Zambian Startup Lupiya Secures Over $8 Million in Series A Funding Round
Lupiya, a trailblazing neo-bank in Zambia, has achieved a significant milestone by securing $8.25 million in Series A funding. This ... Read More
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South Africa’s Stitch to Host Its Annual Scale Summit in September
South African fintech company Stitch will host its second Scale Summit on Thursday, September 28, following the success of ... Read More
Nigeria’s Wema Bank Lifts Suspension of International Transactions on Naira Cards
Wema Bank, one of Nigeria’s leading commercial banks, has announced the lifting of the suspension of international transactions on ... Read More
Call to Apply for Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship Programme
South African ed-tech incubator Injini has partnered the Mastercard Foundation to launch the Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship Programme, which ... Read More
Mastercard Adds Crypto Consulting Service
Mastercard announced Tuesday the expansion of its payments-focused consulting service. Among the new practices is one dedicated to “crypto ... Read More
Payment Giant Mastercard Acquires CipherTrace
Payment giant, Mastercard seems to have its eyes set on cryptocurrencies as the company just acquired CipherTrace, a blockchain intelligence ... Read More
Rwandan Startup Kasha Raises Funding
Rwandan startup Kasha, which allows women across rural and urban locations to make confidential personal care orders, has secured funding ... Read More
Mastercard Acquires Ekata for $ 850 Million
Mastercard has strengthened its online identity management capability by acquiring Ekata, an identity verification firm, for US$850 Million. This move ... Read More
Bitcoin Trades at $60,000
Less than a month after printing its previous all-time high on February 21st, the flagship crypto has done it again. ... Read More
Bitcoin Welcomes Tesla, Mastercard, BNY Mellon, Venmo
To say this week has been huge for bitcoin and cryptocurrency adoption would be an understatement. There has been so ... Read More