Nigerian fintech startup, Kippa, recently announced the withdrawal of its offline payments product, KippaPay, from the market. The move, which surprised many industry insiders, was explained… Read More
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In Africa’s vibrant fintech landscape, recent data underscores its robust growth and crucial role in enhancing financial accessibility.
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Following a company-wide town hall meeting held on the afternoon of Tuesday 2nd October 2023 (West African Time), Dash—the embattled Ghanaian fintech- revealed to its staff that the co… Read More
Yesterday, Techstars Toronto announced that it has made its 100th investment after six years of its existence. Interestingly, Africa accounts for 40% of the accelerator's investment portfoli… Read More
The online payments market is one of the fastest growing – according to Fortune Business Insights, it’s expected to hit $17,643.35 billion by 2027. The annual Global Payments Rep… Read More
Flapmax, a leading data, and AI technology company has selected 12 African startups for the second cohort of the FAST Accelerator startup program, created in partnership with Micro… Read More
16 African startups have been selected to participate in the 2023 class of TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200. The startups will get the opportunity to exhibit their products to investors, g… Read More
MobileCoin, the startup known for building Signal’s crypto payments feature, has appointed a new CEO as it works on expanding its encrypted money transfer service to global users in ne… Read More
Are you considering going on an international trip? An international passport is a must-have for anyone considering a business trip, a fantasy vacation, or studying abroad. However, applying… Read More
Of the many lofty promises of cryptocurrency, one of the most commendable ones is its potential to bring financial inclusion to underserved users. Nairobi-based Kotani Pay is a crypto paymen… Read More
An Africa-focused remittances platform, Lemfi, recently said it has raised $33 million in a Series A round led by Left Lane Capital. Lemfi said it will use the capital raise to “expand… Read More
It's the weekend brief and we are here again to take you through one major story that happened this week. We also shared a roundup of some of the noteworthy stories that broke within the wee… Read More
Clafiya, a Nigerian health-tech startup has today announced that it has raised $610,000 in a pre-seed round. The company will use the capital injection to accelerate growth, invest in produc… Read More
Despite the proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) in Africa being on the rise with governments formulating national strategies to drive the adoption, the readiness of countries on th… Read More
Nigerian fintech startups, Opay and Kuda, South Africa’s Yoco and Egyptian’s Fawry made a debut on CNBC’s list of top 200 global fintech companies. Together, CNBC and indep… Read More
The fintech market continues to grow, offering a variety of opportunities for new players. A multitude of software solutions covering almost every aspect of users’ financial lives are… Read More
Clafiya, an African healthtech company, announced its $610,000 pre-seed raise today.The oversubscribed round saw participation from Norrsken Accelerator, Acquired Wisdom Fund (AWF), Hustle F… Read More
Starting September 2023, Nigeria-based crypto and Web3 startup Bundle Africa has disclosed that its cexchange platform will close down. This will allow the company to focus on Cashlink, its… Read More
Flutterwave, a leading payments technology company and Africa’s highest-valued startup, is continuing the expansion that has seen it emerge in new markets and unveil new products over… Read More