GLOBAL | Over 60% of Low-Income Countries, Nearly Half of the Global Population, Dealing With Sanctions, Financial Penalties from the U.S.
FUNDING | South African Fintech, Float, Secures $11 Million from Standard Bank to Fund Growthkodzilla·March 26, 2024·1 min read
MTN MoMo Overtakes M-PESA as the Leading Mobile Money Service in Africa with 57 Million Userskodzilla·March 15, 2022·2 min read
Nigerian Fintech, Kippa, Raises $8.4 Million as it Crosses Over Half a Million Merchant Clients and $3 Billion in Transactionskodzilla·September 19, 2022·1 min read
LIST | Senegalese Fintech, Wave, is the Only African Company Among Y Combinator’s ‘Top 50 Highest-Earning Startups of 2024’kodzilla·May 9, 2024·2 min read
Canza, an African NeoBank and DeFi On/Off-Ramp, Secures $3.27 Million Seed Fundingkodzilla·March 7, 2022·2 min read
FUNDING | Egyptian Fintech, Connect Money, Closes $8 Million Seed Round to Scale Operations in Morocco, Kenyakodzilla·June 27, 2024·2 min read
Ugandan Cross-Border Crypto-Fiat Money Transfer App, EverSend, Re-Brands as it Plots Growthkodzilla·June 7, 2022·3 min read
Jumia Co-Founders Step Down Again as the Leading African e-Commerce Company Struggles to Deliver IPO Promisekodzilla·November 9, 2022·2 min read
FINTECH AFRICA | MasterCard Acquires $200 Million Stake in MTN Fintech Business at $5.2 Billion Valuationkodzilla·February 10, 2024·1 min read
INTRODUCING | South Africa Fintech, Mama Money, Launches a WhatsApp-Linked Card for Remittances and Paymentskodzilla·July 1, 2024·1 min read
Nigeria’s Fintech, Grey Finance, Raises $2 Million and Enables In-App Local Currency Conversionskodzilla·September 1, 2022·1 min read
Kenya CBDC Will Derail ‘Remarkable’ Fintech and M-PESA Progress, Warns IMFkodzilla·July 27, 2022·4 min read