Flutterwave Announces $250 Million Series D Funding
The African payments company, Flutterwave announced today that it has closed Series D funding of $250 million, valuing the company at over $3 billion. The brand continues to transform the way Africans transact on the continent and worldwide after closing Series C funding of $170 million, which valued the company to be over $1 […]
World-Class Mobile Applications Built By Nigerians
In the past, the tech space in Nigeria used to be dominated by foreign-owned websites and applications, but Nigerians are gradually creating apps that are proving to be reliable options for citizens and the world at large. The applications range from FinTechs (Financial Technology) startups to online shopping platforms, logistics applications, Elearning platforms, health techs, […]
4DX Ventures And Flutterwave Co-invest In Francophone Africa Payments Processor, CinetPay
$2.4 million seed round marks prolific VC’s first fintech investment in the region alongside fintech unicorn’s first institutional investment CinetPay, a digital finance platform that enables merchants in Francophone Africa to seamlessly accept and make payments, has announced a $2.4 million seed fundraising round from 4DX Ventures and Flutterwave. The investment will boost CinetPay’s sales and marketing efforts […]
Innovation: Why Flutterwave Is On The CNBC Disruptor 50 List
Kenyan Tech leader, Ory Okolloh, once aptly remarked: “You can’t entrepreneur around bad leadership, we can’t entrepreneur around bad policy,” but outlier startup companies rearing their bullish heads out of Nigeria are slowly proving that hypothesis wrong. Read more about Tech Innovation is gradually putting the nation in positive light amidst the myriad of […]
Registration For The Women In Management Board Institute Training Is Still Ongoing
As part of its resolve to inspire and empower women towards attaining leadership, the Women In Management, Business & Public Service (WIMBIZ), a non-profit initiative, has launched the April edition of the WIMBoard Institute Training. Read more about Opportunities Registrations for the event which is scheduled to hold between 2 pm-5 pm on Thursday, […]
Flutterwave Now Worth Over $1 Billion; Brings Paypal To African Merchants
San Francisco and Lagos-based fintech startup Flutterwave is one of the most important financial service providers in Africa today from the perception of global markets. Read more about FinTech It is now valued more than UBA, First Bank Holdings, Access Bank, Stanbic IBTC, and most banks except GTBank and Zenith Bank in Nigeria. UBA […]
Will Nigeria Produce More Fintech Unicorns?
On Wednesday, March 10, Nigerians awoke to positive news from their country’s vibrant tech sector. Flutterwave, a fintech startup that’s been around for just under five years, had secured investor backing worth $170 million in its Series C Funding Round. Read more about FinTech This deal, led by a New York-based private equity firm, […]
What The Flutterwave Partnership With Paypal Means For Nigerians
So what is clear to any keen observer is that FinTech companies in Nigeria are that they are on a roll and they will be for a fairly long time. Read more about FinTech Fintechs have been the yardstick for measuring growth in tech all over Africa as the need they provide solutions for are […]
Flutterwave Secures Series C Funding, Breaks 1 billion Dollar Valuation Hurdle
Financial technology is by far the best performing tech sector anywhere in Africa. In many ways, it is the low-hanging fruit in tech and more and more techpreneurs are thinking up solutions around money and payments. Read more about Tech The biggest success stories are in tech and the biggest success stories in tech […]
Top 6 Payment Gateways For Your Online Business
A payment gateway is a technology that enables merchants to accept bank card or direct payments for goods purchased by their customers. It’s used by e-commerce websites and brick and mortar stores alike, and by other organizations that need to receive payments electronically. The form that gateways take will differ according to the purpose […]
#EndSARS: The Companies And Start-Ups That Stood Up To Be Counted
Technically, any internet-based platform qualifies as a tech company on this list. Protests were sustained across the country and the Diaspora. So, here are some companies and platforms that lent themselves to #EndSARS intentionally and whole-heartedly. Read more about Tech Twitter Obviously, none of this would be possible without the social network where it […]
How Nigerian Businesses Have Supported The #EndSARS Movement In Nigeria
Several companies in the country have actively supported the #EndSARS movement since protests kicked off around the country last week. Through crowdfunding, impassioned social media content, and contributions, these companies have made giant strides in furthering the cause of the #EndSARS campaign. Read more about #EndSARS Below are some of these companies below and […]
Flutterwave Under Duress For #EndSARS Donations
Flutterwave has before now stood out as one of the countries top tech companies for the past few years alongside Paystack, courting a huge clientele from different sectors and even countries. Read more about #EndSARS Flutterwave has, however, found its way into civil discourse space where most tech companies prefer to avoid in the […]
Endeavour Collaborates With Stears Data
Over 70% Of Nigerian Startups And Scaleups Have Experienced Funding Challenges Due To The Global Crisis Endeavor, the global high-impact entrepreneurship network, has published a white paper in partnership with leading Nigerian data collection company Stears Data entitled “Protecting Nigeria’s Entrepreneurial Future”. The white paper outlines a number of proposals for Nigeria’s government policymakers and the business community, […]
Did You Know That Fintechs Are The Holy Grail Of Tech In Africa At Least?
That tech is the vogue in Nigeria is really no news but you probably did not fathom just how much of that growth is down to fintech or finance based technology start-ups. According to Quartz, fintechs have attracted more investments than any single sector in tech across Africa. Specifically, fintech has attracted three times […]
App Of The Week: Barter
Barter by Flutterwave is a digital payments platform that provides users with virtual dollar debit cards funded in their own currencies and useful for global payments, subscriptions, etc. Through a virtual payment platform, users can create and fund virtual cards from their local banks in any currency. Read more about App of the week Barter […]