FintechStartups

Paystack Partner VC4A To Help Women Founders Get Access To Capital

The leading Nigeria fintech platform shares the below on its twitter page: Hi team  We’re partnering with our friends @VC4Africa to help women founders of fast-growing startups across Africa to access capital to grow their products. If this is you, apply here  to get the support you need.  Deadline: Friday, May 27 According press release on VC4A website: Calling for investor-ready scale-ups…
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StartupsTechnology

Cliqki Reimagining the advertising market

Cliqki is a social media marketplace for brands and influencers where content creators can create awareness for their products and services, and offer incentives to users and influencers to help promote their services. Upon realisation that traditional social media make…
BankingStartups

Mastercard and OPay partner boost cashless payment in Africa

Mastercard has partnered with OPay, a seamless mobile money service provider, to grow a cashless ecosystem and advance digital financial inclusion for millions of people across middle East and Africa. This partnership is the latest milestone in Mastercard’s emerging market strategy where the technology company is collaborating with growing Fintech’s such as OPay to expand access to digital…
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StartupsTechnology

Nigerian startup, Topship secures $2.5 million

Nigerian logistics startup Topship has raised a US$2.5 million funding round as it continues to build the “Flexport for Africa”. Launched in June 2020, Topship allows African businesses to export and import cargo, freight and parcels to their suppliers, distributors…
BlockchainStartups

MARA Announced $23 Million in Funding from Coinbase Ventures

MARA, a Pan-African crypto exchange, recently launched and announced $23 million in funding from Coinbase Ventures, Alameda Research (FTX), Distributed Global, TQ Ventures, DIGITAL, Nexo, Huobi Ventures, Day One Ventures, Infinite Capital, DAO Jones (investment DAO backed by Mike Shinoda, Steve Aoki and Disclosure), and nearly 100 other crypto investors, and angels including Amit Bhatia and Hamad…
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Brands & PeopleStartups

Nigeria Fintech Interswitch raises $110m

Interswitch, a Nigerian digital payments company that is Africa’s second unicorn, has raised $110 million to help it expand, according to multiple news reports. The strategic investment came from LeapFrog Investment and Tana Africa Capital, which will work with Interswitch to “advance the payment ecosystem across the continent,” according to a Thursday (May 12) news release, Founded 10…
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