Jumo
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SA Fintech Startup, JUMO Secures $52M Investment Led by Goldman

South Africa-based financial technology firm JUMO plans to expand in high-growth Asian markets after securing $52M investment from led by

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Tanzania’s Nala Named Winner of the Ecobank Fintech Challenge

Nala, a fintech startup based in Tanzania has emerged the winner of the Ecobank Fintech Challenge thus carting away US$10,000

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Two African Startups Selected For 2nd Cohort of Fintech Hive Accelerator

Fintech Hive in partnership with Accenture has selected two African startups from Nigeria and Egypt to take part in its

Paystack
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Nigeria Fintech Startup, Paystack Secures $8 Million Series A Funding Led By Stripe

Nigeria Fintech startup, Paystack has raised $8 million in Series A funding led by Stripe. The new capital raised is

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Nigerian Fintech Startup, Mines Raises $13m Series A Funding to Scale

Nigerian fintech startup Mines, has secured a US$13 million Series A funding round as it aims to expand into other

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Fintech Startup, Flutterwave Secures USSD Approval From CBN

Flutterwave has received approval from Nigeria’s apex bank, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to own and operate an Unstructured Supplementary

Ecobank
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Ecobank Announces Finalists of the Ecobank Fintech Challenge 2018

Ecobank, the leading independent pan-African banking group, has announced the finalists for the 2nd edition of the annual Ecobank Fintech

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Fintech Startups Can Now Apply to Pitch at Finnovation Africa in Ethiopia

Fintech start-ups in Africa can apply to pitch at the second annual Finnovation event in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia which will hold on

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Nigeria’s Fintech, CowryWise Accepted into YCombinator Summer 2018

Nigeria fintech startup, CowryWise, has been accepted into YCombinator Summer 2018 Batch. Commenting on the news, Razaq Ahmed, the CEO

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Four Nigerian Fintech Startups Named Among Finalists of Visa’s Everywhere Initiative in Subsaharan Africa

Four Nigerian fintech startups have been named among the 12 finalists of the Visa Everywhere Initiative in Subsaharan Africa. They