UBA
Banking

UBA’s Leo Clocks 4, Set to Further Transform Digital Banking In Nigeria, Africa

Africa’s global bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) has said that it has concluded plans to commemorate the 4th year anniversary

MarketForce
Ecommerce Funding Investment Venture Capital

MarketForce Raises $40M Series A to Scale up The Super App for Africa’s Informal Merchants

MarketForce, the Nairobi-headquartered B2B platform for retail distribution of consumer goods and digital financial services in Africa, has closed a

LEO
Banking

Four Years on UBA’s Leo Continues to Lead the Pack in Nigeria, Africa

All over the world, the buzz around Artificial Intelligence keeps accelerating as the end goal is to simplify conversations and

Fawry
Logistics Product Launch

Fawry, Partners Establish ‘Roaderz’, A Digital Mobility Platform for Last-Mile Delivery

Fawry, Egypt’s e-payments solutions provider, has announced that it has signed an agreement with Samer Gharaibeh, Softec Technologies, and Ammar

Banking

JPMorgan Becomes First Bank to Officially Launch in the Metaverse

JPMorgan has become the first bank to officially launch in the metaverse with a virtual lounge in popular blockchain-based world

Venture Capital

African Tech Startup Fund Atlantica Ventures Gets $23.8m From EIB and Boost Capital

Atlantica Ventures, an African tech Startup Fund, has raised over $11.3 million (c. EUR 10m) in junior capital from Boost Africa

Twitter
Payment Social Media

Twitter Adds Flutterwave, Paga As Additional Payment Gateway For Tips

Twitter has added Barter by Flutterwave and Paga as additional payment providers for its Tips feature in Nigeria. Tips is

Logistics Venture Capital

Freterium Closes $4m Seed round to Disrupt Trucking Industry

Freterium, a Moroccan transport management software provider, has raised $4m in its latest funding round closed in December. The Seed

Funding Investment Venture Capital

Earnipay Nabs $4m to Offer On-demand Salary Access to African employees

Earnipay, a fintech solution that provides flexible and on-demand salary access to income earners, has closed a seed round of

CATAPULT: Inclusion Africa
Fintech

APPLY: LHoFT Foundation Unveils Special Edition of CATAPULT: Inclusion Africa

Building on the success of 2018, 2020 and 2021 editions of CATAPULT: Inclusion Africa, LHoFT Foundation has launched a special edition