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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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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Pezesha raises Pre-series A investment of $11 Million
Pan-African embedded finance Fintech, Pezesha, has raised a pre-series A investment of $11 Million. The round was a mix of $6 million equity and $5 million debt. The funding round, which was led by Women’s World Banking Capital Partners II (WWBCP II), will see the company significantly scale operations in its core markets and grow…
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Workpay: Hiring Remote African Teams Gives You an Advantage
original post by Workpay The world of work has tremendously changed in recent years. The COVID-19 pandemic impacted the global labour market in 2020, and although it had negative consequences in the short term, it also accelerated the disruption of technology at work. As a result, more companies are hiring teams across the world. African…
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Yellow Card announces new payment feature – Yellow Pay
Yellow Card Financial is proud to announce its new payment feature – Yellow Pay. This innovative solution will make it easier for customers to send and receive money through the Yellow Card crypto exchange platform, without any extra charges, instantly all from the comfort of their home. Oparinde Babatunde, Yellow Card Director of Operations, says one…
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Youverify extends its seed funding by $1M as it expands into new African markets
Youverify, a San Francisco-based identity verification company helping African banks and startups automate Know Your Customer (KYC) and other compliance procedures, today announced that it has secured a $1M seed round extension. After initially raising $1.5M in 2020, the Company extended the seed round, raising an additional $1M, bringing the total amount raised to $2.5M….
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Lami Technologies Raises US$3.7mn Seed Extension
Kenya-based startup Lami Technologies has raised a US$ 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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