Veend joins Africa Money and Defi Summit, Ghana 2022
The idea that gave birth to VeendHQ was sparked while building automation problems for financial institutions. They realised that the biggest problem financial institutions encounter is the inability to collect loan repayments effectively. This significantly increases the risk of running a lending business. Hence in 2021, they set out with their automation tools to provide... Read Article →
Celo joins Africa Money and Defi Summit, Ghana 2022
Celo is a mobile-first open source ecosystem of technologies, organizations and individuals that share a common mission of building a financial system to create the conditions for prosperity for everyone. The Celo ecosystem includes a decentralized, proof-of-stake blockchain technology stack (Celo Platform), a native asset (CELO), three stablecoins (cUSD, cEUR, and cREAL) and the Celo... Read Article →
QoreID joins Africa Money and Defi Summit, Ghana 2022
QoreID provides an easy to integrate, trouble-free and dependable products delivered as APIs, SDKs or Workflows to help customers focus on building their business. They make it super easy for people to securely onboard and get to know their customers intimately, laying a good foundation for businesses to build products and connect with their customers... Read Article →
Zeepay joins Africa Money and Defi Summit, Ghana 2022
Zeepay is the fastest growing wholly Ghanaian-owned fintech in Ghana focusing on digital rails to connect digital assets such as mobile money wallets, cards, ATMs, Bank Accounts and Digital tokens to International Money Transfer Operators, Payments, Subscriptions, International Airtime and Refugee payments. This is an effort to promote and improve financial inclusion which in turn... Read Article →
Bitmama raises additional $1.65 million in pre-seed funding
Blockchain payments startup, Bitmama Inc., has raised an additional $1.65 million in pre-seed funding. This brings its total funding for this round to $2 million, having raised $350,000 10 months ago. The latest round is led by Unicorn Growth Capital and Launch Africa Ventures, with participation from Adaverse and follow-on from Flori Ventures, which led... 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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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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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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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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