Top 5 Fintechs of 2019
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 […]
Jack Ma, Founder of Alibaba, Visits Nigeria
Jack Ma, co-founder and former Executive Chairman of the Alibaba Group, is currently in Nigeria. The Chinese entrepreneur is attending the Nigeria Digital Economy Summit (NDES), taking place in Abuja. Ma was earlier received by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the State House. Professor Osinbajo said the visit showed Ma’s recognition of “Nigeria’s role in […]
Fintechs in Nigeria: Flutterwave
Flutterwave is a Nigerian fintech startup which helps process local and transnational payments across Africa. The company says it’s making it easier for businesses in Africa to receive payments from clients across the world- something that merchants on the continent have struggled with for a long while. Founded in 2016 by a team of software […]
Nigerian Fintech Startup Flutterwave is Worth Over $150 Million
Silicon Valley based startup incubator, Y Combinator (YC), has listed Nigeria’s Flutterwave as the most valuable African startup to have come through its accelerator program. The incubator had Flutterwave on its list of companies by valuation for the month of October 2019, published on Wednesday. The Nigerian fintech company is one of 102 former members […]
Nigeria’s Flutterwave Partners Alipay to Access 1 Billion New Potential Customers
Nigerian fintech startup Flutterwave says it has partnered with Alipay to establish digital payment channels between Africa and China. The partnership should see more of the multi-billion dollar intercontinental trade between both regions facilitated online, as their ecommerce sectors expand. Flutterwave, a Lagos-based startup founded in 2016, currently serves businesses in Africa, enabling them to […]
African Fintech Leaders To Take Centre Stage In London
Last year saw increased investment by local and international investors in African Fintech ventures with a total of $284.6 million invested in 2018, making Fintech the most invested sector. Levelling the playing field for the unbanked and financially underserved in Africa has created opportunities for new ventures to disrupt traditional banks, through machine learning and […]
Flutterwave Launches Barter App for Financial Management
Barter by Flutterwave is a digital payments solution that allows users to create virtual dollar debit cards. This is especially useful for people who wish to pay for subscription services (Apple Music, Deezer, web hosting, etc.) and people that shop online on international stores. The parent company, Barter, is an American online payments company that generates […]
D’banj, Lasisi Elenu, Jason Njoku, Iyin Aboyeji, Martin Mabutho,Others To Speak At Nigerian Entertainment Conference 2018
We are pleased to announce speakers, panellists, and moderators for the sixth annual Nigerian Entertainment Conference which holds Wednesday, April 25th, 2018 at the Landmark Event Centre, Lagos. The stellar line-up which features leading figures in entertainment, technology, and broadcasting will address how the creative industry can study, understand and access opportunities in emerging markets […]
Nigerian Startups To Watch In 2018
Expert seers and crystal ball gazers are having a field day with guessing what the new year will conjure up. Analysts construct and dissect permutations, bigwigs and regular guys at the newspaper stands lay out the probable course of events and watersheds they think will define the next twelve months. And here, we have our […]
Flutterwave Launches Moneywave, a Payment Platform
Flutterwave a platform that provides technology, infrastructure and services to enable global merchants, payment service providers and Pan-African banks accept and process payments on any channel (Web, Mobile, ATM & POS), has announced the launch of a new product, Moneywave. Moneywave is an omnichannel platform for payment as a service across Africa. What this means […]
Iyinoluwa Aboyeji Launches Flutterwave
Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, co-founder of Andela, a social venture that trains Africans to be world class developers has reportedly bowed out from the firm. He is leaving to launch Flutterwave a platform that allows merchants to make and receive payments across multiple platforms. In an email he sent to the Andela team, he said “despite all […]