Two Founders, Stranded Abroad By Failed Cards, Are Building Africa’s Missing ‘Financial Passport’
In 2019, Oluwatomi Ayorinde was stranded in Mannheim, Germany. His Nigerian bank card, which had worked perfectly at home, simply…
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Nigeria’s Importers Are Desperate For Dollars—This Startup Says It Has The Answer
A particularly stressful episode involving some Nigerian car importers from a few years back was the encounter that radicalised Sheriff…
A Founder’s Unusual Case For Ditching Africa’s Noisy ‘Big Four’ For Contrarian Bets
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Why _able Thinks Credit Infrastructure Is Africa’s Next Big Opportunity
For most consumers, financial services begin with a familiar brand. A bank issues the loan. A telecom operator offers the…
Techstars-Backed Chimoney Shuts Down After Failing To Crack Distribution
Chimoney, a fintech startup that built a unified API for cross-border payments across 41 currencies, is shutting down, Founder/CEO, Uchi…
The Biggest Blindspot In African Fintech, According To The Woman Who Has To Fix It
Neronie Arnagiri spends her days thinking about things most fintech founders tend to ignore until it is too late. Things…
Cardtonic Raises USD 2.1 M Seed To Build Pil, A Business Spending Platform
Nigerian Fintech Cardtonic Raises USD 2.1 M Seed To Build Pil, A Business Spending Platform Nigerian fintech Cardtonic has raised…
Flutterwave buys Nigeria’s Mono in rare African fintech exit | TechCrunch
Africa’s largest fintech company, Flutterwave, has acquired Nigerian open banking startup Mono in an all-stock deal valued between $25 million…