Flex Finance: Expenses Management Application
Managing expenses in a micro, small or medium-sized business is often not given the full attention it requires. Businesses looking to optimize operations, stick to their budgets and save money, need to find ways to accurately keep track of what they are spending on and how much they are spending. Read more about Fintech Expenses […]
Kwaba, The Low Income Rent Payment Platform
Housing is one of the major challenges in Nigerian cities. Many houses in the cities are in poor condition, lacks potable water, toilet, and decent environmental conditions. Accommodations in cities are often inadequate and expensive with most of them not properly built and ventilated. Almost half of Nigeria’s population live in cities, with 80 percent living […]
Busha, The Convenient Platform To Trade Bitcoin And Other Cryptocurrencies.
The crypto sector in Nigeria is usually one people fear and are sceptical about. This is because the market is susceptible to a lot of losses, scams, and extortions. Tech startup founders, crypto experts, exchange brokers, and enthusiasts have all encountered losses or been scammed which led to the quest of building convenient platforms for crypto exchange […]
Simple Tech Hacks
Technology has become omnipresent in our daily lives. It makes things more convenient for us as well as allows us to work from any place at any time. There are huge numbers of tech-related tips and tricks out there that simplify our daily routine and make life much easier. These hacks enhance user experience. Certain tech hacks […]
SudoAfrica Helps Businesses In Africa In The Issuance Of Debit Cards
A Nigerian Fintech startup Sudo Africa has raised $3.7 million pre-seed to build its card-issuing API for developers and businesses in Nigeria. The pre-seed round was led by San Francisco-based Global Founders Capital (GFC) with participation from venture capitals like Picus Capital, Lofty Inc Capital, Rallycap Ventures, Kepple Africa, Berrywood Capital, ZedCrest, and Suya Ventures. […]
Bitmama, The Crypto-Fiat Exchange Platform
For over one year, the central bank of Nigeria banned crypto transactions in Nigeria’s financial sector.The central bank has continued to fiercely fight against crypto transactions in its financial ecosystem by blocking accounts associated with crypto transactions and imposing other sanctions on offenders. Despite their actions, crypto transactions are still on the increase in Africa’s […]
Tech Hacks Guaranteed To Work
Technology has made our lives easier. Everything we do requires the help of technology both at home and at the workplace. It is not costly to advance in what we can do with the tech tools around us. These tech hacks below are guaranteed to further simplify things, increase efficiency and save money and time. Read […]
Stax Is Bypassing The Internet To Close The Gap Towards Financial Inclusion In Africa
Stax is a fintech startup that allows Africans to buy airtime, send and request money, and transfer funds between accounts via automated USSD codes. The startup announced that it has raised a $2.2 million seed extension round. Co-founded by Ben Lyon, Jess Shorland, and David Kutalek, the startup secures all USSD codes from multiple accounts together […]
Big Cabal Raises $2.3 million, Seed Fund
Big Cabal Media (BCM) is a media company based in Nigeria. The company houses two well-known publications, TechCabal and Zikoko. Big Cabal has announced that it raised $2.3 million in seed funding to expand its audience and build new verticals. The seed round came after it closed a $620,000 angel and pre-seed round between 2016 […]
QuickCheck, The MicroLoan Application Platform
A huge percent of Nigeria’s adult population are financially excluded, lacks credit history, and cannot access financial services such as quick and easy loans. In a research conducted by the Enhancing Financial Innovation and Access (EFInA), only four percent of the adult population can access credit through formal financial institutions, a larger number have their […]
Moove, Mobility Fintech Raises $105 million Series A Round.
More than a billion people reside in Africa, a place where there is limited or no access to vehicle financing for the majority of its population. It is also a place where the high rate of poverty has made car ownership a luxury for most of the population. In 2019, the continent had fewer than […]
GetEquity Is Changing The Narrative On Funding For African Startup
GetEquity, a Nigeria-based investment platform, came into the market intending to challenge the status quo of startup financing and venture capital in Africa. Launched in July 2021 and Co-founded by Jude Dike, William Okafor, and Temitope Ekundayo, GetEquity is a product built after a series of iterations. This is because building a democratized startup investment […]
Schoolable: Ensuring Quality Education Through Affordable Finance
In Nigeria, only a small percentage of parents can pay private school fees upfront, while a majority of schools experience a cash flow deficit from the first day of the school term. The first month of every term is the most pensive month for parents. This is because they have to pay children’s school fees […]
Career Opportunities At Interswitch
Interswitch is a local Nigerian financial services company headquartered in Lagos. Co-founded by Michael Elegbe and Charles Ifedi in 2002. Interswitch is an Africa-focused integrated digital payments and commerce company that facilitates the electronic circulation of money as well as the exchange of value between individuals and organizations on a timely and consistent basis. Read […]
Tech Startup Ideas For 2022
The post-Covid world depends mainly on the power of the internet, and for the same reason, most businesses are rapidly moving online. Since 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic forced many small and large-scale businesses to move online. This massive online migration of small and large-scale businesses unfolds new possibilities for tech startups to build unique models […]
Ways To Buy Cryptocurrency In Nigeria Despite The FGN Ban
The penetration of mobile phones in most African countries, particularly Nigeria, increased remittance rates and payments for goods and services. According to the World Bank, the Nigerian economy is one of the six biggest recipients of remittances in the world, attracting $24 billion in 2019, which made up 5% of the country’s GDP. The turmoil […]