Appzone Group - Lagos

AppZone is a leading FinTech disruptor and provider of home-grown software solutions for Africa's Financial Services industry. Founded in 2008, they process over $2 billion in transactions annually, serving 18 commercial banks and over 450 microfinance institutions across the continent. Their platforms issue 1.5 million cards and disburse over $300 million in loans monthly, while managing $200 million in deposits, 10 million accounts, and 100,000 transactions daily. With a team of over 170 professionals and clients in seven countries, AppZone is on a mission to automate financial services in Africa.

AppZone is licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria as a Payment Solution Service Provider (PSSP), having built the first and only EMV compliant card management system in sub-Saharan Africa  

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and launching the continent’s first self-service platform for instant debit card issuance. They are also responsible for a number of global firsts from Africa, such as cloud-based core banking and digital channel software, a global mandate platform for direct debit, and a decentralized interbank transaction processing on blockchain.

Thanks to their hard work, AppZone is recognized as Africa’s number 1 FinTech infrastructure provider and has won several awards, including the PCI DSS, CEBIH Award, MWOT Innovators Award, Frost and Sullivan Award, and the NAMB Award.