Accelerator Fintech People

Tayo Oviosu, Jay Alabraba and 6 Others Picked For the Endeavor Entrepreneur Network

Tayo Oviosu and Jay Alabraba, both from Paga will join 6 other entrepreneurs from across Africa that have been picked

Partnership

DPO Group Partners With Mastercard to Help Businesses Accept Digital Payments

DPO Group has partnered with Mastercard to enable thousands of businesses in Ghana to offer their customers greater choice and

DPO Group
Payment

DPO Group Granted Regulatory Licence to Provide Payments Services in Nigeria

One Payment Limited, a subsidiary of the Pan-African digital payments group, DPO Group has been granted a licence by the

Sparkle
Fintech Funding Investment Venture Capital

Sparkle Closes $3.1m Seed Round From an all-Nigerian Group of Investors

Sparkle, a mobile-first digital bank, has raised an oversubscribed seed round of $3.1 million from an all-Nigerian group of investors

Awards Banking Women

Bola Adesola, Senior Vice-Chairman, Africa, Standard Chartered Bank Honoured in EMEA Diversity Awards

Eight businesswomen holding prominent executive roles in leading companies in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) have been named

Mastercard
Entrepreneurship Fintech Startup

Mastercard Announces Fintech Express to Empower MEA Fintechs to Launch and Expand Rapidly

Mastercard has launched Fintech Express in the Middle East and Africa, a program designed to facilitate emerging fintechs’ launch and

interswitch
Africa Business Fintech Payment

Interswitch Plans to List its Shares in Lagos & London As it Hires JPMorgan for IPO

Interswitch, a Nigeria-based payments firm, has hired advisers to revive plans for a stock-market listing in London and Lagos later

Renda
Funding Logistics

Renda secures $1.9m Pre-Seed Funding to Optimize Order Fulfillment for Businesses in Africa

Renda, a Nigerian logistics startup, has closed its pre-seed round at $1.9m in equity and debt funding. The equity investment

Acquisition

Kenya’s BuuPass Acquires QuickBus

BuuPass, a Kenyan travel booking platform, has acquired QuickBus, an African bus ticket marketplace with offices in Nigeria and South

Venture Capital

Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures (VKAV) Closes its first fund at $60m

Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures (VKAV) has announced that it has closed its first fund at $60 million. Key institutional investors in