Tag: flutterwave

Africa has another unicorn as Chipper Cash raises $100M Series C led by SVB Capital

PaymentsMay 31, 2021

Fintech in Africa is a goldmine. Investors are betting big on startups offering a plethora of services from payments and lending to neobanks,...

Nigeria’s Mono raises millions to power the internet economy in Africa

StartupsMay 24, 2021

In February, Nigerian fintech startup Mono announced its acceptance into Y Combinator and, at the time, it wanted to build the Plaid for...

Why SPACs aren’t targeting African startups

Private EquityMay 14, 2021

One. That’s the number of African tech companies that have gone public on the NYSE in the last 10 years. Two, if you’re...

Payments, lending and neobanks rule fintechs in emerging markets, report says

FintechMay 6, 2021

Tech investments in emerging markets have been in full swing over the past couple of years and their ecosystems have thrived as a...

Flutterwave and Worldpay partner to improve online card payments for eCommerce businesses in SA and Nigeria

VentureburnApril 28, 2021

Absa customers can now make QR payments using the bank’s mobile app. The bank announced the new feature on 28 April. Using the...

Nigerian fintech Okra raises $3.5M backed by Accenture Ventures and Susa Ventures

FintechApril 21, 2021

The last five years have seen a plethora of fintech applications in Nigeria (and Africa, in general) grow at an astonishing rate. But...

Nigerian fintech of the unbanked Bankly raises $2M led by Vault and Flutterwave

PaymentsMarch 24, 2021

Nigeria remains a largely cash-dominated country. There are over 100 million adult Nigerians, of which more than half have little or no access...

These undergraduates left university to build Flux, a payments startup now in YC

PaymentsMarch 22, 2021

In the 170 years since Western Union was founded, no company has managed to solve two basic problems that continue to bedevil the...

Flutterwave and PayPal Partner to Empower African eCommerce

FintechMarch 17, 2021

Payments ecosystem giant PayPal announced a collaboration with Flutterwave, a leading payments technology company in Africa, this week. Through the collaboration, PayPal...

Africa-Based Payments Tech Flutterwave Scores $170 Million Through Series C Funding Round Co-Led By Avenir Growth Capital & Tiger Global Management

CrowdfundingMarch 10, 2021

Flutterwave, a U.S. and Lagos-based fintech that’s on a mission to build payments infrastructures to connect Africa to the global economy, announced...