Today on #TechpointDigest, @OnomeOneyibo discusses disruptive fintech business models, @sabiam_africa’s $6 million raise, average cooking gas prices, and @Padbanque’s $160k funding.

Today on #TechpointDigest, @OnomeOneyibo discusses disruptive fintech business models, @sabiam_africa’s $6 million raise, average cooking gas prices, and @Padbanque’s $160k funding.
Nigerian wealth management startup, @cowrywise has raised $3m pre-series A funding led by US-based VC firm,@QuonaCapital . This follows seed investments from the likes of @ycombinator, @microtraction, Catalyst fund (@CF_BFA), others
A Nigerian startup transforming the digital commerce experience, announced raising its pre-seed round today. This round of investment included angel investors from across US, Dubai and Nigeria. Pass is a technology company that is improving the online shopping...
SA fintech startup, Franc, has raised $300,000 in funding within the first half of 2020 which forms part of a wider round of seed investment. The founders, Sebastian Patel and Thomas Brennan provide some insight into their aims
Founded in June 2019, Nigerian fintech startup, Okra has secured a $1 million pre-seed investment from Lagos and Nairobi-based VC fund, TLcom Capital, to scale its team and operations.
Formerly known as Mines.io, Migo completes a series B equity round of $20 million led by Valor Capital, a Brazil-focused venture capital firm as it expands to Brazil
Nigerian fintech startup Lidya has raised $1.25 million dollars in seed funding. The funding round was led by Accion Venture Lab, with participation from Newid Capital and several other unnamed angel investors. Lidya which joined the steady growing financial...
Fintechs dominate the African tech ecosystem; 62% (~$2.9 billion) of total startup funding went to fintech in 2021 but does this mean we have too many of them? On today’s edition of #TechpointAfricaPodcast, we decided to weigh in on the debate.
Fintech startups in Nigeria are to benefit from a new accelerator programme that will focus on investing in early-stage fintech and proptech companies in the country. ARM Labs, a Lagos-based innovation programme focused firm, in conjunction with Techstars, a global...
On election day, Olaide joins 799 other voters at her polling unit in Fola Agoro, Akoka to vote in the general elections. While on queue to cast her vote, Olaide observes little or no interactions among the voters waiting to cast their ballots. Like Olaide, these...
UK-based cross-border payments platform, Leatherback has announced today its Pre-Seed funding round deal worth $10 million, attracting funding from Zedcrest Capital, a leading pan-African principal investment firm. The funding will allow the growing Fintech company to...
On #TechpointDigest, we discuss SmartWage’s seed funding, ZirooPay’s Series A, and DevCareer’s $100k grant.
Its a new week and with the new week comes another episode of the Techpoint Africa podcast. This week, we discussed the bullying allegations against Flutterwave's founder, MTN's contribution to Nigeria's tax revenue, and the fresh capital raised by ZirooPay and...
It is now common for startups in Africa to receive funding, but only a few people understand what these rounds mean. Learn the difference between a seed round and a Series A round.
Today on Techpoint Digest, we’ll be discussing Flutterwave’s Fintech as a Service, the art of crowdfunding a war, and the latest African country to join the 5G league.
How does a solution created for a personal problem turn into the first iteration of a money-making business? We talked to Ridwan Egbeyemi, Tolu Adesina, and Gloria Agboifoh, the founders of fintech, Unboxd, to hear their story.
Today on Techpoint Digest, we discuss how Crevatal plans to simplify blockchain, Frain’s $473k raise, and loads of African funding stories.
Hello there. Today, I’m discussing: Nigeria's Twitter ban as a model for future shutdowns Lipa Later's $12 million raise Fintech Farm's $7.4m funding #TwitterBan Update: A model for future shutdowns? It's no news that the Nigerian federal government has lifted the...
Hello there. Today, I’m discussing: 2022 predictions for the fintech industry LinkedIn's Clubhouse-like platform JABU's $3.2m fund What does 2022 hold for the fintech industry? In the past few years, Africa has seen rapid growth in the fintech industry. In 2021, for...
From a global giant’s arrival to a fintech battle royale, we take a peek behind the curtain of the fintech predictions by one of Nigeria’s foremost minds in the fintech space