FairMoney
Acquisition

FairMoney Acquires Payforce

FairMoney has acquired Payforce, a merchant payment collection and financial services distribution platform. The latter will now be known as PayForce

flat6labs
Venture Capital

Flat6Labs Launches New US$95M Venture Capital Fund to Expand its Impact in Africa

Flat6Labs, MENA’s leading seed investor, has announced the launch of a new US$95 million Seed Fund to nurture the growth

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,

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

Shortcodes
Telecom

Nigerian Telcos Begin Implementation of Integrate Shortcodes

The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC in partnership with telcos have started the unification of all operating shortcodes across the telecom

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

Fawry
Partnership Payment

Fawry Announces Partnership With Syrve to Provide a One-stop Restaurant Management Solution in Egypt

Fawry, the Egyptian e-payments solutions and banking services provider, has announced its latest partnership with the all-in-one restaurant management system

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