US-based African-focused fintech Pngme, a financial data infrastructure and machine learning-as-a-service platform has raised $15 million in funding to allow…
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Nigeria’s Chaka Raises $1.5M Pre-Seed Funding to Power Digital Investments for African Businesses
by James Musobaby James MusobaChaka, a SEC-Licensed Digital Sub-broker and digital investment platform, has raised $1.5M in a pre-seed funding round to enable borderless…
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M-KOPA, the solar system financing firm turned-asset financing platform has officially launched in Nigeria with plans to lend millions of…
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Kuda, Nigeria’s digital-first bank has raised a $10 million seed round to bank every African on the planet, wherever they…
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Nigeria’s fintech platform ImaliPay launching in Kenya to help users save & borrow
by Sam Wakobaby Sam WakobaImaliPay, a Nigerian big data and AI-driven digital platform offering tailored financial products is set to launch in Kenya to…
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Uber Nigeria has hiked fares for its UberX offering starting October 6, 2020. UberX is a popular choice for riders…
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Indicina Technologies has raised a US$ 150,000 seed round from the Honeywell Group’s venture capital arm, Itanna. The fintech startup…
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Telco giant, MTN Nigeria, has announced a partnership with US-based music and entertainment streaming service, Tidal. Following the partnership, MTN…
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The Africa Fintech Foundry (AFF) has appointed Daniel Awe as its new head. The appointment was announced by the management…
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Airtel Nigeria has announced its new partnership with Avaya in a bid to boost remote working and learning initiatives in…
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Okra, Africa’s API fintech “super-connector” raises $1m from TLcom Capital
by Sam Wakobaby Sam WakobaOkra, Africa’s first API fintech “super-connector” has raised $1m from TLcom Capital in pre-seed fundraise to build the infrastructure for…
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iHub’s Nekesa Were Appointed Executive Director at AfriLabs
by Sam Wakobaby Sam WakobaiHub Director Nekesa Were has been appointed AfriLabs Interim Executive Director after a career spanning over 10 years in the…
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Binance Adds Nigerian Naira as Its First African Currency for Peer to Peer Trading
by Val Lukhanyuby Val LukhanyuBinance, one of the leading global cryptocurrency exchange, has recently announced the launch of peer-to-peer (P2P) trading services for the…
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Palladium, a global consultancy, is raising $40m for off-grid solar and agribusiness startups operating in Kenya, Ghana and Nigeria. Dubbed…
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OPay launches tricycle hailing services OTrike in Nigeria
by Sam Wakobaby Sam WakobaOpay, Opera’s Africa’s focused payments and everything platform has added OTrike, a tricycle hailing service to its portfolio, as it…
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Abuja’s iSabiDeliver is ramping up its vigor to expand across Nigeria
by Sam Wakobaby Sam WakobaiSabiDeliver, an online on-demand delivery service based in Abuja and Ibadan is ramping up its operations to expand to more…
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Mentorships.ng launches to connect learners to skilled & experienced industry veterans
by Sam Wakobaby Sam WakobaIn Nigeria and Africa at large, there is a huge disconnect between learners’ academic qualifications and the skills needed to…
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Alipay partners Flutterwave to link its 1 billion users to merchants in Africa
by Sam Wakobaby Sam WakobaAlipay, an Alibaba-owned mobile payments processor has partnered with Flutterwave, a pan-African payments firm located in SF and Lagos, Nigeria,…
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WiSolar, a Solar-as-a- Service product in Nigeria and South Africa is seeking to raise $40m to launch its products in…
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Nigerian-based logistics startup Kobo360 has raised $1.2 million in pre-seed funding round soon after being accepted into the YCombinator class…
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With backing from Mahindra Group, Zoto wants to disrupt merchant payments, P2P transfers & other financial service categories
Zoto started off as a mobile recharge platform for the 70 million mobile internet users in Nigeria. Over the last…
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How Fedironics’ iMeter aims to prevent electricity theft & improve energy management in Nigeria
Fedironics Intelligent Metering Company is a smart metering company founded and incorporated in 2016. At Fedironics they believe that everyone…
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On-demand nanny platform Omugwo launches to connect nursing mothers with nannies and care givers in Nigeria
Nigerian mothers can relate to the kind of stress that comes with giving birth to and taking care of a…
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There are thousands of medical practitioners and healthcare centres all over Nigeria. But the major problem patients face in most…
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This young Nigerian is building HubbonNG to be Nigeria’s biggest on-demand logistics provider
Africa’s eCommerce firms have to gamble with logistical hurdles to become successful unlike their international counterparts operating in markets where…
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Over the years, Nigeria’s economy was solely dependent on agriculture. However, the huge revenue from crude oil production in the…
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How Install.com.ng is serving Nigerians with quality installations and repairs of electrical appliances.
Am sure we all know how difficult it is to find a well trained and reliable electrician in Nigeria to…
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Nigeria’s patient-physician marketplace Doctoora wants to give patients easy access to doctors & health care facilities
A good number of Nigerian hospitals have very poor health facilities. This is so because it’s government spends little to…
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How Kola Bilewu is building Cotenant.com.ng to be Africa’s biggest apartment sharing platform
Renting an apartment in Nigeria is quite expensive especially in cities like Abuja, Lagos & port Harcourt. Cotenant.com.ng is offering…
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Over the past few years Kenya and Nigeria have risen through the ranks in the technology space, booting South Africa…
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