Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most-populous continent. At about 30.3 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area and 20% of its land area. With 1.2 billion people as of 2016, it accounts for about 16% of the world's human population.

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Nigerian Startup Provides App-Based B2B Marketplace in Africa
Nigerian Startup Provides App-Based B2B Marketplace in Africa
September 09, 2021  |  B2B Payments

When typical small shopkeepers in Africa need inventory, they often must close their store in the middle of the day and head to the nearest...

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Lack of Trust, Gov’t Support Are Main Barriers to Digital Advancement in Developing Markets
Lack of Trust, Gov’t Support Are Main Barriers to Digital Advancement in Developing Markets
September 08, 2021  |  International

If anyone has the knowledge and experience to speak confidently about the ups and downs of Africa’s technology and payments ecosystem, it’s 30-year-old serial entrepreneur...

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African FinTech Wave Wraps up $200M Series A Funding Round
African FinTech Wave Wraps up $200M Series A Funding Round
September 07, 2021  |  Investments

African mobile money provider Wave recently wrapped up a $200 million Series A funding round that was the largest ever for a company of that...

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US-Based FinTech Pngme Raises $15M To Expand Services Across Africa
US-Based FinTech Pngme Raises $15M To Expand Services Across Africa
August 24, 2021  |  Investments

Financial data infrastructure and machine learning-as-a-service platform Pngme has raised $15 million in Series A funding, the company said in a Tuesday (Aug. 24) announcement....

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SoftBank Makes First Foray Into Africa With OPay Investment
SoftBank Makes First Foray Into Africa With OPay Investment
August 23, 2021  |  Investments

Giant technology investor SoftBank has made its first foray into Africa, making its first bet in Nigerian mobile payments platform OPay. The firm’s Vision Fund...

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East Africa’s Pesapal Can Operate In Kenya, Tanzania After Getting Approvals
East Africa’s Pesapal Can Operate In Kenya, Tanzania After Getting Approvals
August 22, 2021  |  Digital Payments

Kenya-based Pesapal, a provider of payments processing services — primarily point of sale (POS) — is touting two recent approvals for conducting business in major...

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Moove Nets $23M To Drive Higher Vehicle Ownership In Africa
Moove Nets $23M To Drive Higher Vehicle Ownership In Africa
August 09, 2021  |  Investments

Moove, an African FinTech company, on Monday (Aug. 9) announced that it has obtained $23 million in Series A funding to provide revenue-based vehicle financing...

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West Africa’s Telco Infrastructure Lays The Groundwork For B2B Payments Modernization
West Africa’s Telco Infrastructure Lays The Groundwork For B2B Payments Modernization
August 03, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Infrastructure underpinned by technology is critical to modernizing the payments landscape of any market. In Francophone West Africa, the payments infrastructure remains well behind those...

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US Tech Firms, Ecobank Team On Digital Financial Learning For SMBs
US Tech Firms, Ecobank Team On Digital Financial Learning For SMBs
July 25, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Ecobank, based in Lome, Togo, its Ecobank Academy, and U.S. tech giants Microsoft, LinkedIn and Micosoft-owned GitHub are teaming up to expand digital financial literacy...

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