Nigeria

Visa To Invest $200M In Nigerian FinTech Interswitch
Visa To Invest $200M In Nigerian FinTech Interswitch
November 12, 2019  |  Investments

Africa’s veteran FinTech firm Interswitch became the sector’s first unicorn following a $200 million investment by Visa that gave it a 20 percent equity stake...

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Uber Testing Boat Service In Nigeria’s Capital
Uber Testing Boat Service In Nigeria’s Capital
October 15, 2019  |  Ridesharing

Uber has launched a two-week boat service pilot in the Nigerian capital of Lagos. The city is already well-known for its highly congested roads, and...

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How To Better Served The Unbanked In Nigeria
How To Better Served The Unbanked In Nigeria
September 25, 2019  |  Digital Banking

Among the biggest ongoing challenges and opportunities in payments – and a trend that will hold well into the 2020s, which are just about to...

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Nigerian FinTech Kuda Raises $1.6M For Digital Banking Tech
Nigerian FinTech Kuda Raises $1.6M For Digital Banking Tech
September 11, 2019  |  Investments

Kuda, Nigeria’s first digital-only bank with a standalone license, has raised $1.6 million in pre-seed funding led by Haresh Aswani, as reported on Wednesday (Sept....

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FinTech Chipper Cash To Expand Into Nigeria
FinTech Chipper Cash To Expand Into Nigeria
September 05, 2019  |  International

Chipper Cash, a no-fee, cross-border payment company started by Ham Serunjogi and Maijid Moujaled, has expanded into Nigeria, according to a report. The company, which...

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MTN’s New Mobile Money Transfer Service Caters To Unbanked Nigerians
MTN’s New Mobile Money Transfer Service Caters To Unbanked Nigerians
August 29, 2019  |  International

The biggest telecom company in Nigeria has launched a mobile money transfer service intended to serve the country’s unbanked population, according to a report by...

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DOJ Charges Nigerian Email Scammers
DOJ Charges Nigerian Email Scammers
August 22, 2019  |  Legal

The U.S. Justice Department has announced charges against 80 people, most of them Nigerians, in a wide-ranging fraud and money laundering operation that netted millions...

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Google Maps Adds Nigerian Dialect, Expands Transport Features
Google Maps Adds Nigerian Dialect, Expands Transport Features
July 24, 2019  |  Google

Google has announced a new addition to Google Maps in Nigeria that will speak in a local voice and also introduced new features specifically for...

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Nigerian Presidential Hopeful Wants Blockchain And Crypto To Help Economy
Nigerian Presidential Hopeful Wants Blockchain And Crypto To Help Economy
November 27, 2018  |  Cryptocurrency

Atiku Abubakar, a 2019 presidential candidate in Nigeria, said he will support cryptocurrency and blockchain if he becomes the country’s next leader, according to the Daily...

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