Deimos joins Africa Money and Defi Summit, Ghana 2022
Deimos is a technology-focused company with many years of experience in custom software development, cloud-native architectures, large-scale cloud migrations, developer automation, security, and observability best practices. They are professionals that are certified and are part of teams that are geared towards delivering value to customers quickly. Their strength lies in their diversity of experience, cultures,... Read Article →
NowNow Digital Systems, has closed a $13 million seed round
NowNow, a Nigerian digital system startup, has closed a $13 million seed round to scale and expand its service offerings across Africa. The funding round was led by NeoVision Ventures Ltd., DLF Family Office, and Shadi Abdulhadi. With the new funding, the startup said it will improve financial inclusivity across Africa and drive empowerment, as well…
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10 ventures to showcase the exciting future of Web3, FinTech and DeFi in Africa at the upcoming Africa Money & DeFi Summit in Ghana
The Africa Money & DeFi Summit has announced the final shortlist of exciting ventures who will Pitch Live on stage in West Africa to over 400 fintech and crypto leaders, in Accra on September 27th – 28th. The West African edition of Pitch Live has attracted over 200 submissions and strives to showcase leading ventures…
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AZA Finance joins Africa Money and Defi Summit, Ghana 2022
Founded in Nairobi, Kenya, in 2013, AZA Finance has grown from a currency exchange platform to a global financial services firm expert in frontier markets and currencies. They make international Payments, FX and Treasury through their web and API platforms easier and better for enterprises doing business in Africa. All directed by their expert team,…
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Metaverse Magna raises $3.2M at a $30M valuation to build Africa’s largest gaming DAO
Metaverse Magna (MVM), a Nestcoin gaming DAO based in Nigeria that distributes mobile games in emerging African markets and builds developer tools for Web3 gaming, has completed a seed sale token round of $3.2 million at a $30M fully diluted value. Investors included South Korean video game developer Wemade, Japan-based blockchain-focused venture capital firm Gumi Cryptos…
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Affinity joins Africa Money and Defi Summit, Ghana 2022
Founded in 2013, Affinity was established as an owner and operator of financial services companies in sub-Saharan Africa. Affinity prides itself on establishing digital-forward and branch-light financial institutions, leveraging fintech and innovative design to improve financial access and affordability. Affinity made its first investment in 2015, acquiring PayFlex in Ghana. Affinity is a full-fledged digitally-driven financial institution…
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Flutterwave joins Africa Money and Defi Summit, Ghana 2022
Flutterwave is a leading technology company that enables businesses across the world to expand their operations in Africa and other emerging markets through a platform that enables cross-border transactions via one API. Flutterwave has processed over 200M transactions worth over USD $16B to date and serves more than 900,000 businesses including customers like Uber, Flywire,…
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Polygon joins Africa Money and Defi Summit, Ghana 2022
Polygon is the leading blockchain development platform, offering scalable, affordable, secure, and sustainable blockchains for Web3. Its growing suite of products offers developers easy access to major scaling solutions including L2 (ZK Rollups and Optimistic Rollups), sidechains, hybrid, stand-alone, and enterprise chains, and data availability. Polygon’s scaling solutions have seen widespread adoption with 19,000+ decentralized applications hosted,…
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VerifyMe unveils new digital Identity and consumer analytics solution for businesses
Leading identity verification and e-KYC technology company, VerifyMe Nigeria, has unveiled QoreID, a dedicated digital identity, and analytics solution for B2B. QoreID will provide API infrastructure and data services that connect businesses to people and their information across Africa and remain a VerifyMe Nigeria company. Targeted at the medium and enterprise business segment, QoreID provides…
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What Does Ethereum’s Transition to PoS Mean for Polygon
Originally published by Polygon With Ethereum’s switch to proof of stake (PoS) slated for mid-September, Polygon thought it would be appropriate to take a moment and look around, to admire how far Web3 has come. Now is a time to celebrate the builders and dreamers who’ve worked relentlessly on the margins to summon a more…
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