Lipa Later Group, a buy now, pay later (BNPL) company today announced a partnership with Lami Technologies, an insurance technology company, that will offer its consumers access to reliable and affordable insurance against all products purchased using the Lipa Later platform. Founded in 2017, Lipa Later is a trusted BNPL company operating in Kenya, Rwanda,…
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Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a business of Cassava Technologies in Zambia, is expanding its operations to Central Province by launching its first office in Mkushi. This launch will bring high-speed connectivity and a suite of intelligent technologies to the district for the first time. With the opening of this new branch in the country, the pan-African…
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Kenya-based startup Lami Technologies has raised a US$ 3.7m seed extension to expand its insurtech product across Africa. The extension was led by Harlem Capital, an early-stage venture firm that invests in seed-stage tech-enabled startups, focused on minority and women founders. Participating in the round were early-stage venture capital firm, Newtown Partners; Peter Bruce-Clark, a…
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TBD, part of Block, which is focused on creating open and decentralized technologies to connect the financial world, today announces that leading African fintech Chipper Cash has integrated with the tbDEX protocol to power cross border payments and decentralized identity use cases for individuals and businesses on the African continent. “Across Africa, the challenges of…
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MNT-Halan, Egypt’s first unicorn and the country’s leading and fastest growing fintech ecosystem, has won Global Finance’s award for Most Innovative Financial Technology Company in the Middle East, and Most Innovative Financial Technology Company in Africa. The only company to win two awards out of the 18 winners, MNT-Halan appears alongside Revolut, the Bank of America,…
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By TradingView The creators of the Africa Tech Summit are getting ready to organize the most eagerly awaited event of the year in the African financial sector: the Africa Money & DeFi Summit West Africa 2023. And to ensure the success of this event, the Africa Money & DeFi Summit has partnered with key players…
Read Article → By TradingView The creators of the Africa Tech Summit are getting ready to organize the most eagerly awaited event of the year in the African financial sector: the Africa Money & DeFi Summit West Africa 2023. And to ensure the success of this event, the Africa Money & DeFi Summit has partnered with key players…
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By: Ebenezer Ghanney, Co-founder and CEO of Wewire Africa. Cross-border payments have long been a challenge for individuals and businesses in Africa seeking to engage with tier-one countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, and Europe. The complex web of regulations, high costs, and limited access to traditional financial services have hindered economic…
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The Africa Money and DeFi Summit, supported by Amazon Web Services, Pivo and Fonbnk, aims to connect African fintech and Web3 industries with international players and will take place in Accra, Ghana on October 3rd and 4th, 2023. With a focus on driving tech investments and fostering collaborations, industry experts, investors, regulators including Bank of Ghana,…
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Moove, the world’s first mobility fintech, has secured USD $8mn in financing from Absa Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB), bringing its total funding to-date from the bank to USD $28mn. This follows Moove’s USD $20mn financing facility from Absa for its South Africa operations announced in June 2022. The new funding will play a crucial…
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