Archives Tag: Flutterwave
4DX Ventures And Flutterwave Co-invest In Francophone Africa Payments Processor, CinetPay
April 19, 2022
$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 … Continue reading 4DX Ventures And Flutterwave Co-invest In Francophone Africa Payments Processor, CinetPay
Innovation: Why Flutterwave Is On The CNBC Disruptor 50 List
April 19, 2022
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 … Continue reading Innovation: Why Flutterwave Is On The CNBC Disruptor 50 List
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Registration For The Women In Management Board Institute Training Is Still Ongoing
April 19, 2022
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, … Continue reading Registration For The Women In Management Board Institute Training Is Still Ongoing
By ugo-chinedu
Flutterwave Now Worth Over $1 Billion; Brings Paypal To African Merchants
April 19, 2022
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 … Continue reading Flutterwave Now Worth Over $1 Billion; Brings Paypal To African Merchants
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Will Nigeria Produce More Fintech Unicorns?
April 19, 2022
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, … Continue reading Will Nigeria Produce More Fintech Unicorns?
What The Flutterwave Partnership With Paypal Means For Nigerians
April 19, 2022
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 … Continue reading What The Flutterwave Partnership With Paypal Means For Nigerians
By david-okwara
Flutterwave Secures Series C Funding, Breaks 1 billion Dollar Valuation Hurdle
April 19, 2022
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 … Continue reading Flutterwave Secures Series C Funding, Breaks 1 billion Dollar Valuation Hurdle
By david-okwara
Top 6 Payment Gateways For Your Online Business
April 19, 2022
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 … Continue reading Top 6 Payment Gateways For Your Online Business
#EndSARS: The Companies And Start-Ups That Stood Up To Be Counted
April 19, 2022
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 … Continue reading #EndSARS: The Companies And Start-Ups That Stood Up To Be Counted
By david-okwara
How Nigerian Businesses Have Supported The #EndSARS Movement In Nigeria
April 19, 2022
 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 … Continue reading How Nigerian Businesses Have Supported The #EndSARS Movement In Nigeria
Flutterwave Under Duress For #EndSARS Donations
April 19, 2022
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 … Continue reading Flutterwave Under Duress For #EndSARS Donations
By david-okwara
Endeavour Collaborates With Stears Data
April 19, 2022
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, … Continue reading Endeavour Collaborates With Stears Data
Did You Know That Fintechs Are The Holy Grail Of Tech In Africa At Least?
April 19, 2022
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 … Continue reading Did You Know That Fintechs Are The Holy Grail Of Tech In Africa At Least?
By david-okwara
App Of The Week: Barter
April 19, 2022
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 … Continue reading App Of The Week: Barter
Top 5 Fintechs of 2019
April 19, 2022
It’s been a great year for fintech in Nigeria. There’s been plenty of investment (with up to $400 million injected into companies and startups), tremendous growth, and more media coverage of this emerging sector than ever before. The players in the space are doing so well, even the banks are starting to launch their own … Continue reading Top 5 Fintechs of 2019