Dossier
AI-driven lending
Coverage of AI-driven lending in the Nexus archive.
- Africa’s AI-driven lender to enter Ethiopia, Egypt
Optasia, an AI-driven lending platform backed by a South African lender, is expanding into Ethiopia and Egypt, leveraging machine-learning algorithms to maintain a 1.2% default rate in credit-starved markets. The firm aims to address low private-sector banking credit in these countries, where traditional banks face higher default rates.