 1 FinTech
infrastructure provider and have won several
awards including: PCI DSS, CEBIH Award, MWOT
Innovators Award, Frost and Sullivan Award and
the NAMB Award.