Tag: Rwanda

IMF’s chief raises emergency lending to $100 billion in response to coronavirus

Business InsiderApril 9, 2020

The International Monetary Fund raised its emergency lending facilities, allowing it to meet an expected demand of $100 billion in financing.Emergency lending has...

Three travel startups tell us how they’re responding to the coronavirus crisis

StartupsMarch 13, 2020

With the globalized world going into partial or complete lock down over the Covid-19 pandemic, startups in the travel sector are facing a...

Sokowatch raises $14M to digitize Africa’s informal B2B supply-chain

Private EquityFebruary 24, 2020

Kenya based B2B e-commerce startup Sokowatch has raised $14 million in Series A funding toward its mission of revamping supply-chain markets for...

African fintech firm Flutterwave raises $35M, partners with Worldpay

FintechJanuary 23, 2020

San Francisco and Lagos-based fintech startup Flutterwave has raised a $35 million Series B round and announced a partnership with Worldpay FIS for payments in...

Payment startup Chipper Cash raises $6M for Southern Africa expansion

FintechDecember 17, 2019

African cross-border fintech startup Chipper Cash has raised a $6 million seed round led by Deciens Capital. The San Francisco-based company offers mobile-based,...

10 Questions every Money Transfer Business should ask themselves?

PaymentsMarch 29, 2019

I did a presentation on this long ago (The original presentation can be downloaded from here: Uberization of Money Transfer: 12 Questions every small...