France 24: Apr 30, 2020 Financial tech companies across Africa have also been suffering from the coronavirus pandemic across the World, as many say the African continent had been experiencing a FinTech revolution until then. These companies were “creating a new digital economy in a part of the World that was used to transacting with cash”, said Jake Kendall, director of Digital Financial Services Lab at Caribou Digital, adding that the pandemic “will push things forward in a more digital direction”.