Tag: African Fintech
Nigerian mental health technology startup Mytherapist is helping individuals and couples access professional therapy through online consultations, appointment bookings and digital wellbeing tools, as it seeks to make mental healthcare more accessible and affordable. Founded in 2021...
Nigerian healthcare technology startup Helium Health has secured a $2.5 million grant from Google.org to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) solutions aimed at improving maternal healthcare delivery and reducing preventable deaths in Nigeria.
The funding will support the...
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Nigeria’s Voye Wants to Tackle Remittance Problems for African Diaspora with Peer-to-Peer Currency Exchange Platform
Nigerian startup, Voye has launched a remittance and currency exchange platform designed specifically for diaspora communities in the United Kingdom and Canada, with a...
Valu and Fawry Partner to Expand Instalment Credit Solutions and Egypt’s Digital Payments Ecosystem
Valu, one of Egypt’s leading consumer finance platforms, has entered a partnership with Fawry, the country’s dominant electronic payments provider, to introduce flexible financing...
Nigeria’s Fincra Builds Regulated Payment Network Across Africa With Ghana Expansion Move
Nigerian payments infrastructure provider, Fincra, has secured a Payment Service Provider Licence (Enhanced Category) from the Bank of Ghana, marking a step in its...
UnionPay International Gains CFC Status in Morocco to Strengthen African Cross-Border Payments Services
UnionPay International (UPI) has announced that its Morocco Branch has officially been granted Casablanca Finance City (CFC) status, marking a strategic milestone in the...
Kenya’s WapiPay Expands Remittance Network Into Jamaica to Strengthen Diaspora Payment for Africans
WapiPay, a Nairobi-based cross-border payments company, has secured regulatory approval to launch operations in Jamaica, marking its first entry into the Caribbean and a...
How Nigeria’s Myaza is Using Stablecoins to Fix Africa’s Cross-Border Payment Problems
In 2022, Charles Archibong faced a decision to relocate to Europe for a stable, well-paid role, or remain in Nigeria to pursue an uncertain...
Flutterwave Denies $75m Government IPO Investment Claims: What This Means for African Fintech
Flutterwave has dismissed widespread reports suggesting that the Nigerian government plans to invest $75 million in its proposed Initial Public Offering (IPO), stating that...
How Nigeria’s Esca Finance is Building FX Infrastructure to Protect Businesses from Currency InstabilityÂ
Esca Finance, a foreign exchange infrastructure startup founded by Nigerian entrepreneur Shalom Osiadi, is seeking to solve one of Africa’s currency instability. Esca is building...
Tulupay Launches Financial Operating System to Link Banks, Mobile Money and Blockchain in Africa
Tulupay, a fintech infrastructure company with operations spanning Estonia, Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, Rwanda and other markets, has announced the pre-launch of its Financial Operating...
Scale and Mastercard Partner to Simplify Card Issuance and Accelerate Digital Payments Across Africa
Scale, a South African card-issuing startup, has entered into a partnership with Mastercard aimed at simplifying how businesses launch and manage card products across...
South Africa’s Littlefish Raises $9.5m to Build Financial Tools for SMEs Across Africa
Littlefish, a South African fintech start-up building financial infrastructure for small businesses, has raised $9.5 million in a Series A funding round to scale...
Happy Pay Secures $5m Seed Round to Expand Africa’s Ad-Supported Payments Network
Happy Pay, a South African buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) start-up, has raised $5 million in a seed funding round to expand what it describes as Africa’s...
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