Sila, an API platform that provides payment infrastructure as a service while ensuring regulatory compliance, has raised $13 million in Series A...
Nigeria Agritech Startup Releaf Plans Expansion into more crops, Markets
PayTech
LendTech
WealthTech
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of Nigeria has granted Cowrywise Financial Technology Limited (“Cowrywise”) a Fund/Portfolio Management License...
South African startup VALR, one of the country’s largest crypto exchanges, has launched VALR Pay, a free, fast and easy way to send ZAR payments to any mobile...
After months of uncertainty regarding regulations, Chaka has received a license from Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to operate its digital platform...
Cryptocurrency exchange Gemini has acquired Shard X, a developer of secure multi-party computation (MPC) cryptographic technology. Gemini will integrate Shard X’s...
Binance has announced its first Binance Smart Chain Hackathon for Africa, tagged ‘Decentralised Africa’, with a prize pool of over $30,000. It said the 20-day hackathon...
FemTech
InsurTech/RegTech
South African insurtech startup Pineapple has raised ZAR80 million (US$3.4 million) in Series A funding as it looks to expand further into the car insurance space...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced that it will launch the pilot scheme of its digital currency by October 1, 2021. The CBN announced this during a...
South African startup Ctrl, a digital short-term insurance marketplace connecting consumers, brokers and insurers on a single platform, has become the sixth startup to...
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has commenced critical stakeholders engagements over the implementation of the Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) as the apex...
The European Commission today announced merger approval for the P27 Nordic Payments initiative to establish its pan-Nordic payments platform. This approval marks...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday released supervisory framework for payment service banks (PSB). The framework among other things empowered the PSB operators...
Barclays has suspended debit and credit card payments from UK customers to Binance, citing recent Financial Conduct Authority action against the crypto exchange...
The Bank of Uganda (BOU) has announced the launch of a regulatory sandbox that will allow fintech start-ups to test their innovative financial solutions in a...
OLU PHILLIPS Financial Technology Africa has been informed that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has commenced on-site auditing of Fintech firms to affirm thier...
The Bank of Uganda (BOU) has announced the launch of a regulatory sandbox that will allow fintech start-ups to test their innovative financial solutions in a...
