Visa backs four new African fintech start-ups as part of $1bn continental commitment
OkHi, Workpay, Oze and Orda.Africa have all received investment from Visa.
Ghana
Ghana’s Fido raises $30 million in debt and equity to extend AI-powered lending services across Africa
The fintech will use the funding to expand its reach and product offering.
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Zeepay, Coadjute, Hello Alice, CertifID and more
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across the globe.
LemFi bags $33m in Series A funding round to fuel global expansion
LemFi was founded in 2020 to provide immigrants with better access to financial services.
African fintech M-Kopa secures $200m debt financing and $55m equity funding
The debt financing was led by Standard Bank Group and the equity round by Sumitomo Corporation.
Smile Identity acquires Appruve to expand across Africa
With the acquisition, Smile Identity aims to expand its reach across Ghana and francophone Africa.
Ghana’s Fortek partners Codebase for Digibanc platform
It is hoped the partnership will “accelerate digitisation” and boost entrepreneurship in Africa.
Middle East and Africa fintech funding round-up: Julaya, erad, SecondSTAX and Exits.me
A round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across the Middle East and Africa.
Mambu core banking tech underpins new African bank, Carbon Finance
Nigeria’s Carbon Finance is now a full-service bank with pan-African aspirations.
UAE’s YAP secures $41m to support continued expansion
Start-up says the funding will support expansion into Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Ghana and Egypt.
Ghana’s Fido raises $30m Series A to broaden financial inclusion in Africa
Fido has now raised $38m to date and intends to use the fresh capital to launch new financial products in Ghana.
Paytech Dash lands $32.8m seed round to unify Africa’s mobile money wallets
Dash is a unified payment network for the 1.3 billion Africans currently transacting digitally.
African asset financing platform M-Kopa raises $75m in funding
M-Kopa will use the new cash to grow its team and expand into additional countries.
African fintech start-ups Float and Asaak gain funding
Ghana-based Float and Uganda-based Asaak raise $17 million and $30 million, respectively.
South African BaaS platform Jumo raises $120m in funding
The company will use the cash to expand into more emerging markets.
Chipper Cash lands unicorn status with $150m Series C extension
The extension brings Chipper Cash’s total funding to date to over $305 million.
Standard Bank partners Flutterwave to boost digital financial services in Africa
Bank says the pandemic has caused a shift to digital payments across Africa.
Exclusive: Nigeria’s Zenith Bank picks Oracle for worldwide tech overhaul
The lender is replacing existing Finastra systems with Oracle across multiple countries.
New banking software deals for Oracle FS in Africa and India
Addis International Bank, Arab Commercial Bank, and OmniBSIC Bank are the new Flexcube takers.
Ghana International Bank selects Backbase to drive digital transformation
The Dutch fintech will act as the core strategic partner for the bank’s digital operations.
Chipper Cash raises $100m in SVB-led Series C round
Africa-focused P2P firm claims to be the continent’s most valuable start-up
Stripe acquires Nigerian start-up Paystack in $200m deal
Paystack has 60,000 business customers across Nigeria and Ghana.
Ingressive doubles African tech start-up fund to $10m
Ingressive averages $200,000 to $400,000 in individual investments.
P2P payments app Chipper Cash lands $13.8m
The San Francisco-based start-up operates across seven African countries.
Transfergo raises $10m, expands into 11 new markets
Remittance firm claims uptake in growth during COVID-19 pandemic.
Ghana becomes first African country to introduce universal QR code
Both smart and ‘yam’ phones can pay through QR codes.
Vodacom and Safaricom finalise M-Pesa acquisition
Joint venture takes control of popular mobile money brand from Vodafone.
Jumia steps in to assist Africa amid rising coronavirus numbers
Jumia will help various African governments distribute masks to hospitals.
Trulioo opens GlobalGateway to Nigeria and Ghana
Nigeria & Ghana have taken significant steps toward increasing access to digitisation.
Consolidated Bank Ghana goes live on Temenos T24 Transact
Consolidation project finalises under Temenos platform.
Standard Chartered launches African digital banking phase two
Bringing its new service to four countries.
Absa Group and MTN enable POS mobile wallet payments
The service has only launched in Ghana, so far.
