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Fin
Acquisition

South Africa’s Fin Acquires Thuthukani

Fin, a South African fintech company, has completed the acquisition of South African housing finance provider Thuthukani Housing Finance. This takeover continues

Flutterwave
Finance Fintech Payment

Flutterwave Secures Two Additional Licenses in Rwanda

Flutterwave, Africa’s payments technology company, has today announced that it has received its Electronic Money Issuer and Remittance Licenses from

Orange
Africa

Application Opens For Orange Social Venture Prize in Africa and the Middle East 2023

The 13th Orange Social Venture Prize in Africa and the Middle East will open for submissions on Monday, March 13,

Andela
Acquisition

Andela Acquires Qualified to Identify, Qualify and Certify Engineers

Andela, the African-founded global network for remote technical talent, has acquired Qualified, the technical skills assessment platform to identify, qualify, and

Google
Accelerator Startup Women

Meet 15 Female-led Startups Selected for Google Africa Accelerator

Fifteen startups from eight African countries have been selected for the inaugural cohort of the Google for Startups Accelerator for

Scam
Cyber security

The Anatomy of a Scam: Psychological Tricks Payment Fraudsters Use to Get Their Way

The rise in finance and accounting cybercrime and scam through phishing and Business Email Compromise (BEC) has made headlines with massive implications

Sofri
Financial Services

Sofri Rewards Customers With 1 Million Naira

Sofri, (powered by Links Microfinance Bank), a fintech in Nigeria, recently flagged off its weekly raffle draw “Sofri 10k awoof

Flutterwave
News

Flutterwave Dismisses Reports of Losing 2.9bn to Hackers

Flutterwave, the African payments firm, has dismissed reports that it lost a whopping sum of  ₦2,949,557,867 to hackers. Flutterwave said

Africa’s Business Heroes Prize
Africa Competition

Applications Open for 2023 Africa’s Business Heroes Prize Competition

Africa’s Business Heroes, a philanthropic initiative sponsored by the Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Philanthropy, has launched its fifth annual

Google
Startup

Apply for the Google for Startups Black Founders Fund 2023

Applications for the third cohort of the Black Founders Fund for Startup powered by Google has now opened in Africa