Flutterwave
Payment

Flutterwave Enables Google Pay for African Businesses 

Flutterwave, the African payments technology company, has announced Google Pay, a mobile payment service, developed by Google, as a payment

Julaya
Fintech Funding Investment Payment Venture Capital

West African Fintech Julaya Closes $5m Extension Round to Expand its Operations

Julaya , a fintech based in Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, and France, has raised a $5 million extension round led by European

African Women Impact Fund
Funding Investment

African Women Impact Fund Launches With $60m Commitment to Drive an Inclusive Investment Environment

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and Standard Bank Group, with the support of the Arab Bank for Economic Development

Yellow Card
Cryptocurrency Funding Investment Venture Capital

Pan-African Crypto Exchange, Yellow Card Secures $40m in Series B Funding Round

Yellow Card Financial, the Pan-African cryptocurrency exchange, has announced the close of its $40M Series B funding. The round was led by

Celo Foundation
Partnership

Unicorn Growth Capital and EchoVC Join the Celo Foundation’s Efforts To Strengthen Celo’s Africa Ecosystem

Unicorn Growth Capital, an Africa-focused venture fund investing at the intersection of traditional finance (TradFi) and decentralized finance (DeFi), and EchoVC,

EBANX
Fintech Payment

EBANX, a Latin America Fintech Firm, Expands its Payments Solutions to Africa

EBANX, a global payments fintech company founded in Brazil, has announced it is expanding its operations and payments solutions outside

Yellow Card
Cryptocurrency

Yellow Card Hits 1m Customers Across 16 African Countries

Yellow Card Financial, an African cryptocurrency company, has exceeded 1 million customers which it reached in March this year. Since

Bitmama
Cryptocurrency

Bitmama, an African Blockchain $2m Pre-seed to Grow its Operation in New Markets 

Bitmama, a the US and African-based blockchain payments startup, has raised an additional $1.65 million, bringing its total pre-seed round to

Bboxx
Acquisition

Bboxx Acquires Solar Energy Startup PEG Africa

Bboxx, a firm that manufactures plug-and-play solar systems, has acquired PEG Africa, a provider of distributed energy in West Africa.

MTN
Partnership

MTN Group, Dooka to Revolutionise Corporate Procurement in Africa

MTN Group has signed a partnership agreement with Dooka, a new African Business-to-Business (B2B) marketplace. This partnership represents a paradigm