Duplo, a Nigeria B2B payment digitization startup, has raised $1.3 million in pre-seed funding, and announced it will take part in accelerator Y Combinator’s winter...
Nigerian ride-hailing and shared mobility startup Transtura on Monday (Feb. 7) finalized the acquisition of FinTech payments startup WazoMoney as part of a plan to...
The Central Bank of Nigeria on Friday (Feb. 4) granted digital payments platform One Payment Limited a license that will allow the company to offer certain...
Brokerage app Bamboo raised $15 million in a Series A funding round that the Nigerian startup will use to escalate its growth while entering new...
Metro Africa Express (MAX), a Nigerian mobility tech startup, has raised $31 million in a Series B funding round and is looking to enter more...
Despite the drive for digital payments in Nigeria, cash is still king, with circulation hitting record numbers in October against a backdrop of officials pushing...
The long-anticipated wait is over. Until November, Nigeria did not operate a telecommunications (telco) company-led mobile money model, opting instead for a bank-led model that...
KurePay, the Nigerian payments app, is reported to be suspending its services in the country over crypto exchange crackdowns, a report says. KurePay, according to...
Trust is paramount to any payments mechanism, be it hard currency, stablecoin or a central bank digital currency (CBDC). Ecosystems can take shape only when...