Twiga: Streamlining supply chainsMaurizio Caio, founder and managing partner of TLcom Capital, singled out Kenya-based Twiga. Read more: Why B2B e-commerce platform Twiga ventured into farming2. Touch and Pay: Digitising micro-transactions for the transport sector and beyondIdris Bello, managing partner of LoftyInc Capital Management, expressed enthusiasm for Nigeria-based fintech startup Touch and Pay. The company offers a product called the Cowry card, which commuters use to pay for bus fares in Lagos and other states in Nigeria. The platform employs optical character recognition (OCR) technology to transform fuel dispenser readings into digital text.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 14, 2023 20:47 UTC