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 →
Web 3 needs to be mobile-ready: A case for mass adoption
Article by Brian Kimotho, Chief Marketing Officer, Kotani Pay The internet as imagined by Tim Barnes in the late ’80s was a world wide web that is open, decentralized, and allowed information sharing across the globe. With this knowledge, the journey from Web 1 which was a read-only internet, Web 2, a read-and-write internet, towards... 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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Metaverse Magna raises $3.2M at a $30M valuation to build Africa’s largest gaming DAO
Metaverse Magna (MVM), a Nestcoin gaming DAO based in Nigeria that distributes mobile games in emerging African markets and builds developer tools for Web3 gaming, has completed a seed sale token round of $3.2 million at a $30M fully diluted value. Investors included South Korean video game developer Wemade, Japan-based blockchain-focused venture capital firm Gumi Cryptos…
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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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Zapper partners Stitch to offer one-click payments in South Africa
Zapper, a South African mobile payments company has partnered with payments and data API fintech Stitch (via LinkPay—a one-click payments product) to enable Zapper users to make instant electronic funds transfer (ETF) payments with a click. Zapper was one of the first players in South Africa’s mobile payments market and today enables merchants of all…
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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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How to Send Fee-less Tron Transactions
Original article by Bitpowr Tron is a popular blockchain-based operating system on which a user can create decentralized applications, and distribute media content. The TRX token on its own is used to gain access to certain features of the operating software that are available on the Tron Protocol. Therefore, the main purpose of the token…
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