VivaTech 2025: Zeeh Africa Takes Home AfricaTech and Impact 2035 Awards

What a week at Viva Technology 2025 – and what a moment for Zeeh Africa.

We came to Paris to share our mission: powering smarter financial services across Africa through open banking, real-time credit data, and intelligent infrastructure. We left with global recognition and a deeper belief in what we’re building. Here’s what went down:

We won the Fintech/eCommerce category at the 2025 AfricaTech Awards, hosted by VivaTech in partnership with Deloitte and supported by Edouard Mendy. This award shines a light on our efforts to close Africa’s $360M+ credit gap caused by bad or missing financial data.

Zeeh Africa also won the Impact 2035 Award by OVHcloud, recognizing startups driving sustainable digital growth - a highlight announced by OVHcloud CEO Benjamin Revcolevschi during their 10th anniversary celebration of the program. We were also invited to join the OVHcloud Startup Program, helping us scale with data sovereignty in mind.

Out of thousands of startups worldwide, we were selected as one of the Top 30 Innovation Finalist s byTechCrunch and VivaTech — and the only African fintech on that prestigious list.

It was especially inspiring to witness how seriously Viva Technology is investing in innovation and partnerships — and to personally connect with President Emmanuel Macron and Dr. ‘Bosun Tijani amidst it all. Moments like that remind us how global collaboration fuels real impact.

To everyone who stopped by our booth, cheered us on, and connected over the week – thank you.

Special appreciation to Viva Technology, TechCrunch, OVHcloud, Deloitte, and the AfricaTech community. And to the Zeeh team – this win is ours.

We’re just getting started.