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| 03.08.2024 | Flutterwave Secures Enhanced Payment Provider License in Ghana | Listen to this article
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Payments technology company Flutterwave announced that it has obtained an Enhanced Category Payment Service Provider license from the Bank of Ghana.
This development is pivotal in expanding ... |
| 18.07.2024 | Linda Rottenberg’s visit to Nigeria showcases commitment to tech innovation and entrepreneurship | Linda Rottenberg, Endeavor’s Global CEO, recently visited Nigeria from 6-9 of July 2024, marking a successful series of events that underscored the country’s vibrant tech ecosystem and entrepreneurial spirit. Organized by Endeavor Nigeria, ... |
| 17.07.2024 | Flutterwave listed among World's top 250 Fintech Companies by CNBC and Statista | SAN FRANCISCO, July 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Flutterwave, Africa's leading payments technology company, is excited to be included in the top 250 fintech companies in the world by CNBC and Statista for the first time. The list, which also fe... |
| 09.07.2024 | R18-billion plan to build 10 African tech hubs | The United Nations Development Programme, African governments and the private sector plan to raise US$1-billion (R18.2-billion) and open a string of technology hubs across the continent to boost start-up innovation.
The first of 10 hubs tha... |
| 28.06.2024 | Nigeria: CBN to Implement More Policies to Tackle Cybersecurity Challenges | The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it will continue to implement more policies to tackle cybersecurity challenges, foster innovation to ensure stability and integrity of the financial system.
The Deputy Governor, Financial Systems Stabi... |
| 26.06.2024 | Rethinking fintech distribution in Africa: The role of ‘undiscovered founders’ | Flashy new tech companies and cutting-edge tech get a lot of buzz. But for investors, the real excitement lies in booming tech hubs, areas where new companies are constantly popping up, fueled by money from around the world. These up-and-co... |
| 25.06.2024 | $75 M Africa-focused fund launched by European early-stage VC firm Breega | With the goal of becoming the top early-stage investor in African startups, Breega, one of the fastest-growing early-stage funds in Europe, has announced the opening of its first African fund, “Breega Africa Seed I.”
The Paris-based Breega,... |
| 24.06.2024 | Flutterwave lays off 24 employees in Nigeria as it restructures | Nigerian fintech giant, Flutterwave, has slashed its workforce by 24, representing 3% of its total employees.
The company announced this on Monday describing the exercise as part of a strategic restructuring focused on its core enterprise p... |
| 24.06.2024 | Exchange rate falls to lowest in 5 weeks as it closes in on N1,500/$1 | The exchange rate between the naira and the dollar fell to a six-week low on Monday, closing at N1,490.2/$1, just N10 shy of hitting N1,500/$1.
This is according to official data from the FMDQ, where currencies are traded officially. The ex... |
| 20.06.2024 | Flutterwave partners with EFCC to establish Cybercrime Research Center in Nigeria | Nigerian fintech giant, Flutterwave, has entered into a partnership with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to set up a Cybercrime Research Center in Nigeria.
According to a statement from the two parties, the initiative ai... |
| 20.06.2024 | Fraud: Access Bank admits Ali Bello’s co-defendant not featured on Kogi State bank transactions | Olom Otane Egoro, a compliance officer from Access Bank has told the Federal High Court Abuja that the name of Daudu Sulaiman, a co-defendant to Ali Bello, did not feature on the bank statements of the Kogi State Government House in Access ... |
| 09.06.2024 | Solving Local Challenges: Startups Addressing Africa’s Unique Problems | Across Africa, startups are emerging as innovative solutions to address the continent’s unique challenges.
From access to healthcare and education to transportation and agriculture, these startups are leveraging technology, entrepreneurship... |
| 29.05.2024 | Flutterwave receives payment aggregator licence approval-in-principle to expand to Mozambique | Flutterwave, one of Africa’s leading payment companies, has secured a Mozambique payment aggregator licence in principle. This high-profile licence enables e-commerce merchants to accept various payment instruments online without needing to... |
| 23.05.2024 | African Tech Ventures Unlocking UK Capital Markets and Exits | Share this:
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| 20.05.2024 | Weekly Economic Index: Flutterwave loses ₦11 billion to security breach, the CBN approves 14 new IMTOs, and oil and gas stocks decline by 6.5% in NGX | Here are three big stories from Africa’s business and policy landscape you (probably) didn’t miss but should keep in mind this week: Fintech Giant Flutterwave Hit by Alleged ₦11 Billion Security Breach
Last week, Nigerian fintech leader Flu... |
| 15.05.2024 | Flutterwave Earns Prestigious Spot on CNBC's 2024 Disruptor 50 List | SAN FRANCISCO, May 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Flutterwave, Africa's leading payment technology company, has earned a spot on the prestigious 12th annual CNBC Disruptor 50 list alongside companies like OpenAI, Stripe, Monzo. This recognition u... |
| 04.05.2024 | Visa and Standard Chartered Partner to Improve Cross-Border Payments | Standard Chartered has announced that it has joined Visa B2B Connect, a multilateral payment network that allows its business clients to make cross-border payments between their accounts more quickly and easily.
With a focus on enabling qui... |
| 30.04.2024 | TechCabal’s best-read stories of Q1 2024 | With the African tech ecosystem beset by a funding downturn, rising inflation, layoffs and startup shutdowns, the industry was off to a slow and uncertain start this year. Despite these challenges, some major highlights have kept us optimis... |
| 23.04.2024 | Nigeria: How E-Commerce Can Leverage Computer Vision Technology to Boost Sector - NCC | The rapid adoption of Computer Vision Technology (CVT) has revolutionized business operations and transformed e-commerce by improving efficiency in a variety of ways.
CVT is the process of using algorithms and artificial intelligence to pro... |
| 22.04.2024 | Exclusive: The Peer will return $350,000 to investors after shutting down | When The Peer, a Nigeria-based API startup, shut down in April, the business still had up to twenty months of runway. The shutdown, which its founders blamed on an inability to find product-market fit, means investors will get some of their... |
| 06.04.2024 | Huawei Cloud to empower 100 Nigerian startups to boost cloud market. | Huawei Cloud will grant cloud credits worth $10 million to 100 Nigerian startups as it attempts to empower the country’s startups to innovate and grow on Huawei Cloud. The investment will be over a two year period.
The company announced on ... |
| 22.03.2024 | From Unicorns to Uncharted Territories: Navigating Africa’s FinTech Landscape | Growing at an annual growth rate of 32%, the Africa FinTech market is set to achieve annual revenues of $65 billion dollars by 2030 based on assessments by Boston Consulting Group and QED Investors. While the growth rates are significant, a... |
| 19.03.2024 | Exclusive: Brass secures new funding as customers confirm an end to withdrawal delays | Brass, the Nigerian business banking startup that has been receiving criticism from customers for failing to process withdrawals on time, has received a capital injection from a group of investors, four people with knowledge of the deal tol... |
| 15.12.2023 | Techstars, announces 12 new investments through its Africa-focused program | Share this:
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| 22.08.2023 | Flutterwave, Africa’s biggest start-up, presses ahead with IPO plans | Flutterwave CEO Olugbenga Agboola
Flutterwave, Africa’s largest start-up, is pressing ahead with plans for an initial public offering after making headway in resolving allegations of financial impropriety in Kenya so that it can access more... |
| 15.08.2023 | MTN fintech unit seeks more investors | MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita
MTN Group is seeking as many as three more strategic investors in addition to Mastercard for its fintech unit, which it values at $5.2-billion (R100-billion).
“We are open to selling up to a maximum of 30% of the ... |
| 18.07.2023 | Paybills.Africa Goes Live Connecting African Merchants To The World | Today, at the margins of the U.S. Africa Financial Inclusion Conference sponsored by the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), Brij Technologies, Inc. unveiled Paybills.Africa. The platform seamlessly connects Africa's merchants global... |
| 16.07.2023 | Flutterwave Launches a Quick and Easy Tuition Payments solution | Last Friday, flutterwave, one of the leading paytech company in Africa, announced on their Facebook page a solution that aims to tackle several challenges in the financial landscape, including high transaction costs, limited accessibility t... |
| 23.06.2023 | Flutterwave eyes Egypt’s cross-border payments market as it plans IPO
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Success! | As Flutterwave moves to capture a share of Egypt’s cross-border remittances, the payment company hopes expanding and deepening its market coverage will also be a boost for its IPO appeal.
Flutterwave’s acquisition of a licence to payment se... |
| 05.03.2023 | Alleged security breach leaves millions of dollars missing from Flutterwave accounts | Last month, Flutterwave, Africa’s largest startup by private valuation, was involved in a hack that resulted in more than ₦2.9 billion (~$4.2 million) missing from its accounts, according to local tech publication Techpoint Africa.
Accordin... |
| 03.02.2023 | Starlink promises a new era of fast internet in Nigeria | On the 29th of March, 2022, the Russian army assailed the streets of Irpin, northwest of Kyiv, leaving blackened wreckages and dead bodies. Due to the attack, the city’s 24 cell towers were knocked down, throwing the city offline and preven... |
| 17.10.2022 | Nigerian banking-as-a-service platform Maplerad raises $6M, led by Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures | Banking-as-a-service (BaaS) platforms have taken off rapidly across the fintech world over the last 18 months. By partnering with banks, these platforms allow entities, from startups and fintechs to big corporations and banks, to provide ta... |
| 01.09.2022 | Flutterwave receives new payment license and plans IPO amidst regulatory challenges | Nigerian payment unicorn, Flutterwave, has secured a Switching and Processing Licence from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), according to a statement seen by TechCabal. This high profile licence will allow it to facilitate transactions bet... |
| 23.08.2022 | New report: Here’s why African fintech is fast-expanding | Despite talk of an overcrowded market and funding retreat, fintech is proving its mettle in the African markets, serving as a lever to financial inclusion and increasingly bringing innovative solutions to market that are uniquely designed f... |
| 23.08.2022 | New report: Here’s why African fintech is fast-expanding | Despite talk of an overcrowded market and funding retreat, fintech is proving its mettle in the African markets, serving as a lever to financial inclusion and increasingly bringing innovative solutions to market that are uniquely designed f... |
| 29.07.2022 | Kenya directs all banks to stop dealing with Chipper Cash, Flutterwave, saying they are unlicensed | A day after Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), Kenya’s monetary authority, said that Chipper Cash and Flutterwave were not licensed to operate in the East African country, the regulator has directed all financial institutions to cease doing busin... |
| 17.07.2022 | Nigerian fintechs are facing legal troubles in Kenya | Nigeria has gained a reputation as one of Africa’s fintech hotspots. However, some Nigerian fintechs are now having legal trouble in some parts of the continent.
Kenyan authorities recently froze accounts with Sh45 million ($381,000) worth ... |
| 05.05.2022 | You might have to pay to use Twitter | Share this article:
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Coming Friday, May 13, 2022, by 5 p.m., Techpoint Africa will host entrepreneurs and startup enthusiasts at Techpoint Pitch Friday for the third month in a row at 43b Emina Crescent, Opebi, Allen, Ikeja.
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| 26.04.2022 | Eleven African Startups Receive Prestigious Silicon Valley Award for Entrepreneurs | “We are happy to see that after five years, we are continuing to augment support for African changemakers and help scale their work and impact on the continent. Congratulations to the 2022 Builders of Africa's Future!” - Almaz Negash, Found... |
| 14.04.2022 | Tushop secures $3m pre-seed funding to scale affordable community eGrocery in Kenya | Tushop, a female-founded digital platform that aggregates Kenyan consumers into groups to buy groceries more cheaply, has secured $3 million in pre-seed funding.
The investment was led by early-stage investment firm 4DX Ventures. Other inve... |
| 30.03.2022 | Dapio dabbles in $3.4 million to bring frictionless payments for small businesses across UK and Europe | Microbusinesses and sole traders have faced multiple challenges when taking payments from customers, including the need to invest in clunky and expensive hardware and additional fees. Contactless payments are rising and constitute a quarter... |
| 05.03.2022 | Applications now open for Blockchain Bootcamp | DFS Lab – the early-stage investor – and Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) have opened applications for their second Blockchain Bootcamp, designed to give early to mid-stage startups in Africa an opportunity to build on Stellar, an open-... |
| 05.03.2022 | Applications now open for Blockchain Bootcamp | DFS Lab – the early-stage investor – and Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) have opened applications for their second Blockchain Bootcamp, designed to give early to mid-stage startups in Africa an opportunity to build on Stellar, an open-... |
| 02.03.2022 | Nigeria’s Sudo Africa raises $3.7M pre-seed for its card-issuing API platform | Sudo Africa, a fintech that provides a card-issuing API for developers and businesses in Nigeria, has raised $3.7 million in pre-seed funding.
San Francisco-based Global Founders Capital (GFC) led the round. Participating VCs include Picus ... |
| 25.02.2022 | What Flutterwave’s fintech as a service means for the African tech ecosystem | Share this article:
A few days after announcing its Series D round that sent its valuation over the $3 billion mark, African fintech startup, Flutterwave, at a virtual event, announced additional services to its existing offering. In additi... |
| 18.02.2022 | Flutterwave, a Nigerian fintech company, raises $250 million in Series D funding, bringing its value to over $3 billion | Flutterwave, a Nigerian fintech company, has raised US$250 million in Series D funding to fuel its expansion plans, bringing its value to over US$3 billion.
The US$250 million SeriesD round, led by B Capital Group, includes existing investo... |
| 17.02.2022 | African Fintech Startup Flutterwave raises US $250 million in Series D | Flutterwave became a unicorn after a mega-round headed by Tiger Global. Nine US investors co-invested US $250 million at a US$3 billion valuation on 16th Feb 2022, betting that the six-year-old African fintech startup will eventually domina... |
| 17.02.2022 | Flutterwave raises $250M, now valued at over $3B | Flutterwave, the African fintech founded in 2016 that helps businesses make and accept payments anywhere from across Africa and around the world announced, has raised USD $250 million in Series D funding, valuing the company at over $3 bill... |
| 17.02.2022 | Learning the VC game, Flutterwave’s $3bn valuation and CrowdForce’s $3.6m raise | Share this article:
“We don’t need you.” is a summary of what the European Union (EU) is telling Facebook’s parent company, Meta, after it threatened to shut down Facebook and Instagram in the region following its inability to comply with E... |
| 17.02.2022 | Flutterwave raises $250M, now valued at over $3B | Flutterwave, the African fintech founded in 2016 that helps businesses make and accept payments anywhere from across Africa and around the world announced, has raised USD $250 million in Series D funding, valuing the company at over $3 bill... |
| 17.02.2022 | Nigerian paytech Flutterwave lands $250m Series D round | Nigerian paytech Flutterwave has raised $250 million in a Series D funding round, valuing the company at more than $3 billion.
Flutterwave CEO Olugbenga Agboola
This latest round sees Flutterwave’s valuation more than triple since its last ... |
| 16.02.2022 | Flutterwave secures $250m Series D with valuation at over $3bn | Nigeria-based fintech giant Flutterwave has raised $250 million in Series D funding, its single-biggest investment to date, valuing the company at over $3 billion. The investment was led by B Capital Group with participation from new invest... |
| 16.02.2022 | Nigerian-founded startup Flutterwave lands $250M in Series D funding to disrupt payments in Africa and other emerging markets; now the most valued African startup at over $3 billion | About a year ago, Flutterwave, a Silicon Valley-based Africa-focused payments startup company started by Nigerian founders, teamed up with PayPal to enable PayPal customers to pay African merchants through its platform. A lot has changed si... |
| 16.02.2022 | Flutterwave Closes USD$250M in Series D Funding, Valued at Over USD $3 Billion | Flutterwave, a San Francisco, CA-based technology company that enables businesses across the world to expand their operations in Africa and other emerging markets, raised USD $250m in Series D funding, valuing it at over $3 billion.
The rou... |
| 16.02.2022 | African fintech Flutterwave triples valuation to over $3B after $250M Series D | African fintech Flutterwave has raised $250 million in a Series D round that tripled the company’s valuation to over $3 billion in just twelve months.
In March 2021, the San Francisco-headquartered and Lagos-based startup raised $170 millio... |
| 23.12.2021 | Flutterwave partners with Wizkid to drive global payments adoption | Before Flutterwave’s launch in 2016, many African businesses and individuals had a hard time paying for services from companies like Google, Amazon or Facebook.
In Nigeria, for instance, subscribing to YouTube Music, or Spotify would mean s... |
| 08.12.2021 | Techpoint Awards 2021: And the nominees are… | Share this article:
[Updated on December 15, 2021]: Payourse requested to be removed as a finalist in The Most Outstanding Crypto Exchange category.
[Updated on December 14, 2021]: The Most Outstanding Logistics Startup 2021 was renamed Mos... |
| 10.11.2021 | Standard Bank Group selects Flutterwave to drive digital transformation efforts across Africa | --> -->
Standard Bank customers in nine African countries to enjoy enhanced digital payments experience in partnership with Flutterwave
Standard Bank, Africa’s largest bank by assets, has partnered with Flutterwave, Africa’s leading p... |
| 03.11.2021 | Flutterwave and Standard Bank partner to expand digital payments across Africa | Share this:
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| 26.10.2021 | Flutterwave Enables New Europe-Africa Payment Corridors via Stellar | The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) announced that Flutterwave, a global payments technology company, has launched two new remittance corridors between Europe and Africa on the Stellar network. Working with TEMPO, Flutterwave is levera... |
| 25.10.2021 | Perspectives on early stage venture capital in Africa | In 2020, tech startups in Africa raised over $1.5 billion in 400+ funding rounds, with a further $1 billion in M&A activity. Although the amount of capital deployed was down -30% compared to 2019, due to ticket sizes being slashed as Af... |
| 18.10.2021 | #TechCEO Olugbenga Agboola: Flutterwave CEO Lands on the 2021 Time100 Next List | Isabella James, Tech Times 18 October 2021, 07:10 am
The ongoing pandemic has caused a lot of difficulties for businesses worldwide, especially businesses with no online presence whatsoever. Countries closing up their borders and going on l... |
| 15.10.2021 | Payments specialist Flutterwave eyes new funding at $3B value | Flutterwave, which offers a cloud-based payments platform, is seeking new funding at a $3 billion valuation, Bloomberg reported. If successful, the funding would nearly triple the company's current value. Flutterwave has offices in Lagos, N... |
| 23.09.2021 | CDC Group’s $50.9m commitment, ZOLA Electric’s digital energy, and Flutterwave X 9PSB | Share this article:
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Today, I’m discussing:
CDC Group’s $50.9m commitment
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| 09.09.2021 | Flutterwave partners MTN Mobile Money to increase mobile money penetration in Africa | --> -->
Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company, has announced a mobile money partnership with MTN Group, Africa’s largest telecommunications provider.
This new partnership will enable Flutterwave to offer MTN Mobile... |
| 11.08.2021 | Perspectives on early stage venture capital in Africa | In 2020, tech startups in Africa raised over $1.5 billion in 400+ funding rounds, with a further $1 billion in M&A activity. Although the amount of capital deployed was down -30% compared to 2019, due to ticket sizes being slashed as Af... |
| 27.07.2021 | Salesforce com : Impact Fund Sparks Change by Leveling the Playing Field | Quick take:
Salesforce Ventures' $150 million Impact Fund has now invested in 28 companies - 60% of which have a female or underrepresented minority founder or CEO.
Guild Education, a female-founded unicorn, provides a case study for the fu... |
| 13.07.2021 | Flutterwave lands Visa and MTN veteran to lead government and regulatory affairs | Flutterwave has appointed Oluwabankole Falade as its Chief Regulatory and Government Relations Officer.
In a statement, the company said Falade’s role will be to provide “strategic oversight and government relation strategies, while ensurin... |
| 12.07.2021 | Flutterwave’s partnership with D’Tigers starts with a win | We interrupt your regular Messi vs Ronaldo argument to bring you exciting news! The past weekend has been packed with back to back wins in the world of sports. Not only did Argentina win the Copa America and earn Messi his first Internation... |
| 08.07.2021 | African startups have raised over $1 billion in H1 2021, more than double H1 2020’s figures | Share this article:
According to data from Maxime Bayen, Senior Venture Builder at BFA Global, African startups raised $1.19 billion in the first half of 2021.
🚀🌍In H1'21, startups in Africa have raised more than they had raised in H1'19 an... |
| 02.07.2021 | Africa’s fintech sector grows and matures as investments skyrocket | Share this:
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| 25.06.2021 | Nigerian businesses face an avalanche of losses as the Twitter ban continues | On Saturday the 5th of June, Wunmi*, a digital marketer lost a gig worth ₦600,000 ($1,200). The marketing campaign was to start the next day but she got a call from the client telling her they couldn’t proceed anymore due to ‘orders from ab... |
| 24.06.2021 | Fintech builds its boom on the back of partnerships | Fintechs have become big business in Africa, and partnerships are offering new opportunities for banks and other corporates to extend their reach. But these collaborations are no silver bullet
Africa’s latest tech unicorn, Flutterwave has t... |
| 17.06.2021 | TeamApt anticipates unicorn bells on the back of $16bn agent banking blitz | TeamApt has become a leader in Nigeria’s agent banking business and that could drive it to the envied status of a billion-dollar startup in the coming months.
Headquartered in Lagos Nigeria, the company started off in 2015 building applicat... |
| 20.05.2021 | Flutterwave Partners with Amole to Facilitate Remittances into Ethiopia to Amole’s Digital Wallet and Bank Accounts | Flutterwave & Amole Logo Yemiru Chanyalew, CEO Moneta Technologies, SC – said: “We are very excited to work with Flutterwave and leverage our combined technologies to broaden our offering to Ethiopian Diaspora community consumers and me... |
| 28.04.2021 | Flutterwave and Worldpay partner to improve online card payments for eCommerce businesses in SA and Nigeria | Nigerian fintech startup Flutterwave has partnered with Worldpay, a leading payments technology solutions company from FIS, to assist businesses in South Africa and Nigeria in processing online card payments and consequently boost the eComm... |
| 28.04.2021 | Flutterwave and Worldpay partner to improve online card payments for eCommerce businesses in SA and Nigeria | Nigerian fintech startup Flutterwave has partnered with Worldpay, a leading payments technology solutions company from FIS, to assist businesses in South Africa and Nigeria in processing online card payments and consequently boost the eComm... |
| 27.04.2021 | BBNaija and tech startups, 2 decades of Nigeria’s telecoms, Kidato raises $1.4m | Share this article:
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BBNaija Season 6 headline sponsor
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Kenyan edtech, Kidato $1.4m seed round Tech startups and BBNaija
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| 16.03.2021 | How to enable “Pay with PayPal” on Flutterwave | Share this article:
Following Flutterwave’s integration with PayPal, more Africans will be able to receive payments via Flutterwave. Now included among payment options is Pay with PayPal. Here’s what you need to know about how to use the fe... |
| 16.03.2021 | Flutterwave teams up with PayPal to allow African merchants to accept and make payments | Cross-border e-commerce continues to provide significant growth opportunities for Africa’s economy. Research firm Statista estimates that the total value of e-commerce in Africa generated $16.5 billion in 2017 and is expected to reach $29 b... |
| 16.03.2021 | PayPal and Flutterwave partner to enable African merchants receive payments | PayPal users anywhere in the world can now pay African merchants directly, thanks to a new partnership between the US payments giant and Flutterwave.
People in the US and other countries where PayPal is available will see “Pay with PayPal” ... |
| 15.03.2021 | Flutterwave and PayPal collaborate to allow African merchants to accept and make payments | It is nearly impossible for businesses in some African countries to receive money from PayPal. While the payments giant has not given reasons why this is so, speculation hints at factors like insufficient regulation and poor banking securit... |
| 12.03.2021 | Y Combinator, VCs, Endeavor: How global investors boosted Flutterwave’s appeal | From 12:12 am WAT on Wednesday, March 10, through dawn, tech Twitter in major African cities bubbled into a broth of inspirational quotes and hot takes. “Flutterwave” was a trending topic in Nigeria with over 10,000 tweets before 10 am.
Muc... |
| 11.03.2021 | African fintech firm Flutterwave eyes U.S. listing after raising $170 million | Founded in 2016 by Nigerians and headquartered in San Francisco, the company specialises in individual and consumer transfers.
It is one of several fintech groups aiming to facilitate and capitalise on a booming African payments market driv... |
| 10.03.2021 | Flutterwave raises $170M, at a $1B plus valuation | African fintech company Flutterwave announced that it has raised $170 million in Series C funding, valuing the company at over $1 billion.
The round was led by growth-equity firms Avenir Growth Capital and Tiger Global. New and existing inv... |
| 10.03.2021 | Flutterwave becomes a unicorn, raises $170m at over $1 billion valuation | Share this article:
Africa-focused payments company, Flutterwave has raised $170m series C. The latest round has blown its valuation past a billion dollars, and Africa can now boast of a second fintech unicorn, after Interswitch, in barely ... |
| 10.03.2021 |
Flutterwave Finds $170M
| Los Angeles-based payment technology developer Flultterwave, which helps companies manage cross border payments in Africa, has raised $170M in a Series C funding round, according to the compny. The funding was led by Avenir Growth Capital a... |
| 10.03.2021 | Africa-Based Payments Tech Flutterwave Scores $170 Million Through Series C Funding Round Co-Led By Avenir Growth Capital & Tiger Global Management | Flutterwave, a U.S. and Lagos-based fintech that’s on a mission to build payments infrastructures to connect Africa to the global economy, announced on Wednesday it secured $170 million through its Series C funding round, which was led by g... |
| 10.03.2021 | Flutterwave closes US$170 million Series C funding round | Nigeria: Nigerian payments startup Flutterwave has closed a US$170 million Series C funding round, the largest amount ever secured by an African tech startup and one that gives it “unicorn” status with a value of over US$1 billion.
Launched... |
| 10.03.2021 | OFFICIAL CORRECTION-African fintech firm Flutterwave eyes U.S. listing after raising $170 mln | (Flutterwave representative withdraws reference in paragraph 10 to PayPal being part of the funding round)
LAGOS, March 10 (Reuters) - Africa-focused payments company Flutterwave could consider a New York listing, its chief executive said a... |
| 10.03.2021 | Flutterwave Raises USD $170M In Funding | Flutterwave, San Francisco , California-based Africa’s payments technology company, secured USD $170m in Series C funding.
The round, which brought total funding raised to date to USD $225m, was led by Avenir Growth Capital and Tiger Global... |
| 10.03.2021 | African fintech startup secures $170-million | African fintech startup Flutterwave has secured $170-million in funding in a Series C round led by Avenir Growth Capital and Tiger Global Management LLC with participation from new and existing investors.
Fintech startup Flutterwave secure... |
| 10.03.2021 | African fintech startup secures $170-million | African fintech startup Flutterwave has secured $170-million in funding in a Series C round led by Avenir Growth Capital and Tiger Global Management LLC with participation from new and existing investors.
Fintech startup Flutterwave secures... |
| 10.03.2021 | Flutterwave Crosses $1b Valuation on Back of Financing Led by Tiger Global and Avenir Growth | We are thrilled for portfolio company Flutterwave on their $170m Series C announcement! The round was co-led by Tiger Global and Avenir Growth Capital. Additional investors include DST Global, Early Capital Berrywood, Green Visor Capital, G... |
| 10.03.2021 | Африканский финтех-стартап Flutterwave привлек $170 млн и получил оценку в $1 млрд | Распространение финтех-услуг в Африке набирает обороты, поскольку инвесторы оптимистично смотрят на перспективы региона в этом секторе. Нигерийский платежный стартап Flutterwave привлек $170 млн и стал «единорогом». Платформа помогает бизне... |
| 10.03.2021 | Nigerian fintech Flutterwave lands unicorn status with $170m Series C | Flutterwave, a Lagos and San Francisco-based payments gateway serving the likes of Uber, Booking.com and Jumia, has become one of the latest start-ups to land unicorn status.
The five-year-old fintech closed a $170 million funding round thi... |
| 09.03.2021 | African payments company Flutterwave raises $170M, now valued at over $1B | The proliferation of fintech services across Africa remains in full swing as investors remain bullish about the opportunities that abound in the sector. Today we behold another unicorn: African payments company Flutterwave announced that it... |
| 09.03.2021 | African fintech firm Flutterwave eyes U.S. listing after raising $170 million | By Alexis Akwagyiram, Chijioke Ohuocha
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LAGOS (Reuters) - Africa-focused payments company Flutterwave could consider a New York listing, its chief executive said after it raised $170 million from investors to expand its customer b... |
| 29.01.2021 | Fintech Startup Cowrywise secures pre series A investment | Cowrywise, a Nigerian, YC-backed, fintech startup just secured a sum of US $3 million in a pre series A funding round announced today, January 28, 2021. Led by Quona capital with contributions from Tsadik foundation, Sahil Lavingia (CEO of ... |
