Zazuu, an Africa-focused fintech startup creating a payment platform for cross-border payment solutions for Africans in the diaspora, has raised USD2 million, which will be critical in the company’s mission to minimise the inconsistency associated with remittance transactions for Africans. The funding round had the participation of Launch Africa, Founders Factory Africa, Hoaq Club, Tinie…
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The Central African Republic’s (CAR) adoption of digital assets and blockchain technology continues to gain new grounds as it introduces the national digital currency called “Sango Coin” which will complement its digital currency hub project—Project Sango. “Sango Coin will be the currency for the next generation,” President Faustin-Archange Touadera said in a statement made at…
To spur financial inclusion and support economic growth in Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire, global development institution, IFC has announced an investment in Wave Mobile Money S.A. (Senegal) and Wave Côte d’Ivoire S.A., mobile money firms that are helping lower prices and expand services in the region. The investment from IFC and other lenders will help Wave substantially grow…
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British International Investment (BII), the UK government’s Development Finance Institution (DFI), formerly known as CDC Group, has announced a $20 million, 4-year structured credit investment in the Nigerian mobility fintech firm democratising access to vehicle ownership in Africa, Moove. The investment is said to reflect BII’s focus on mobilising capital to build self-sufficiency and market resilience in Nigeria…
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Kenya’s biggest telecommunications operator, Safaricom, has launched a virtual payment card with Visa Inc, offering the more than 30 million users of its M-Pesa payments system access to global e-commerce platforms. The launch of the M-Pesa GlobalPay Visa virtual card follows a partnership between the two companies forged in 2020 to develop “products that will…
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