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Ugandan fintech @asaakmobile raises $30million to support acquisition of motorbikes, smartphones by taxi operators – TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2022/01/17/ug…

Ugandan fintech Asaak raises $30million to support acquisition of motorbikes, smartphones by taxi...

Asaak, a Ugandan asset financing startup, has secured $30 million in pre-Series A equity and debt funding. The round saw the participation of new and

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Kenya's fintech Kwara lands $4 Million in seed round from Breega, SoftBank to build neobank for credit unions tcrn.ch/3rLFKGY by @annienjanja

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Spinning The Ecosystem's Flywheel. Where are the growth-stage companies? @Yoco_ZA theflip.africa/newsletter/sp… via @theflipafrica

Spinning The Ecosystem's Flywheel

The Flip Notes #64 - Spinning The Ecosystem's Flywheel.

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Start-ups in Africa have now already raised more funding in 2021 than they had in the whole of 2019 thebigdeal.substack.com/p/mo…

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By #maxcuvellier
Funding raised by start-ups in #Africa Start-ups in Africa have now already raised more funding in 2021 than they had in the whole of 2019 thebigdeal.substack.com/p/mo…
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An analysis of the #FinTech Start-up Landscape in #Tanzania by @UNCDF uncdf.org/article/6759/the-f…
Kenyan consumer experience platform for businesses in Africa, @Ajua_Africa today announced that it has acquired @wayawayaltd, a Kenya-based AI and ML messaging and payments company. via @TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2021/04/28/ke…

Kenya's Ajua acquires WayaWaya to consolidate consumer experience play in African SMEs | TechCrunch

Kenyan consumer experience platform for businesses in Africa, Ajua today announced that it has acquired WayaWaya, a Kenya-based AI and ML messaging and

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Kenyan fintech @JoinTanda secures funding to expand from a number of #africa focused funds go.shr.lc/2Qk03ud via @ventureburn

Kenyan fintech tech startup secures funding to regionally expand 

Tanda has secured an undisclosed amount of funding from Cape Town-based venture capital (VC) company HAVAÍC, Zedcrest Capital, DFS Lab and others.

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Why @Mastercard just made a $100 million bet on Africa’s mobile money market qz.com/africa/1991714/ via @qzafrica
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Accel-backed mobile money platform @NALAmoney to start offering remittance services to East Africa techcrunch.com/2021/03/31/ac…

Accel-backed mobile money platform NALA to start offering remittance services to East Africa |...

According to a McKinsey report, the total number of mobile money services worldwide was 282 in 2017, with more than half of those operating in sub-Saharan

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#AirtelAfrica Mobile Money unit, clinches $100 million investment from @Mastercard at a $2.65Bn valuation finextra.com/newsarticle/377…

Airtel Africa clinches $100 million investment from Mastercard

Mastercard is to invest $100 million into Airtel Africa's mobile money business.

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Nigeria's Central Bank: Crypto Trading by individuals hasn't been banned according to this @decryptmedia source. The ban only affected Financial Institutions decrypt.co/62311/nigerias-ce…
Rise Fund to invest $200 million in Airtel Africa's mobile money business, at $2.65 billion valuation. Airtel Africa to explore potential listing of mobile money business within four years. londonstockexchange.com/news…
The 10 most innovative finance companies (#fintech) of 2021 according to @FastCompany fastcompany.com/90600205/fin…
African payments company @theflutterwave raises $170M, now valued at over $1B – TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2021/03/09/af…
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Traditional settlement systems which are largely not prone to major competition are a legacy weak link. Decentralised systems provide a clear alternative with the fed reserve showing us just how important this can be to our daily lives. wsj.com/articles/federal-res…
#UncoveredFund plans to invest between $50,000 and $500,000 into Kenyan, Nigerian and South African start-ups. It wants to focus on the retail, fintech, health, logistics, mobility, agritech and smart cities sectors. theafricareport.com/67652/ja…

Japanese venture-capitalists get behind African startups

Japan’s Kepple Africa Ventures and the Uncovered Fund are big backers of African startups, with some big Japanese corporates getting into the game too.

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#Kenya is becoming a global hub of FinTech Innovation hbr.org/2021/02/kenya-is-bec…

Kenya Is Becoming a Global Hub of FinTech Innovation

For more than half a century, the U.S. was the center of global innovation for financial technology, inventing credit cards, ATMs, and online banking. Now, however, it’s falling behind, as China has...

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12 African #fintech startups to watch in 2021 according to @TechCabal techcabal.com/2021/01/21/fin…

12 African fintech startups to watch in 2021 | TechCabal

The BackEnd explores the product development process in African tech. We take you into the minds of those who conceived, designed and built the product; highlighting product uniqueness, user behavi...

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