Flutterwave, one of Africa’s leading payment companies, has secured a Mozambique payment aggregator licence in principle. This high-profile licence enables…
Kenyan identity management startup, Peleza has merged with YC-backed Prembly to form the Prembly Group. Both companies declined to provide…
Following important changes to Know Your Customer processes by the Central Bank, fintech startups must now physically verify the addresses…
In business, comparisons and generalizations are common and useful, but sometimes they ignore complexities. So with those generalizations aside, here’s…
Months after the board of the agricultural data platform Gro Intelligence replaced CEO and founder Sara Menker, the New York…
Spiro, an India-based electric vehicle company, has signed a $50 million debt financing deal with Afreximbank to expand its offering…
Chipper Cash, a pan-African fintech startup, has resumed operations in the US after a two-month pause, and after a restructuring…
Seamfix, a 17-year-old identity solutions company, has raised $4.5 million in funding from Alitheia IDF, its first institutional investor as it…
For the second year running, Francophone fintech Wave is the only African company listed on Y-Combinator’s top 50 earning startups…
BuuPass, a Kenyan travel booking platform backed by Founders Factory Africa and FrontEnd Ventures, has acquired its Nigeria and South…
Kuda Bank, Moniepoint, OPay and Palmpay have paused account opening for new customers following a directive from the Central Bank…
When The Peer, a Nigeria-based API startup, shut down in April, the business still had up to twenty months of…
Okra, an open finance startup, is one of the few Nigerian API services that provides real-time access to financial data.…
Roam, a Kenyan-based electric mobility company, has secured a partnership with Mogo, an asset financier in East Africa, to boost…
Sycamore, a Nigerian fintech startup, offers loans for individuals and businesses, including salary and business loans. It also enables users…
Bamboo is a Tiger Global-backed Nigerian investment startup that enables users to buy and trade US stocks in real-time from…
Since its founding in 2021, Herconomy claims to have amassed over 10,000 active users. The startup is not just a…
GetEquity describes itself as a marketplace for investment products provided by investment managers globally. The TechStars-backed startup lets users pool…
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Kuda Microfinance Bank, the Target Global-backed neobank, has secured payment licences in Tanzania and Canada as part of an expansion…