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[QUOTE="Queen, post: 85935, member: 27"]
Visa just scooped fintechs from all over Africa, spotlighting stablecoins and AI while quietly proving innovation is no longer stuck in the usual hubs.

Cohort Five gets wider and weirder
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[*]Visa selected 18 startups for the fifth accelerator cohort.
[*]Drawn from 28 African markets.
[*]Burkina Faso and Djibouti joined the mix.
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What trends dominated the selection
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[*]Cross-border payments took center stage.
[*]Stablecoin-backed rails showed up everywhere.
[*]Faster money movement drove most pitches.
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AI creeping into fintech plumbing
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[*]Startups leaned hard into artificial intelligence.
[*]Tackled fraud detection and risk scoring.
[*]Built digital identity tools for thin-data markets.
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Problems founders are chasing
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[*]Credit access gaps shaped product design.
[*]Data scarcity forced creative scoring models.
[*]Legacy banking blind spots got targeted.
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What the accelerator actually offers
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[*]Africa Fintech Accelerator backs early and growth-stage teams.
[*]Provides mentorship and technical support.
[*]Opens doors to a global payments network.
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Why this cohort matters
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[*]New markets are finally getting airtime.
[*]Fintech gravity is spreading outward.
[*]Financial inclusion stays the core pitch.
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