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In 2019, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said it was time to simplify money movement and make sending money to someone as easy as sending a...
African startup Union54 is reportedly developing a super app that may launch in September. The new ChitChat app aims to provide secure messaging, dollar-based virtual...
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...