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| 14.09.2026 | XTransfer Debuts at Seamless Africa 2026 Reinforcing Commitment to Africa's SME Trade | JOHANNESBURG, Sept. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- XTransfer, the world's leading B2B cross-border trade payment platform, reinforced its commitment to serving SMEs across Africa through its first participation in Seamless Africa 2026, held 8–9 S... |
| 28.07.2026 | Latest Harambeans cohort open for applications | The Harambeans, who were founded in 2008, identify as “visionaries transforming Africa’s challenges into opportunities” and an “alliance of determined entrepreneurs who are building Africa’s future.”
In the past ten years, Harambeans has gi... |
| 11.07.2026 | Healome Therapeutics Secures £2M to Revolutionize Eye Care with Advanced Matrix Technology | Healome Therapeutics, a UK spinout, secured £2M seed funding. Its proprietary eye-drop matrix technology promises to transform ocular surface disease treatment. This innovation delivers sustained drug action, improving retention, lubricatio... |
| 11.07.2026 | Flutterwave Raises Funding From Circle Ventures | Flutterwave has announced a strategic investment from Circle Ventures and the addition of USDC settlement across its platform, as part of a broader push to embed stablecoins into the payment infrastructure serving businesses across Africa. ... |
| 07.07.2026 | Flutterwave Receives Investment from Circle Ventures | Flutterwave, a San Francisco, California- and Lagos, Nigeria-based developer of a cross-border payments orchestration platform, secured a strategic investment round from Circle Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Circle Internet ... |
| 07.07.2026 | Healome Therapeutics Closes £2M Seed Funding | Healome Therapeutics, a University of Birmingham (UK) spinout developing a proprietary eye-drop matrix technology for ocular surface diseases, closed a GBP£2m seed financing round.
The round was led by Empirical Ventures, with participation... |
| 16.06.2026 | Mantle Energy Raises $5M in Seed Funding | Mantle Energy, a Dallas, Texas-based developer of an activated geothermal and enhanced energy recovery platform, raised $5m in seed funding.
The round was led by 17Shoals, Inc.
The company intends to use the funds to scale its internal engi... |
| 16.06.2026 | Flutterwave Receives Investment from Ripple in Series E; Valued at $3.2 Billion | Flutterwave, a San Francisco, CA- and Lagos, Nigeria-based payments infrastructure company, received a strategic investment from Ripple, a provider of blockchain-based enterprise solutions for traditional and digital finance.
The partnershi... |
| 16.06.2026 | Venture Capital & Startup Funding Roundup, June 16, 2026 | It’s Tuesday, June 16, 2026, and venture capital investors are sending a clear message: the race to build the infrastructure behind the AI economy is far from over. Capital did not fan out evenly today. It clustered around three ideas: AI s... |
| 21.05.2026 | Checker: $8 Million Raised For Digital Asset Infrastructure Platform Serving Financial Institutions | Checker, a digital asset infrastructure company focused on stablecoin liquidity and cross-border financial services, announced it has raised $8 million in funding from Galaxy Ventures, Al Mada Ventures, and Framework Ventures.
Additional pa... |
| 20.05.2026 | Checker Raises $8M in Funding | checker’s logo
Checker, a NYC-based network that enables financial institutions to plug into stablecoins and digital asset liquidity, cross-border payments, treasury, and credit via a single API, raised $8M in funding.
The round was led by ... |
| 19.05.2026 | Money20/20 Europe Announces Powerhouse Speaker Lineup Featuring Leaders from Klarna, BBVA, ABN AMRO, Mastercard, eToro, and Revolut | Money20/20, the world’s leading fintech show and the place where money does business, today announced a stellar line-up of speakers for Money20/20 Europe happening on June 2-4 at the RAI in Amsterdam.
The show will feature 450+ speakers acr... |
| 18.05.2026 | AFC commits $100-million to African tech funds | Africa Finance Corporation has approved a commitment of up to US$100-million to invest in Africa-focused technology fund managers — a move aimed at increasing the share of local capital in the continent’s venture funding.
The infrastructure... |
| 14.05.2026 | Turnkey Raises $12.5M in Funding | Turnkey, a NYC-based developer of secure crypto wallet infrastructure and verifiable cloud computing platforms, raised $12.5m in funding.
The round was backed by Archetype and Circle Ventures, alongside participation from existing backers i... |
| 08.04.2026 | Kulipa capta US$ 6,2 milhões em rodada seed liderada por Flourish Ventures e 1kx | A Kulipa anunciou a captação de US$ 6,2 milhões em rodada seed coliderada por Flourish Ventures e 1kx, com participação de White Star Capital e Fabric Ventures. A empresa desenvolve infraestrutura para emissão de cartões financiados por sal... |
| 26.03.2026 | Nigeria: How Attacks On Middle East Data Centres Expose Nigeria's Digital Vulnerability | Drone strikes that damaged three cloud facilities operated by Amazon Web Services (AWS) in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain on March 1 have exposed Nigeria's lack of digital independence.
It has also shown that in the geopolitical confl... |
| 24.03.2026 | Global Fintech Market Expected to Reach $556 Billion by 2030: What the Numbers Mean for Startups | Share
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Multiple research firms now project the global fintech market will sit between $556 billion and $652 billion by 2030. Mordor Intelligence puts the figure at $652.80 billion. Fortune Business Insights, which val... |
| 24.03.2026 | Fintech Unicorns: How Over 300 Companies Achieved Billion-Dollar Valuations | Share
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More than 300 fintech companies worldwide have reached valuations of $1 billion or more’ Global Unicorn Tracker. In 2015, there were fewer than 20 fintech unicorns. The number tripled between 2019 and 2021 alon... |
| 04.03.2026 | EFGH Appoints Independent Director Woon Tai Ho to Strengthen Board Governance Ahead of U.S. Listing | SINGAPORE and NEW YORK, March 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Embed Financial Group Holdings Pte. Ltd. ("EFGH" or the "Company"), a Singapore-headquartered financial internet infrastructure company operating across emerging mark... |
| 28.02.2026 | WafR secures $4 M Seed funding to expand last-mile financial services in Morocco | LoftyInc Capital, a leading pan-African venture capital firm, has announced that it co-led a $4 million oversubscribed seed round in Moroccan fintech WafR, one of the first investments from its newly launched LoftyInc Alpha Fund.
The oversu... |
| 08.02.2026 | Nigeria: Fintech Tycoon, Olugbenga Agboola's Shrewd Move | As one of the leading tech entrepreneurs in Africa, Olugbenga Agboola is a young man unarguably imbued with a great deal of knowledge and more qualifications than one can count.
For the co-founder of Flutterwave -- one of the continent's mo... |
| 08.01.2026 | Nigeria: African Fintechs Projected to Grow Profitably, Sustain the Continent in 2026 | African Fintech Summit (AFTS), the premier global initiative dedicated to African Financial Technology (Fintech) ecosystem, has projected African Fintechs in its 2026 Outlook, as an ecosystem that would transit from chasing global investmen... |
| 07.01.2026 | Africa's Fintech Future: Flutterwave's Mono Acquisition Reshapes Digital Finance | Flutterwave, Africa's leading fintech, finalized its acquisition of Nigerian open banking trailblazer Mono, in an all-stock deal valued between $25M and $40M. This landmark transaction signals a profound transformation in African financial ... |
| 06.01.2026 | Flutterwave Craves African Open Banking Action With Mono Acquisition | Image: Envato
Africa’s payments landscape just shifted. Flutterwave—the continent’s largest fintech company—announced its acquisition of Nigerian open banking firm Mono in an all-stock transaction valued between $25 million and $40 million.... |
| 05.01.2026 | Nigeria: Flutterwave Acquires Mono in Deal Reportedly Valued Up to $40m | Flutterwave has acquired Nigerian open banking startup Mono in an all-stock transaction valued between $25 million and $40 million, according to people familiar with the deal.
The acquisition brings together two fintech infrastructure compa... |
| 24.12.2025 | To expand stablecoin and cryptocurrency payment infrastructure throughout Africa, SA’s Ezeebit raised $2 M | The FSCA-regulated stablecoin and cryptocurrency payment infrastructure company Ezeebit, based in South Africa, has closed a US$2.05 million seed funding round with the goal of expanding strategic partnerships with banks, PSPs, and telcos a... |
| 25.11.2025 | Africa Urged to Prioritise Data Sovereignty for Seamless Digital Payment | Omolabake Fasogbon
The need for Africa to take charge of its own data, and emerge as leading exporter of technology for digital expansion has been reiterated at the FITC Fintech Nigeria Technovation Conference in Lagos.
The conference, them... |
| 22.10.2025 | Nigeria's Digital Payment Boom Faces Rising Cybersecurity Threats | The NIBSS Annual Fraud Report showed that in 2023 alone, attempted fraud rose by 45 per cent, with mobile channels and online platforms being the most exploited mode.
Nigeria has, in recent years, become one of Africa's digital payments pow... |
| 04.10.2025 | Why the next wave of African unicorns will be built on retention, not acquisition | Over the past decade, African startups have been obsessed with rapid user acquisition, i.e., chasing growth at all costs to impress investors. However, the game is changing. In 2024, African tech funding fell to $1.1 billion, a 50% drop fro... |
| 03.10.2025 | Nigeria and Digital Fraud | ILIYASU GASHINBAKI writes that the country is losing billions to financial fraud
As Nigeria's digital economy grows into a continental force, the country stands at a crossroads, caught between rapid innovation and a rising wave of cybercrim... |
| 04.07.2025 | Африканский сервис заказа такси Moove привлекает $1,2 млрд в виде долга | «Хотя мы не можем обсуждать детали текущего сбора средств, Moove построил прочные отношения с некоторыми из ведущих мировых кредиторов», — сказал Лади Делано , один из основателей нигерийского стартапа, в ответ на вопросы Bloomberg о финанс... |
| 25.06.2025 | Bridging the Gap: The Rise of Stablecoins in Africa | In the heart of Africa, a financial revolution is brewing. Stablecoins, the digital currency tethered to real-world assets, are poised to reshape the continent's economic landscape. This shift is not just a trend; it’s a movement. The recen... |
| 24.06.2025 | West Africa: As Naseni Boss Calls On West African Countries to Unlock Technology Potentials | The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Khalil Suleiman Halilu has urged West African nations to unite around science, technology, and innovation to... |
| 23.06.2025 | What Not to Miss: 2025 U.S. Africa Business Summit Opening Plenary & Featured Panels | As we gather in Luanda for the 2025 U.S.-Africa Business Summit #USAfricaBizSummit2025, we're excited to spotlight sessions that explore key sectors and initiatives driving U.S.-Africa trade, investment and commercial engagement.
Below are ... |
| 22.05.2025 | Money20/20 Unveils Global Powerhouse Jury for Inaugural Money Awards | Distinguished Global Leaders to Judge Transformative Innovation in Fintech
BANGKOK, THAILAND – Media OutReach Newswire – 22 May 2025 – Money20/20, the world’s leading fintech show, and the place where money does business, today announced it... |
| 23.04.2025 | Africa's Tech Renaissance: The Summit That Connects Continents | On June 6, 2025, the London Stock Exchange will transform into a bustling hub of innovation. The ninth Africa Tech Summit London is set to take place, a gathering that promises to be a melting pot of ideas, partnerships, and investment oppo... |
| 17.04.2025 | Nineth Africa Tech Summit London to be held in June | On June 6, the London Stock Exchange will host the ninth edition of Africa Tech Summit London, which will bring together a range of stakeholders to promote partnerships and funding in Africa’s rapidly changing tech sector.
To advance busine... |
| 16.04.2025 | Africa Tech Summit Returns to London Stock Exchange June 6 | TLDR
The ninth edition of Africa Tech Summit London will take place at the London Stock Exchange on June 6, bringing together 350 tech leaders, investors, corporates, and policymakers
Now in its ninth year, the summit has evolved into a key... |
| 04.04.2025 | MENA Digest: Dubai’s YAP, Fuse, Egyptian startup InfiniLink get funding | Credit: 123RF.com
Dealmaking activity in the Middle East and North Africa region slowed down this week on account of Eid, but some significant fundraising rounds were still secured by startups, including Dubai-based digital banking platform... |
| 02.04.2025 | Sterling Bank leads protest for removal of transfer charges | In a landmark move that sets a new benchmark for customer-focused banking in Nigeria, Sterling Bank has championed the cancellation of bank transfer fees by major banks, announcing it will no longer take any money for itself for any local o... |
| 04.03.2025 | African Fintech Flutterwave Secures Zambian License | Listen to this article
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Flutterwave, a leading African payments technology company, has officially secured a payment system license to operate in Zambia. This new license positions Flutterwave to deliver mobile mon... |
| 11.02.2025 | Why MultiChoice is having a fintech Moment | MultiChoice Group is diversifying into fintech. Through a partnership with global venture capital firm General Catalyst and payments specialist Rapyd, the JSE-listed broadcaster launched Moment in 2023 to process DStv and Showmax payments. ... |
| 29.01.2025 | 55 Finalists Announced for the Inaugural Africa Tech Summit Awards 2025 | Share this:
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| 26.01.2025 | MoneyHash: Payment Orchestration Platform Company Raises $5.2 Million (Series Pre-A) | MoneyHash, one of the first and leading payment orchestration platforms operating in the Middle East and Africa (MEA), announced it secured $5.2 million in pre-A funding. The funding round was led by Flourish Ventures, a global fintech inve... |
| 21.01.2025 | MoneyHash Raises $5.2M Pre-A Funding | Share this:
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| 10.01.2025 | Legal Storms and Economic Currents: Navigating Nigeria's Financial Landscape | In the heart of Nigeria's financial landscape, two significant events are stirring the waters: a court's freezing of assets linked to General Hydrocarbons and a forecasted decline in inflation. These developments reflect the complex interpl... |
| 09.01.2025 | Court Freezes $225 million in assets linked to General Hydrocarbons and Nduka Obaigbena | A Federal High Court has issued a series of orders, including Mareva injunctions, to freeze assets and accounts linked to General Hydrocarbons Limited, its affiliates, and prominent individuals, including media mogul Nduka Obaigbena.
The co... |
| 15.11.2024 | 86% of African Tech Founders Report Impact on Wellbeing – Yet 81% Enjoy the Journey | Share this:
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| 08.11.2024 | Moniepoint's Leap: From Microfinance to Commercial Banking? | Moniepoint is on the rise. Recently, it secured a whopping $110 million in funding. This is not just a number; it’s a signal. A signal that Moniepoint is ready to soar. The fintech, which rebranded from TeamApt in 2023, has reached unicorn ... |
| 07.11.2024 | Exploring the possibility of a Moniepoint commercial banking play | It's been a good few days for Moniepoint. First, it announced a $110 million raise applauded across the ecosystem and followed it up with a touching video about the journey.
That has been quickly followed up by the appointment of former Sta... |
| 03.11.2024 | FG appoints Emeka Afigbo, Iyin Aboyeji, 5 others as 3MTT Advisory Committee members | The federal government has announced the establishment of an advisory committee for its 3 Million Technical Talent (3MTT) with the appointment of key leaders in Nigeria’s tech community as its members.
According to the Minister of Communica... |
| 28.09.2024 | Flutterwave Expands Send App Remittance Service to 49 States | This week, African payment technology provider Flutterwave announced the expansion of its Send App service across 49 U.S. states through a partnership with MainStreet Bank, a subsidiary of MainStreet Bancshares Inc. (Nasdaq: MNSB and MNSBP)... |
| 15.09.2024 | Funding the Future: The Landscape of Venture Capital in African Startups | In recent years, Africa has become an emerging hotspot for venture capital (VC) investment, driven by a combination of rapid technological innovation, a growing middle class, and increasing internet penetration. African startups are address... |
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| 03.08.2024 | Flutterwave Secures Enhanced Payment Provider License in Ghana | Listen to this article
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Payments technology company Flutterwave announced that it has obtained an Enhanced Category Payment Service Provider license from the Bank of Ghana.
This development is pivotal in expanding ... |
| 18.07.2024 | Linda Rottenberg’s visit to Nigeria showcases commitment to tech innovation and entrepreneurship | Linda Rottenberg, Endeavor’s Global CEO, recently visited Nigeria from 6-9 of July 2024, marking a successful series of events that underscored the country’s vibrant tech ecosystem and entrepreneurial spirit. Organized by Endeavor Nigeria, ... |
| 17.07.2024 | Flutterwave listed among World's top 250 Fintech Companies by CNBC and Statista | SAN FRANCISCO, July 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Flutterwave, Africa's leading payments technology company, is excited to be included in the top 250 fintech companies in the world by CNBC and Statista for the first time. The list, which also fe... |
| 09.07.2024 | R18-billion plan to build 10 African tech hubs | The United Nations Development Programme, African governments and the private sector plan to raise US$1-billion (R18.2-billion) and open a string of technology hubs across the continent to boost start-up innovation.
The first of 10 hubs tha... |
| 28.06.2024 | Nigeria: CBN to Implement More Policies to Tackle Cybersecurity Challenges | The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it will continue to implement more policies to tackle cybersecurity challenges, foster innovation to ensure stability and integrity of the financial system.
The Deputy Governor, Financial Systems Stabi... |
| 26.06.2024 | Rethinking fintech distribution in Africa: The role of ‘undiscovered founders’ | Flashy new tech companies and cutting-edge tech get a lot of buzz. But for investors, the real excitement lies in booming tech hubs, areas where new companies are constantly popping up, fueled by money from around the world. These up-and-co... |
| 25.06.2024 | $75 M Africa-focused fund launched by European early-stage VC firm Breega | With the goal of becoming the top early-stage investor in African startups, Breega, one of the fastest-growing early-stage funds in Europe, has announced the opening of its first African fund, “Breega Africa Seed I.”
The Paris-based Breega,... |
| 24.06.2024 | Flutterwave lays off 24 employees in Nigeria as it restructures | Nigerian fintech giant, Flutterwave, has slashed its workforce by 24, representing 3% of its total employees.
The company announced this on Monday describing the exercise as part of a strategic restructuring focused on its core enterprise p... |
| 24.06.2024 | Exchange rate falls to lowest in 5 weeks as it closes in on N1,500/$1 | The exchange rate between the naira and the dollar fell to a six-week low on Monday, closing at N1,490.2/$1, just N10 shy of hitting N1,500/$1.
This is according to official data from the FMDQ, where currencies are traded officially. The ex... |
| 20.06.2024 | Flutterwave partners with EFCC to establish Cybercrime Research Center in Nigeria | Nigerian fintech giant, Flutterwave, has entered into a partnership with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to set up a Cybercrime Research Center in Nigeria.
According to a statement from the two parties, the initiative ai... |
| 20.06.2024 | Fraud: Access Bank admits Ali Bello’s co-defendant not featured on Kogi State bank transactions | Olom Otane Egoro, a compliance officer from Access Bank has told the Federal High Court Abuja that the name of Daudu Sulaiman, a co-defendant to Ali Bello, did not feature on the bank statements of the Kogi State Government House in Access ... |
| 09.06.2024 | Solving Local Challenges: Startups Addressing Africa’s Unique Problems | Across Africa, startups are emerging as innovative solutions to address the continent’s unique challenges.
From access to healthcare and education to transportation and agriculture, these startups are leveraging technology, entrepreneurship... |
| 29.05.2024 | Flutterwave receives payment aggregator licence approval-in-principle to expand to Mozambique | Flutterwave, one of Africa’s leading payment companies, has secured a Mozambique payment aggregator licence in principle. This high-profile licence enables e-commerce merchants to accept various payment instruments online without needing to... |
| 23.05.2024 | African Tech Ventures Unlocking UK Capital Markets and Exits | Share this:
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| 20.05.2024 | Weekly Economic Index: Flutterwave loses ₦11 billion to security breach, the CBN approves 14 new IMTOs, and oil and gas stocks decline by 6.5% in NGX | Here are three big stories from Africa’s business and policy landscape you (probably) didn’t miss but should keep in mind this week: Fintech Giant Flutterwave Hit by Alleged ₦11 Billion Security Breach
Last week, Nigerian fintech leader Flu... |
| 15.05.2024 | Flutterwave Earns Prestigious Spot on CNBC's 2024 Disruptor 50 List | SAN FRANCISCO, May 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Flutterwave, Africa's leading payment technology company, has earned a spot on the prestigious 12th annual CNBC Disruptor 50 list alongside companies like OpenAI, Stripe, Monzo. This recognition u... |
| 04.05.2024 | Visa and Standard Chartered Partner to Improve Cross-Border Payments | Standard Chartered has announced that it has joined Visa B2B Connect, a multilateral payment network that allows its business clients to make cross-border payments between their accounts more quickly and easily.
With a focus on enabling qui... |
| 30.04.2024 | TechCabal’s best-read stories of Q1 2024 | With the African tech ecosystem beset by a funding downturn, rising inflation, layoffs and startup shutdowns, the industry was off to a slow and uncertain start this year. Despite these challenges, some major highlights have kept us optimis... |
| 23.04.2024 | Nigeria: How E-Commerce Can Leverage Computer Vision Technology to Boost Sector - NCC | The rapid adoption of Computer Vision Technology (CVT) has revolutionized business operations and transformed e-commerce by improving efficiency in a variety of ways.
CVT is the process of using algorithms and artificial intelligence to pro... |
| 22.04.2024 | Exclusive: The Peer will return $350,000 to investors after shutting down | When The Peer, a Nigeria-based API startup, shut down in April, the business still had up to twenty months of runway. The shutdown, which its founders blamed on an inability to find product-market fit, means investors will get some of their... |
| 06.04.2024 | Huawei Cloud to empower 100 Nigerian startups to boost cloud market. | Huawei Cloud will grant cloud credits worth $10 million to 100 Nigerian startups as it attempts to empower the country’s startups to innovate and grow on Huawei Cloud. The investment will be over a two year period.
The company announced on ... |
| 22.03.2024 | From Unicorns to Uncharted Territories: Navigating Africa’s FinTech Landscape | Growing at an annual growth rate of 32%, the Africa FinTech market is set to achieve annual revenues of $65 billion dollars by 2030 based on assessments by Boston Consulting Group and QED Investors. While the growth rates are significant, a... |
| 19.03.2024 | Exclusive: Brass secures new funding as customers confirm an end to withdrawal delays | Brass, the Nigerian business banking startup that has been receiving criticism from customers for failing to process withdrawals on time, has received a capital injection from a group of investors, four people with knowledge of the deal tol... |
| 15.12.2023 | Techstars, announces 12 new investments through its Africa-focused program | Share this:
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| 22.08.2023 | Flutterwave, Africa’s biggest start-up, presses ahead with IPO plans | Flutterwave CEO Olugbenga Agboola
Flutterwave, Africa’s largest start-up, is pressing ahead with plans for an initial public offering after making headway in resolving allegations of financial impropriety in Kenya so that it can access more... |
| 15.08.2023 | MTN fintech unit seeks more investors | MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita
MTN Group is seeking as many as three more strategic investors in addition to Mastercard for its fintech unit, which it values at $5.2-billion (R100-billion).
“We are open to selling up to a maximum of 30% of the ... |
| 18.07.2023 | Paybills.Africa Goes Live Connecting African Merchants To The World | Today, at the margins of the U.S. Africa Financial Inclusion Conference sponsored by the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), Brij Technologies, Inc. unveiled Paybills.Africa. The platform seamlessly connects Africa's merchants global... |
| 16.07.2023 | Flutterwave Launches a Quick and Easy Tuition Payments solution | Last Friday, flutterwave, one of the leading paytech company in Africa, announced on their Facebook page a solution that aims to tackle several challenges in the financial landscape, including high transaction costs, limited accessibility t... |
| 23.06.2023 | Flutterwave eyes Egypt’s cross-border payments market as it plans IPO
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Flutterwave’s acquisition of a licence to payment se... |
| 05.03.2023 | Alleged security breach leaves millions of dollars missing from Flutterwave accounts | Last month, Flutterwave, Africa’s largest startup by private valuation, was involved in a hack that resulted in more than ₦2.9 billion (~$4.2 million) missing from its accounts, according to local tech publication Techpoint Africa.
Accordin... |
| 03.02.2023 | Starlink promises a new era of fast internet in Nigeria | On the 29th of March, 2022, the Russian army assailed the streets of Irpin, northwest of Kyiv, leaving blackened wreckages and dead bodies. Due to the attack, the city’s 24 cell towers were knocked down, throwing the city offline and preven... |
| 17.10.2022 | Nigerian banking-as-a-service platform Maplerad raises $6M, led by Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures | Banking-as-a-service (BaaS) platforms have taken off rapidly across the fintech world over the last 18 months. By partnering with banks, these platforms allow entities, from startups and fintechs to big corporations and banks, to provide ta... |
| 01.09.2022 | Flutterwave receives new payment license and plans IPO amidst regulatory challenges | Nigerian payment unicorn, Flutterwave, has secured a Switching and Processing Licence from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), according to a statement seen by TechCabal. This high profile licence will allow it to facilitate transactions bet... |
| 23.08.2022 | New report: Here’s why African fintech is fast-expanding | Despite talk of an overcrowded market and funding retreat, fintech is proving its mettle in the African markets, serving as a lever to financial inclusion and increasingly bringing innovative solutions to market that are uniquely designed f... |
| 23.08.2022 | New report: Here’s why African fintech is fast-expanding | Despite talk of an overcrowded market and funding retreat, fintech is proving its mettle in the African markets, serving as a lever to financial inclusion and increasingly bringing innovative solutions to market that are uniquely designed f... |
| 29.07.2022 | Kenya directs all banks to stop dealing with Chipper Cash, Flutterwave, saying they are unlicensed | A day after Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), Kenya’s monetary authority, said that Chipper Cash and Flutterwave were not licensed to operate in the East African country, the regulator has directed all financial institutions to cease doing busin... |
| 17.07.2022 | Nigerian fintechs are facing legal troubles in Kenya | Nigeria has gained a reputation as one of Africa’s fintech hotspots. However, some Nigerian fintechs are now having legal trouble in some parts of the continent.
Kenyan authorities recently froze accounts with Sh45 million ($381,000) worth ... |
| 05.05.2022 | You might have to pay to use Twitter | Share this article:
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| 26.04.2022 | Eleven African Startups Receive Prestigious Silicon Valley Award for Entrepreneurs | “We are happy to see that after five years, we are continuing to augment support for African changemakers and help scale their work and impact on the continent. Congratulations to the 2022 Builders of Africa's Future!” - Almaz Negash, Found... |
| 14.04.2022 | Tushop secures $3m pre-seed funding to scale affordable community eGrocery in Kenya | Tushop, a female-founded digital platform that aggregates Kenyan consumers into groups to buy groceries more cheaply, has secured $3 million in pre-seed funding.
The investment was led by early-stage investment firm 4DX Ventures. Other inve... |
| 30.03.2022 | Dapio dabbles in $3.4 million to bring frictionless payments for small businesses across UK and Europe | Microbusinesses and sole traders have faced multiple challenges when taking payments from customers, including the need to invest in clunky and expensive hardware and additional fees. Contactless payments are rising and constitute a quarter... |
| 05.03.2022 | Applications now open for Blockchain Bootcamp | DFS Lab – the early-stage investor – and Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) have opened applications for their second Blockchain Bootcamp, designed to give early to mid-stage startups in Africa an opportunity to build on Stellar, an open-... |
| 05.03.2022 | Applications now open for Blockchain Bootcamp | DFS Lab – the early-stage investor – and Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) have opened applications for their second Blockchain Bootcamp, designed to give early to mid-stage startups in Africa an opportunity to build on Stellar, an open-... |
| 02.03.2022 | Nigeria’s Sudo Africa raises $3.7M pre-seed for its card-issuing API platform | Sudo Africa, a fintech that provides a card-issuing API for developers and businesses in Nigeria, has raised $3.7 million in pre-seed funding.
San Francisco-based Global Founders Capital (GFC) led the round. Participating VCs include Picus ... |
| 25.02.2022 | What Flutterwave’s fintech as a service means for the African tech ecosystem | Share this article:
A few days after announcing its Series D round that sent its valuation over the $3 billion mark, African fintech startup, Flutterwave, at a virtual event, announced additional services to its existing offering. In additi... |
| 18.02.2022 | Flutterwave, a Nigerian fintech company, raises $250 million in Series D funding, bringing its value to over $3 billion | Flutterwave, a Nigerian fintech company, has raised US$250 million in Series D funding to fuel its expansion plans, bringing its value to over US$3 billion.
The US$250 million SeriesD round, led by B Capital Group, includes existing investo... |
