Nigerian B2B fintech, Duplo, raises $4.3 million in seed round
Duplo, a Nigerian B2B payments startup, has raised $4.3 million in seed funding. This comes only seven months after the
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Elon Musk justifies request to terminate the $44 billion Twitter acquisition deal
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, has once again justified his request to cancel the $44 billion Twitter acquisition deal. This
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Eyowo Launches Better Card, a Digital First Mastercard
This week, Eyowo unveiled its Digital First payment offering, The Better Card, which is Mastercard-certified. As one of the first
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Pezesha, a Kenyan Fintech, raises $11M with backing from Women’s World Banking, and others
Following an $11 million pre-Series A equity-debt round led by Women’s World Banking Capital Partners II and with participation from
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Risevest CEO and co-founder steps aside indefinitely following allegations of misconduct
Following allegations of sexual and non-sexual misconduct, an investor investigation panel has advised Risevest co-founder Eke Urum to step down
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Nigerian fintech startup, Grey, raises $2 million in seed funding
Grey, a Nigerian fintech startup, has raised $2 million in seed funding to expand into new African markets. According to
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Nigerian Banking-as-a-Service startup, Anchor, raises $1 million in pre-seed funding
Anchor, a Nigerian Banking-as-a-Service fintech startup, has raised $1 million in pre-seed funding. The Y Combinator-backed startup will use this
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Moneymie has shut down its digital bank for immigrants to focus on B2B services
Moneymie suspended its digital bank service, which allowed African immigrants in North America to send and receive money from Nigeria,
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Truecaller for Business adds new features to its offering
Truecaller, well-known for allowing users to verify contacts and block unwanted communications, has released new features for Truecaller for Business,
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Pick n Pay, first sub-Saharan African retailer to migrate to AWS
Pick n Pay, a South African retailer, has moved its entire on-premises information technology (IT) infrastructure to Amazon Web Services