The 2023 edition of the Ecobank Fintech Challenge ended on Friday, October 6, 2023 at the Ecobank-ETI headquarters in Lomé. The Cameroonian Magalie Gauze Sanga who won the 1st prize with her

8 pre-selected finalists came from South Africa, Cameroon, Senegal, Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo, vied hard to convince the jury of the relevance of their product. At the end of the challenge, Magalie Gauze Sanga from Cameroon won the 1st prize with her “Koree” solution and left with an envelope of $50,000, or about 30,000,000 FCFA. “Koree” is a card wallet application that solves the problem of the shortage of coins in French-speaking sub-Saharan Africa, by digitizing cash payments from merchants. It also empowers African consumers, through an incentive rewards system that allows them to earn cash discounts on payments made with any payment method