Carry1st
Payment

Carry1st Partners With Chipper Cash and PayPal to Bring Payments to Africa

Carry1st, an African mobile games publisher, has announced that it has partnered with PayPal and Chipper Cash to enable people

Payday
Fintech Funding Investment Venture Capital

Nigerian Fintech Startup, Payday, Raises $1m Pre-seed Funding to Build PayPal of Africa

Payday, a Nigerian fintech startup, has raised $1 million in pre-seed funding to build out what they believe will be

Cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrency Payment

PayPal Launches “Checkout With Crypto”

PayPal has announced the launch of Checkout with Crypto, a new feature that significantly expands the utility of cryptocurrency. Available

Flutterwave
Partnership Payment

Flutterwave Partners With PayPal to Enable African Merchants Receive Payment

Flutterwave, the African payment firm has announced it is partnering with PayPal to allow PayPal customers globally to pay African

Xoom
Mobile Money Money Transfer Payment

Xoom, a PayPal Service, Announces Secure Money Transfers to Mobile Wallets in 12 African Countries

Xoom, PayPal’s money transfer service, has announced that the company’s customers in the US, UK, Canada and Europe can now send secure and convenient

Cryptocurrency
Bitcoin Cryptocurrency Payment

PayPal Set to Launch Bitcoin Payments

PayPal has announced that it would allow customers to buy, sell, and hold bitcoin and other virtual coins using its

Paymob
News

Paymob Raises Additional $22m Series B Round

Paymob, the Egyptian fintech company, has secured a $22 million Series B extension round, taking the company’s total Series B

Gokada
Ride-hailing

Killer of Gokada Founder Convicted of Murder

Tyrese Haspil, the suspected killer of Fahim Saleh, the founder of Gokada, the Nigerian motorcycle ride-hailing company, has been found

Stitch
Fintech Funding Investment Payment Venture Capital

South African Embedded Payment Startup, Stitch Gets $25m Backing Led by Ribbit Capital

Stitch, the South African embedded payments platform, has closed a $25 million Series A Extension led by Ribbit Capital. The

The Catalyst Fund
Venture Capital

The Catalyst Fund Marks Major Milestone with First Close of Target $40M Fund

 The Catalyst Fund, a pioneering pre-seed venture capital fund and accelerator focused on driving climate resilience innovation in Africa, has