According to the source startups included here are startups launched between 2002 and 2021. Furthermore, they add that they do not claim to have identified all the tech startups that existed in the country as some may have "slipped through the net".
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Fintech startups in South Africa 2021, by sub-sector
Fintech was the largest sector in the startup ecosystem in South Africa in 2021. Payments and remittances were the largest sub-sector, with ** startups, representing **** percent of the fintech startups. Moreover, lending and finance and insurtech followed with ** and ** startups, respectively.
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Disrupt Africa. (June 8, 2022). Number of fintech startups in South Africa as of 2021, by sub-sector [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 26, 2026, from /statistics/1324467/fintech-startups-in-south-africa-by-sub-sector/
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