MoNo, a Nigerian fintech startup, has announced the launching of its new product, a telecommunication application programming interface (API)  to enable businesses to collate unbanked consumer data having previously received user’s consent. The new product will allow businesses to leverage substitute data concepts to compel financial inclusion, thereby making

Black Umbrellas has announced the launch of the Black Umbrellas incubation lounge at Regent Business School at the Durban campus. The opening of the incubation lounge will make it simple for KwaZulu-Natal startup entrepreneurs to get the help they need to expand their businesses. This is the second of three

Pezesha, a Kenyan-based fintech startup has raised Eleven Million US dollars ($11 Million) in a pre-Series A equity-debt round and likewise expanded into Rwanda, Nigeria and come Francophone countries on the continent. The round was led by Women’s World Banking Capital Partners II and had the participation of the

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, an American political comedy program, has teamed up with VoiceMap, a startup based in Cape Town, to create an interactive self-guided walking tour that takes visitors through the events of the Washington, D.C., uprising on January 6, 2021. VoiceMap, a mobile app and

It has been reported that co-founder and CEO of Nigerian startup, Risevest, Eke Urum, has been advised to step down from the position he occupies in the company. The advice comes from an investigative panel set up by the startup’s investors. This action was reportedly made known through an

Safaricom, One of Kenya’s leading telecommunications outfits, has launched its services in East Africa, Ethiopia, with activity in selected locations. The telcom had obtained a licence to operate in the profitable Ethiopia market as of July 2021. A year after obtaining the licence, it was revealed that Safaricom would

Anchor, a banking-as-service fintech platform has revealed that it has secured pre-seed funding to the tune of One Million US dollars ($1 Million) as it also launches Anchor Beta. Backed by Y Combinator, Anchor intends to maximize the raised investments using it to build a team of talents thereby enhancing

Nigerian fintech company, Grey, has been reported to have raised Two million dollars ($2 million ) in seed funding. Grey is created to give users in Africa the ability to send and receive foreign payments. Via the platform, users can also create a free international bank account through which they can

Ecobank Nigeria, a commercial bank in the West African country, has launched the fintech challenge, fifth edition, and it is opening the doors of the competition to fintech founders in Africa. Through this competition, both matured and early-stage fintech companies stand the chance to go home with Fifty thousand US