Small Business

“Transfers will be the future”: GTCO’s HabariPay expands fintech push with new licences

When fintechs like Paystack and Flutterwave gained prominence between 2016 and 2019 to disrupt Nigeria’s financial sector, traditional banks had…

7 months ago

Turaco’s bet on M-KOPA’s smartphones expands insurance reach to over 1 million customers

Turaco, a Kenyan insurtech company, has spent six years disrupting the underpenetrated insurance market with less than $2 premiums. However,…

7 months ago

Nigerian lender Sycamore expands into asset management with SEC licence

Sycamore, the Nigerian digital lender with ₦10 billion assets under management, has secured a fund manager licence from the Securities…

7 months ago

Kenyan digital lender Whitepath fined $2,000 for unlawful data use in second privacy violation

Kenya’s Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC)  has fined digital lender Whitepath KES 250,000 ($2,000) for violating data privacy…

7 months ago

Carbon resumes issuance of debit cards in partnership with Verve

Carbon, the Nigerian digital bank known for its loans-led approach to banking, has partnered with Verve, the Interswitch-owned card scheme…

7 months ago

Nigeria has been courting Flutterwave to list on the NGX since 2023. Can it afford the fintech?

Nigeria has been lobbying Flutterwave, its most valuable startup, to list on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) since 2023. The government…

7 months ago

GTM 134: When to Hire Your First Sales Reps (And How to Get It Right) with Joe DiMento

The GTM Podcast is available on any major directory, including: Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube Joe DiMento is the Head of…

8 months ago

Ex-Kuda executive sues over gender discrimination, wrongful termination allegations

A former executive at Kuda, one of Nigeria’s leading fintech startups, has filed a lawsuit at an employment tribunal in…

8 months ago

NIBSS bets on QR codes as a cash alternative for small-value payments

The Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS), the country’s largest payment switch, is betting on QR codes as a cash alternative…

8 months ago

Safaricom, Kenyan commercial banks propose Pesalink for national payments overhaul

Safaricom and the Kenya Bankers Association (KBA) have proposed that Pesalink become the preferred next-generation fast payment system (FPS) in…

8 months ago