American business magazine, Forbes, has included two African-owned startups, Chipper Cash and Esusu, among 2022 Edition or Forbes Fintech 50.
The latest Forbes Fintech 50 winners were confirmed on the Forbes official website on Wednesday.
Ham Serunjogi and Maijid Moujaled.
Ripples Nigeria gathered that Chipper Cash was founded by two Africans, Uganda’s Ham Serunjogi and Ghana’s Maijid…
Jumia, the leading pan-African e-commerce platform, today announced the launch of e-doctor, a telemedicine service which aims at providing quality, affordable and digital real-time healthcare consultations in Nigeria.
Consumers will have access to a licensed doctor through…
The Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy and its agencies like NITDA will work closely with Nigerian startups to ensure the procurement of technology solutions without going through unnecessary bureaucratic processes, an official said.
Upon approval by the…
Join our twitter space 7days Marathon Discussion "Rise of Brand Deals and Star Power"
June 10, 2022
Join our twitter space 7days Marathon Discussion “Rise of Brand Deals and Star Power” to celebrate Nigeria’s undefeated Top 11 Influencers for the month of May 2022.
As part of the metrics and variables for public evaluations we are introducing 7days twitter space discussion to create more awareness on importance pf partnering with the likes of Erica Nlewedim, Liquorose, Maria Chike…
The final session of MTN Foundation’s ICT and Business Skills training was held on Friday, May 20, 2022, in partnership with Meta. The training was led by Chikwenze Raphael and Timothy Ukaegbu from the Small Business team at Meta, and here are four things we…
Tizeti Network Limited, West Africa’s pioneer solar-based internet service provider has today, announced the appointment of Emmanuel Ikazoboh as its Board Chairman.
Emmanuel Ikazoboh is the immediate past Group Chairman of Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), Chairman…
Blockchain payments startup payouts.cash announces the launch of its crypto product which allows anyone send money to African countries, starting with Nigeria, in typically under 3 minutes.
Cryptocurrencies solve almost every problem that has ever existed with remittances and payments. This includes both delays in transactions and high cost of transacting. The main challenge with adoption has…
Nigeria’s Indicina raises $3M to help businesses offer credit to their customers at scale
June 7, 2022
For years, Africa’s credit infrastructure has lagged behind the rest of the world due to low credit coverage from its bureaus. Per a World Bank report, only 11% of Africa’s population have their credit information recorded by private credit bureaus. And for those who…
Many businesses looking to set up pan-African operations are often met with the challenge of establishing payment services that are appropriate for each country they go to. Most of the payment services merchants working in the continent have solutions that are limited to…
Pan-African digital payments company MFS Africa is acquiring U.S.-based Global Technology Partners (GTP) in a cash-and-shares deal worth $34 million, FT reported today.
There are very few deals of such manner; that is, an African tech company buying up a U.S.-based one. While it can be seen as bragging rights for some, MFS Africa made the deal out of a necessity for its next growth phase.
MFS…