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 →
Cellulant joins Africa Money and Defi Summit, Ghana 2022
Cellulant is a leading Pan African payments company that provides locally relevant and alternative payment methods for global, regional, and local merchants. We provide a single API payments platform that enables businesses to collect payments online and offline while allowing anyone to pay from their mobile money, local and international cards or directly from their... Read Article →
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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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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Visa launches operations in DR Congo
Visa Inc. the global payments technology company, has outlined its commitment to expanding digital payments in the Democratic Republic of Congo by establishing local business operations and working closely with the government and financial ecosystem to bring the benefits of digital payments to consumers, merchants, and partners. Visa marked the official opening of its Kinshasa…
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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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Nigeria: Pastel has raised $5.5M in its SEED round
Nigeria’s Pastel, formerly Sabi Cash, has raised $5.5M in a SEED round led by TLcom Capital with participation from Global Founders Capital (GFC), Golden Palm Investments, DFS Labs, Ulu Ventures, Plug and Play, and SOMA Capital. Founded by Abuzar Royesh, Olamide Oladeji, and Izunna Okonkwo, Pastel is on a mission to build digital tools to…
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The Growth of Investment In African Crypto-Based Startups
The cryptocurrency space has become a hotbed for investments of all kinds. From regular people hedging against inflation by buying Bitcoin to major investors betting on the future of finance by providing capital for startups, a lot of money is pouring into crypto. The African continent has had its fair share of investments into new…
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Fintech VC Firm QED Investors Makes Investment in TeamApt
TeamApt, a Nigerian payment platform, has just completed a financing round and brought onboard fintech specialists, QED Investors. With almost $5 billion assets under management, QED is a premier VC in the fintech space. They have invested in 27 unicorns over more than 180 portfolio companies across 14 countries. TeamApt is its first investment in…
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