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Visa has launched a program to help promote Africa’s growing startup community. The company’s Africa FinTech Accelerator, announced Wednesday (June 14) will help up to...
African FinTech Flutterwave has begun offering pay-by-bank transfers through a partnership with Token.io. “Our partnership with Token.io will make it even faster and easier for...
Nigeria-based B2B eCommerce firm Sabi has raised $38 million in Series B funding. This funding round values the company at $300 million, TechCrunch reported Friday (May 19). Sabi...
M-KOPA has raised $250 million to expand its financial services offering across sub-Saharan Africa. The Kenya-based company will use the new debt and equity funding to...
B2B marketplace Wasoko has moved into Zambia as part of a broader expansion in Africa. “Launching its central hub in Lusaka, Wasoko’s operations will enable...
An estimated $5 billion is lost annually in intra-African trade. And apart from the high trade costs associated with operating in a highly fragmented region,...
Kenya is known as the home of mobile payment system M-Pesa, and it is also one of the few African countries to have made significant...
Nigeria’s Nomba has raised $30 million to move payments from the “generic” to the specific. “Despite the growth in digital payments across Africa, most businesses...
Smile Identity has acquired Appruve to expand its digital identity verification solution across Africa. In addition to buying Appruve’s parent company, Inclusive Innovations, Smile Identity is working to finalize...