Flutterwave Adds The e-Naira As A Payment Option For Merchants On Its Platform
On Wednesday, Africa-focused financial technology company and Africa’s most valued unicorn Flutterwave announced the availability of Nigeria’s central bank digital...
More Than 100 African Startups Have Raised their First $1 Million In 2022, Egypt And Nigeria Lead The Pack
More than 100 startups in Africa have raised their first $1 million (or more) so far this year, according to...
Oracle Reports 18 Percent Revenue Growth In Its Fiscal First Quarter Thanks To Cloud Strength and Its Acquisition of Cerner
Computer software company Oracle reported an 18 percent growth in quarterly revenue, thanks to a significant contribution from its recent...
Kenya’s HotelOnline Acquires Hotel Software Company HotelPlus For An Undisclosed Amount
HotelOnline's co-founder Havar Bauck Kenya-based HotelOnline has acquired HotelPlus, a hotel software provider operating in 22 countries across the globe,...
Nigeria’s Kippa Raises $8.4 Million In Seed Funding Not Too Long After Receiving Its Super Banking License From The CBN
Last week the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) issued fintech startup Africave Technologies Limited DBA Kippa a Payment Solutions Services...
Kippa Receives Its Super Agent Banking License From Nigeria’s Central Bank
Nigeria’s apex bank - the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has issued fintech startup Africave Technologies Limited DBA Kippa (commonly...
Nigerian Blockchain Payment Startup Bitmama Gets $2 Million In Pre-seed Funding To Fuel Expansion Into New Markets
Irrespective of government aversion and policies enforced to nip the growth and expansion of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology in...
By 2050, 30 Percent Of Nigeria’s GDP Will Go To Climate Change Costs – World Bank
According to the World Bank in a release titled “World Bank Group Exceeds New Climate Finance Target - $31.7 Billion...
Nigerian Fintech NowNow Secures $13 Million In Seed Funding, Will Use The Investment To Scale Its Financial Offerings Across Africa
Over the years, agency banking has grown to become a major category in the financial space. Thanks to their network...
Twitter Users Will Now Be Able To Edit Tweets Up To Five Times Within 30 Minutes Of Posting
Twitter recently announced the ability to edit tweets. The Parag Agrawal-led company announced that once the feature becomes available, users...