Indonesia-based fintech startup CrediBook recently secured US$1.5 million in a pre-series A funding round from Wavemaker Partners, Alpha JWC...
Fintech Startup CrediBook Bags $1.5m in Pre-series A Funding
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WealthTech
South Africa-based cryptocurrency exchange platform OVEX, which specialises in over-the-counter (OTC) trading, has announced a strategic investment from quantitative...
Nigeria’s central counterparty, NG Clearing Limited, signed an agreement on Tuesday with a software development firm, Mantissa Infotech Private Limited, for the...
Paper recommends investment structures and approaches tailored to African operating conditions African venture advisory firm, Kinyungu Ventures has published a white...
It’s a happy new year for holders of bitcoin, with the value of a single coin surging past the $34,000 mark on Sunday. The cryptocurrency entered the New year with...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said its recent released statement on ‘Digital Assets and their Classification’ is aimed at boosting investors’...
FemTech
InsurTech/RegTech
Pula, an African InsureTech service provider startup that specialises in digital and agricultural insurance to derisk millions of smallholder farmers across...
Top Nigerian firm transitions from ‘founder-led’ status as it looks to invest in legaltech and new practice areas Aluko & Oyebode’s co-founder Gbenga...
Mastercard, Unilever and KCB Bank have built on their partnership to support micro-merchants in Kenya by expanding their current Jaza Duka program to provide an...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has unveiled a framework for Quick Response (QR) code payments, directing all issuers, acquirers, switches, processors and other...
New Zealand’s Central Bank said that one of its data systems has been breached by an unidentified hacker who potentially accessed commercially and personally sensitive...
The Finance Act 2020 recently signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari, imposes N50 levy on electronic transfer of money deposited in any bank or financial...
Outgoing US president Donald Trump has signed an executive order banning transactions with ten Chinese apps, including behemoths Alipay and WeChat Pay. The move is a...
The Peoples’ Bank of China (PBOC) has called on Ant Group to overhaul its business and accused it of ignoring regulatory issues in its practices. The Financial...
“Digital has made it possible to sell over 1000 policies a day, with just two bums in two remote seats,” says Travys Wilkins, executive director of Surestart, a South...
By Jane Jee, CEO at Kompli-Global As with any new and more innovative technology that enters the market, it is often the criminals, rather than law-abiding citizens or...
