Qena Won the 1st runner up at the Visa Everywhere Initiative Ethiopia 2023

Qena Won the 1st runner up at the Visa Everywhere Initiative Ethiopia 2023 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Qena Digital Lending, a leading fintech company, emerged as the 1st runner-up at the highly anticipated Visa Everywhere Initiative Ethiopia 2023 finals. The competition, held at the prestigious Addis Ababa Science Museum on September 15, showcased innovative startups […]

Michu 2.0 Launched

Michu 2.0 Launched Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, September 14, 2023, Cooperative Bank of Oromia, and Kifiya Financial Technology (Kifiya) today announced the launch of the upgraded Michu 2.0, Uncollateralized digital lending platform at the Cooperative bank’s DX valley. The partnership allows Coop bank to tap into Kifiya’s digital lending technology and offer lending solutions targeting Micro, […]

Capacity Building Training for Enat Bank

Capacity Building Training for Enat Bank Qena Digital Lending, in collaboration with Predictive Analytics Lab, successfully concluded a comprehensive capacity building training titled “Digital Lending Principles and Practices” for Enat Bank S.C. The enlightening 4-day training took place from May 08 to 12, 2023, at Elilly Hotel. Its primary objective was to equip Enat Bank’s […]

Michu powered by Qena uncollateralized digital lending product reaches milestone 200M birr loan in 5 months

Michu Powered by Qena Uncollateralized Digital lending product reaches milestone: 200M birr loan in 5 months Cooperative Bank of Oromia’s (coop) uncollateralized digital lending product, Michu, has disbursed over 200-million-birr loan facilities since it started operation in May 2022. The loans that target the working capital needs of roadside traders and micro businesses, which are […]

The 2nd Qena Knowledge Series

Empowering Inclusive Economy with Data-Driven Lending Qena, [Date] – The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE), in collaboration with the International Financial Corporation (IFC), Financial Sector Deepening-Ethiopia (FSD-Ethiopia), Kifiya Financial Technology, and the Mastercard Foundation, recently organized the second edition of the knowledge series event titled “Data-Driven MSME Digital Lending for an Inclusive Economy.” The event, […]

Qena at the DFS Ethiopia showcase 2022

Qena at the DFS Ethiopia Showcase 2022 Qena Digital Lending is honored to participate in the first DFS Ethiopia Showcase hosted by Ethiopia’s Digital Financial Services Working Group with the support of the United Nations Capital Development Fund and its partners at the Inter Luxury hotel from 19 -20 October 2022. The Event was attended […]

Qena at the Pan-African summit 2022

Qena at the Pan-African Artificial Intelligence conference 2022 Addis Ababa hosted the first Pan African Conference on Artificial intelligence (AI) from October 4-5, 2022, at the newly built Museum of Art and Science, at Addis Ababa Ethiopia. The conference hosted the Head of State, Ministers, officials of AI, researchers, and policymakers. The conference was inaugurated […]

Qena Held Its First Knowledge Series Seminar

QENA DIGITAL LENDING HELD ITS FIRST KNOWLEDGE SEMINAR On February 21, 2022, Kifiya’s Qena Digital Lending held the first knowledge seminar titled UNCOLLATERALIZED DIGITAL LENDING FOR MSMEs in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation (under its Young Africa Works in Ethiopia initiative) and its knowledge partner International Finance Corporation (IFC) at the Sheraton Addis. The Knowledge […]