Paytech Flutterwave hires Gurbhej Dhillon as new CTO
As CTO, Dhillon will be tasked with developing the fintech platform’s architecture and infrastructure.
Nigeria
Flutterwave appoints former American Express exec as new CFO
Earlier as CFO of Kabbage, Bhambani helped lead its acquisition and integration within American Express.
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: CertifID, Bridgecard & Forward
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across the globe.
LeapFrog and Tana Africa invest in Nigerian paytech Interswitch
LeapFrog and Tana will work with Interswitch to increase its customer base and develop new products.
Oracle FS gains core banking tech clients in Europe and Africa
Oracle FS has landed new-name deals for its Flexcube core banking system in Portugal and Nigeria.
Middle East and Africa fintech funding round-up: Zenda, Pemo, Afriex & Laboremus
Our weekly fintech round-up for you to get the latest funding news from the Middle East and Africa.
Nigerian digital bank Umba raises $15m Series A funding
Following the Series A, Umba has now raised a total of around $17.5 million to date.
FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 15 April 2022
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
Nigerian fintech start-up Kippa launches digital payments offering for African SMEs
Kippa Payments is the second product launched by the start-up since it was founded in June 2021.
Nigerian mobility fintech Moove raises $105m to expand to Asia and MENA
Money will be used to expand Moove to seven new markets across Asia and MENA over the next six months.
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.
Kenyan start-up MarketForce lands $40m Series A funding
The oversubscribed round was led by Africa-focused investment vehicle V8 Capital Partners.
Nigerian paytech Flutterwave lands $250m Series D round
Flutterwave says it has become the highest-valued African start-up with this investment.
Nigeria’s B2B e-commerce fintech TradeDepot raises $110m
The funds will support the delivery of BNPL services to five million SME retailers across Africa.
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.
Nigerian central bank launches eNaira CBDC
Central bank claims CBDC will boost financial inclusion in the continent’s most populous nation.
Exclusive: Nigeria’s Zenith Bank picks Oracle for worldwide tech overhaul
The lender is replacing existing Finastra systems with Oracle across multiple countries.
Nigerian central bank partners with Bitt to deliver new digital currency
The Barbadian fintech says digitising the Naira will benefit the entire Nigerian financial ecosystem.
OPay becomes Africa’s latest fintech unicorn with $400m Series C round
The Nigerian start-up says the new investment takes its valuation up to $2 billion.
Nigerian challenger Kuda raises $55m in Series B funding round
Kuda lands valuation of $500 million, and total raised of $91m.
Nigerian central bank plans October 2021 digital currency pilot
The central bank ordered the cessation of cryptocurrency exchange services in February.
Nigerian fintech FairMoney lands $42m Series B round
The start-up plans to “double down on growth in Nigeria and India”.
Chipper Cash raises $100m in SVB-led Series C round
Africa-focused P2P firm claims to be the continent’s most valuable start-up
FIS expands payment processing in Malaysia, South Africa and Nigeria
“Emerging markets across Southeast Asia and Africa present fresh opportunities”.
Nigerian fintech Appzone lands $10m for pan-African digital core banking solution
The Series A round was led by CardinalStone Capital Advisers.
Airtel Africa sells 25% stake in mobile money arm to Mastercard for $100m
Airtel Africa hopes to list the mobile money business as a separate entity.
Nigerian challenger Kuda Bank raises $25m in Series A funding
Neobank nabs more funding just four months after last round.
Fintech funding deals globally 8-14 March 2021
Featuring Stripe, Starling, BlockFi, Cedar, and Flutterwave.
Nigerian fintech Flutterwave lands unicorn status with $170m Series C
It is one of the few African start-ups to have secured more than $200 million in funding.
Netflix bags Uber’s product head Ebi Atawodi as payments director
Atawodi spent more than six years at Uber.
UK Black-owned challenger Atmen to launch in March
The start-up is now looking to raise £5 million from institutional investors.
Nigeria’s Xend Finance increases size of funding round to $2m
It initially launched its platform publicly late last year after raising $1.5 million in funding.
UK-Nigeria mobile wallet Sendit.Money goes crowdfunding
It has already exceeded its £100,000 target, having raised £146,006 at time of writing.
Nigeria’s central bank issues crypto shutdown throwing fintechs into disarray
Nigeria is one of the world’s largest users of virtual currencies.
Nigerian wealthtech Cowrywise raises $3m pre-Series A
The co-founders aim to democratise Nigerians’ access to savings and investment products.
Nigerian challenger bank Kuda raises $10m in seed funding
Kuda completes the largest seed round in Africa.
Prospa sets out to serve global diaspora of African entrepreneurs
The start-up’s sweet-spot customers are entrepreneurs and micro-SMEs.
Stripe acquires Nigerian start-up Paystack in $200m deal
Paystack has 60,000 business customers across Nigeria and Ghana.
