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| 14.06.2019 | Six Nigerian fintech startups to keep an eye on | Fintech is one of the most attractive tech sectors for investment in Africa — and Nigeria, together with South Africa and Kenya, is leading the way on the continent when it comes to the number of hot fintech investments.
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| 14.06.2019 | Six Nigerian fintech startups to keep an eye on | Fintech is one of the most attractive tech sectors for investment in Africa — and Nigeria, together with South Africa and Kenya, is leading the way on the continent when it comes to the number of hot fintech investments.
A report (opens as... |
| 22.01.2019 | These are the companies backing Techpoint Build West Africa 2019 | Share this article:
We are grateful for the dedication and generosity of our family of sponsors, some of whom have been with us since the first edition, last year.
This is more than just a list of brands, it is a community of corporations a... |
| 30.12.2018 | African Fintech is still the preferred sector for global VCs to invest in | Share this:
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| 08.10.2018 | Here are the eight startups that will pitch for Series-A funding at VC4A summit | African startup funding platform VC4A has selected eight startups that it will showcase at next month’s Africa Early Stage Investor Summit in Cape Town.
The eight startups that make up this year’s VC4A Venture Showcase Series-A portfolio w... |
| 08.10.2018 | Here are the eight startups that will pitch for Series-A funding at VC4A summit | African startup funding platform VC4A has selected eight startups that it will showcase at next month’s Africa Early Stage Investor Summit in Cape Town.
The eight startups that make up this year’s VC4A Venture Showcase Series-A portfolio we... |
| 31.07.2018 | Online savings platforms that offer higher interest rates than your bank in Nigeria | Share this article:
Financial institutions like commercial banks are one of the major choices for savings aside contribution and thrift schemes. But one of the major concerns of Nigerian savers is that these banks offer relatively lower int... |
| 20.07.2018 | CowryWise micro-savings service opens high-yield government bonds to everyday Nigerians | In emerging market countries where economic volatility is a way of life, there aren’t a lot of relatively safe options for members of the burgeoning middle class to park their money.
For instance, countries like Nigeria have experienced a t... |
| 12.06.2018 | Versus – The Bank App Edition: Zenith VS Access | Chances are you have already seen an ad from your bank to download their app which will basically change your life (and banking as you know it). If not an ad, then someone must have asked you in the banking hall (or during one of those thin... |
| 11.06.2018 | Google opens applications for its second class of Launchpad Africa accelerator | Google has opened applications for the second class of its Launchpad Accelerator Africa programme. The programme will now take applications from an additional 12 African countries — to add to the six that it took applications from in the fi... |
| 11.06.2018 | Google opens applications for its second class of Launchpad Africa accelerator | Google has opened applications for the second class of its Launchpad Accelerator Africa programme. The programme will now take applications from an additional 12 African countries — to add to the six that it took applications from in the fi... |
| 10.06.2018 | Africa Roundup: African startup investments turn to fintech this winter season | Jake Bright Contributor
Jake Bright is a writer and author in New York City. He is co-author of The Next Africa.
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African fintech startup Chipper Cash raises $30M backed by Jeff Bezos
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| 09.06.2018 | Applications are now open for Class 2 of Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa | Google LaunchPad
In line with Google’s commitment to the Sub-Saharan Africa developer ecosystem, the company has since April 2016, hosted 13 Launchpad Build and Start events across Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa, featuring some 228 speaker... |
| 08.06.2018 | Brains, Focus And Grit: A Profile of Odunayo Eweniyi, Co-Founder, Piggybank.ng | I had originally wanted to do an Odunayo Eweniyi profile back in August 2017. I’d recently started using Piggybank.ng and coincidentally, at a house party, I’d met two people who knew her back in Covenant University. They were both recent P... |
| 06.06.2018 | GreenTec is Reading: KPMG’s “Forging the Future with Fintech” | Frankfurt (Germany), June 2018. This week, we are happy to share the following KPMG Report “Forging the Future with Fintech” with some of our own observations. One of the subjects which has become virtually synonymous with the African techn... |
| 02.06.2018 | Piggybank.ng Gets $1.1 Million Seed Funding | Piggybank.ng, Nigeria’s online and mobile app savings platform, has secured a seed Funding of $1.1M, from High Net Worth Individuals, led by Olumide Soyombo, Founder of LeadPath Nigeria, with support from International and Pan-African inves... |
| 01.06.2018 | ‘$1.1m funding will help Piggybank.ng to capitalise on opportunities’ | Automated savings platform Piggybank.ng‘s latest round of $1.1-million seed funding will allow the Nigerian startup to “expand and capitalise on the many opportunities that the market presents”, says co-founder Joshua Chibueze.
Chibueze (p... |
| 01.06.2018 | ‘$1.1m funding will help Piggybank.ng to capitalise on opportunities’ | Automated savings platform Piggybank.ng‘s latest round of $1.1-million seed funding will allow the Nigerian startup to “expand and capitalise on the many opportunities that the market presents”, says co-founder Joshua Chibueze.
Chibueze (pi... |
| 31.05.2018 | Top tech startup news stories you need to know this Thursday, May 31 | Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Thursday, May 31.
Pine Labs raises $125 million from Singapore’s Temasek and PayPal. Pine Labs, a leading provider of retail POS (Point of sale) solutions, announc... |
| 31.05.2018 | Nigeria’s Piggybank.ng raises $1.1M, announces group investment product | Jake Bright Contributor
Jake Bright is a writer and author in New York City. He is co-author of The Next Africa.
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African fintech startup Chipper Cash raises $30M backed by Jeff Bezos
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| 31.05.2018 | Piggybank.ng Secures $1.1M Seed Funding | Share this:
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| 31.05.2018 | Piggybank secures $1.1 million seed funding | Share this article:
Piggybank.ng, an online and mobile app savings platform targeted at African millennials, this morning announced it has closed a seed funding of $1.1 million from high net worth individuals, led by Olumide Soyombo, founde... |
| 23.03.2018 | 12 African startups Google is betting on | When Google CEO Sundar Pichai visited Lagos, Nigeria (the largest economy in Africa) for the first time in 2017, he announced the company’s plans to train 10 million Africans in digital skills over the next 5 years. He also announced Google... |
| 19.03.2018 | Google’s Launchpad Accelerator Africa announces first cohort of 12 startups | Google earlier today announced 12 startups that will participate in the first Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa class at an event in Lagos, Nigeria.
The Launchpad Accelerator Africa programme is aimed at early-stage African startups and ... |
| 19.03.2018 | Nigerian startups make up 50% of 12 selected for first Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa | Share this article:
UPDATE: If you would like to meet these 12 startups in one room, you could do so, today June 8, by visiting Impact Hub where they will be showcased to a number of investors during the demo day.
Last July, Google announce... |
| 19.03.2018 | Google’s Launchpad Accelerator Africa announces first cohort of 12 startups | Google earlier today announced 12 startups that will participate in the first Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa class at an event in Lagos, Nigeria.
The Launchpad Accelerator Africa programme is aimed at early-stage African startups and w... |
| 03.11.2017 | 5 fintech ventures in Africa building better financial services | Share this:
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| 04.10.2017 | Finalists announced for the AppsAfrica.com Awards 2017 | Share this:
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| 03.05.2017 | PiggyBank, Olivine Technology awarded $50,000 in funding from Village Capital | Nigerian startup PiggyBank.ng and Kenyan startup Olivine Technology have each scored $50,000 in funding from investment firm Village Capital, following the conclusion of FinTech Africa 2017, a three-month investment readiness programme.
Th... |
| 03.05.2017 | PiggyBank, Olivine Technology awarded $50,000 in funding from Village Capital | Nigerian startup PiggyBank.ng and Kenyan startup Olivine Technology have each scored $50,000 in funding from investment firm Village Capital, following the conclusion of FinTech Africa 2017, a three-month investment readiness programme.
The... |
| 02.05.2017 | Nigeria’s Piggybank.ng and 1 other African startup win $50,000 each in FinTech Africa 2017 | Share this article:
In 2016, we announced that Village Capital, in partnership with The Mastercard Foundation and the DOEN Foundation called out for applications for FinTech Africa. The quest was to seek and identify the next generation of ... |
| 12.11.2016 | Best African fintech solution 2016? | Share this:
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| 27.10.2016 | Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards Finalists 2016 are revealed | Share this:
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| 15.08.2016 | Healthcare app Kangpe declared winner of Lagos Seedstars World competition [update] | Healthcare platform, Kangpe, has been crowned the winner of the Seedstars World pitching competition in Nigeria. The event took place on 11 August at Seedspace Lagos.
Kangpe is a mobile app which allows users to access over 500 doctors, ar... |
| 15.08.2016 | Healthcare app Kangpe declared winner of Lagos Seedstars World competition [update] | Healthcare platform, Kangpe, has been crowned the winner of the Seedstars World pitching competition in Nigeria. The event took place on 11 August at Seedspace Lagos.
Kangpe is a mobile app which allows users to access over 500 doctors, aro... |
| 12.08.2016 | Personal doctor app, Kangpe wins Seedstars Lagos 2016 | Share this article:
Following the vetting of over 100 applications, which were narrowed down to 8 startups, Seedstars Lagos finally culminated in a pitch competition, held yesterday August 11, 2016.
The competing startups were DavtonLearn, ... |
| 12.08.2016 | Health start-up Kangpe wins Seedstars Lagos | Share this:
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| 09.08.2016 | Here are the 8 Nigerian startups competing at Seedstars World Lagos 2016 | Share this article:
After vetting over 100 applications, 8 startups have finally been selected to participate in Seedstars World Lagos preliminaries. The 8 startups will pitch during a closed door session for a shot to represent Nigeria at ... |
| 05.07.2016 | Future Hack lit the 4th edition of StartUP Friday with futuristic ideas | Share this article:
The just concluded 4th edition of #StartUPFriday that took place in Abuja had people from different parts of Nigeria and especially Lagos book their flights and road trips to attend the event. Red Sparrow Maitama, Abuja ... |
| 24.06.2016 | What the FinTech landscape in Nigeria looks like right now | Share this article:
Over the years, FinTech has grown beyond money transfer platforms. It has expanded to include many forms of technological innovation in the financial sector. FinTech innovations have changed the way we do business and se... |
| 08.03.2016 | Interested in Fintech in Nigeria? Then you should read this | This article was written by Ade Olabode, and was first published on his Medium page.
If there’s one area that a lot of people agree has the potential to impact a lot of Nigerians; it’s Fintech. While there’s no universally accepted definiti... |
| - | Piggybank.ng Gets $1.1 Million Seed Funding | Piggybank.ng, Nigeria’s online and mobile app savings platform, has secured a seed Funding of $1.1M, from High Net Worth Individuals, led by Olumide Soyombo, Founder of LeadPath Nigeria, with support from International and Pan-African inves... |