Twitter adds Flutterwave, Paga as payment providers for services
Microblogging platform, Twitter, has added the pan-African payment solutions Barter by Flutterwave and Paga as additional payment providers to Tips.…
Category: Fintech
Top Six Black-led startups { Most of them owned by Nigerians} that have achieved unicorn status
The last two years have seen some Black-led startups achieving success and hitting unicorn status. “Unicorn” is a venture capital…
Esusu: Credit building startup co-founded by Nigerian immigrant becomes $1 billion firm in four years
Esusu, a financial technology company that uses data to bridge the racial wealth gap by reporting rent payments to credit…
How a 23-yr-old Nigerian owner of fintech startup ‘Kippa’ led TikTok’s entry into Africa
Kennedy Ekezie-Joseph is the founder of the bookkeeping and finance app Kippa. He co-founded the app with his brother Duke…
These are the African Tech personalities you should look out for in 2022
The tech industry saw some amazing innovations and solutions that solved basic human problems amidst the coronavirus pandemic. Most often,…
Competition by banks, fintechs drive consumer loans up 43% to N1.8trn
Bank customers enjoyed a 43 per cent increase in consumer loans in two years, as banks and fintechs intensified competition…
Bitcoin ‘may not last that much longer,’ academic warns
The future of bitcoin is anyone’s guess, but one academic has warned that the world’s most popular cryptocurrency could fade…
Inside China’s underground crypto mining operation, where people are risking it all to make bitcoin
Kirk is mining for bitcoin in the Chinese province of Sichuan, hoping every day that he doesn’t get caught by…
Patricia Technologies is advancing alternative finance in Africa, bags coveted BAFI Award
Patricia Technologies, a fast-rising fintech that provides alternative solutions to payments through the use of cryptocurrency, recently clinched the coveted…
Nigerian startups, Artificial Intelligence, e-market penetration
Artificial Intelligence (AI), highly rated among the most disruptive technologies, is a great means for startups to achieve their growth…