Hisa

Hisa is a mobile investing platform for retail investors in Africa who want access to fractional investing in local and global assets alongside learning and community features.

Key capabilities include:

• Fractional investing across Kenyan and US stocks, plus other instruments such as ETFs, REITs, commodities, currencies, mutual funds, bonds, money market funds, and CFDs, with access to 6,000+ instruments
• Social investing features that let users follow other investors and participate in user-generated discussions about wealth and investing
• Education and market content, including news articles, podcasts, and learning materials on personal finance, trading, technical analysis, fundamental analysis, entry and exit strategies, and risk management
• Watchlists for tracking stocks, sectors, and indices performance

Available on Web, Android, and iOS.

It targets everyday retail investors in Africa, with specific traction in markets such as Kenya and Nigeria, including users interested in Nairobi Securities Exchange exposure.

Notable context: founded in Nairobi (2020) and launched at the Nairobi Securities Exchange, it positions itself around borderless access to investments for Africans and combines investing with community-led insights and financial education; it has also been described as Hisa 2.0 (ISA) with updates such as after-hours trading and dynamic compliance through licensed partners.