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Joined August 2016
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Kenya's fintech Kwara lands $4 Million in seed round from Breega, SoftBank to build neobank for credit unions tcrn.ch/3rLFKGY by @annienjanja
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🇳🇬 ANNOUNCEMENT for our Nigerian customers 🇳🇬 We’ve integrated instant buy with PayU 🥳 PayU offers a faster and easier way to buy your favourite cryptocurrencies without having to deposit funds first 💳⚡️
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Just In.. Safaricom and Visa sign partnership to enable the development of products that will support digital payments for M-PESA customers. wp.me/p8hE44-dPY
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Proud to announce @cowrywise as one of the newest #CatalystFund portfolio companies. The #Nigerian based #fintech #startup provides financial access to undeserved markets through mutual funds and saving products. #InclusiveFintech @BFAGlobal @DFID_UK @jpmorgan @RockPhilanth
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We are proud to announce @getkwara as one of the newest #CatalystFund company. The #Kenya based startup provides #digital banking solutions for savings and credit cooperations. @BFAGlobal @DFID_UK @jpmorgan @RockPhilanth #inclusivefintech
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Digital lending apps are coming under scrutiny in East Africa for predatory practices qz.com/africa/1712796/
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Until a year ago, it was rare for Chinese venture capital to fund African tech start-ups. Why Chinese capital is venturing into Africa’s fintech future @scmpnews #africa #china #venturecapital #fintech lnkd.in/gNsS8hz
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We're still hiring a Financial Analyst who will be collecting, monitoring and studying financial information to provide insights that would help us make informed financial decisions. ⏰ Application deadline: December 13 More details here: notion.so/Roles-at-Wallets-A…
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Mobile lending apps are coming under scrutiny in East Africa for predatory practices qz.com/africa/1712796/
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A female-led venture capital fund focused on African women founders is nearing its €60 million target for Q1 2020 qz.com/africa/1755755/
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Investors have poured almost $400m into payments companies based in Nigeria in the past week. #fintech #payments @FinTech_Africa @TheFintechAfric @FintechList @AfriFintech ft.com/content/124aa0c0-0aec…
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Major Silicon Valley VCs Sequioa and IDG are joined by Japan's Softbank and lead Chinese investors in a $120 million bet on African fintech as OPay expands from Nigeria to Kenya, Ghana and South Africa qz.com/africa/1750651/
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The primary use of mobile money in Zimbabwe has been shut down by the central bank qz.com/africa/1719085/ via @qzafrica
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“The continuous rise of Fintech in Africa (a 24% increase over 10 years) is not only a result of the technological potential of the companies: it also reflects the huge potential to impact the lives of hundreds of millions of people.” #Fintech #Africa bit.ly/2O2omKd
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African Central Banks to link the continent’s major cross-border payment systems as plans to create the world’s largest free-trade zone gain momentum @business @AfCfta #africa #crossborderpayments #AfCFTA lnkd.in/gWmRrSz
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On this day in 2000: Nokia 3310 released
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Interview: Buhle Goslar (@buhlegoslar), CEO (Africa) at JUMO (@JUMO_WORLD) - the continent's biggest FinTech startup by customer count iafrikan.com/2019/08/05/inte… by Sello Moloi (@TechieInAfrica)
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Meet the 4️⃣2️⃣ #startups in #Africa that have raised $1M+ so far in 2019! 💡 Cumulatively they've raised $450M! 💡 81% have HQ in 🇿🇦SA, 🇳🇬Nigeria or 🇰🇪Kenya 💡 33% are in #Fintech, 14% are in Transportation 💡 Top 10 deals = 75% of total ...and yes I probably missed some 😉
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If this goes to plan West Africa will easily overtake East Africa in mobile money qz.com/africa/1679567/
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