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- 6 Dec 2021
TradeDepot Raises $110 Million To Extend ‘Buy-Now-Pay-Later’ to Retailers Across Africa
TradeDepot, the leading B2B eCommerce and embedded finance platform in Africa, has raised $110 million in an equity and debt funding round to support the delivery of Buy-Now-Pay-Later services to 5…
- 5 May 2016
WesternMall Launches ‘Buy-Now-Pay-Later’ Campaign In Nigeria
WesternMall is a company set out to fill the gap existing in person to person (P2P) trade and also business to business (B2B) trading between Nigeria and the rest of the world, starting with…
- 22 Nov 2012
Buyright Africa Launches NEDWS, Buy Now & Pay Later
Buyright Africa, a genuine digital Lifestyle company that offers a convenient payment scheme on ICT equipment, home appliances and other lifestyle products is set to take the wrapper off its Nigerian…
- 8 Oct 2021
Carbon Microfinance Bank Introduces Visa Debit Cards
Carbon Microfinance Bank has launched fully digital banking service that allows customers to open a bank account, own Visa debit cards, enjoy 15.5% on savings and buy now, pay later at 0% interest.…
- 20 Jul 2026
Jumia Nigeria Expands Flexible Payment Options with Klump Partnership
Jumia Nigeria, the country's e-commerce platform, has introduced a new instalment payment option on its marketplace through a partnership with Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) provider Klump, giving…
- 1 Jun 2026
Easybuy Partners WAWUAfrica to Upskill 10 Million Youths and Women, Boosting Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Inclusion
Easybuy, Africa’s leading smartphone and electronics financing provider and a pioneer in the continent’s Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) sector, has partnered with WAWUAfrica to empower 10 million Nigerian…
- 12 Mar 2026
Easybuy Sales Talent Program to Empower 10,000 Nigerians to Become Millionaires
Easybuy, Africa’s leading smartphone and electronics financing provider and a pioneer in the continent’s Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) sector, has announced plans to recruit up to 10,000 new business…
- 27 Jun 2025
Nigeria's BNPL Market is Projected to Value @ $2.6B by 2030
Nigeria's Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) market is on a fast-growing trajectory and is predicted to be valued $2.61 billion by 2030, up 83% from $1.42 billion in 2024, owing primarily to the rapid…
- 23 May 2016
WesternMall Rings New Deals On Auctions, eCommerce- Idehen
WesternMall, has disclosed plans to bridge the gap existing in person to person (P2P) e-commerce and also business to business (B2B) trading between Nigeria and the rest of the world, starting with…
- 10 Jan 2022
Nigeria’s ThankUCash Closes $5,300,000 Seed Round
ThankUCash, a multi-merchant rewards platform has raised $5.3m in its seed funding round, as it plans to expand its foothold in Nigeria. ThankUCash cofounders The round was co-led by 500 Global and…
- 28 Jan 2013
Arik Air Introduces New Online Booking Option
Arik Air, has introduced a new payment option that allows customers to book a ticket online at the airline’s website and pay later using a number of different payment platforms. The new Book-on-Hold…
- 14 Feb 2022
Remedial Health Raises $1M Pre-seed Funding to Digitize Africa’s Neighbourhood Pharmacies
Remedial Health, a healthtech startup that develops solutions to make Africas pharmaceutical sector more efficient, has raised $1 million in pre-seed funding to roll out its digital procurement and…
- 16 Jan 2022
Periculum, Canadian Fintech Opens Operation in Nigeria, Sets to Build Credit Assessment Infrastructure for Africa
Periculum, Canadian fintech startup and credit assessment company, has launched in Nigeria to tackle the challenge of domestic credit to the underserved markets. Focused on improving financial…
- 17 Jan 2022
Periculum Launches in Nigeria, Set to Build Credit Assessment Infrastructure for Africa
The availability of domestic credit is a key requirement for consistent economic growth in developing countries. The vitality of financial services such as banking, savings, debt and equity…
- 28 Oct 2021
Standard Bank Group Selects Flutterwave to Drive Digital Transformation Efforts Across Africa
Standard Bank, Africa’s largest bank by assets, has partnered with Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company, to enhance digital payments experiences for its customers in Nigeria,…
- 7 Nov 2022
Yabx Expands to Nigeria, Aims to Double Growth in Africa
Netherlands-based Fintech venture Yabx has announced its entry into Nigeria and says its mission is to democratise credit in the country by levering its digital lending solutions. The company…
- 21 Feb 2022
Flutterwave Re-brands, Goes Beyond Payments
Flutterwave, the leading technology company, has unveiled a significant re-brand and identity at Flutterwave 3.0, a virtual event held last Friday. Following the announcement of a $250M Series D…
- 7 Feb 2023
MFS Africa Taps Olaseni Alabede as New CTO
Olaseni Alabede, a veteran of the payments technology sector with more than 18 years of experience, has joined Global Technology Partners (GTP), an MFS Africa company, as chief technology officer…
- 19 May 2022
CBN Proposes Permit for Financial Institutions to Share Customers’ Data
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) proposed guidelines that would usher in an ‘open banking‘ era in the country, a key step in creating a standard for how companies exchange digital financial data…
- 11 Jan 2022
Afrikrea Secures $6.2M in Pre-series A Round, Rebrands to “ANKA” to Export Africa
Afrikrea, the e-commerce platform for “all things made of Africa'', has announced the successful completion of a US$6.2M pre-Series A round led by Investisseurs & Partenaires and the rebrand to…
- 26 Sept 2022
Vendease Secures $30M to Transform Procurement for Restaurants Across Africa
Vendease, a Y Combinator-backed digital platform that allows restaurants in Africa to buy supplies, access financial services and power their business operations, has raised $30 million in an equity…
- 8 Dec 2023
Nigerians Consumed N2.18 Trillion Worth of Alcohol in 2022
Nigerians consumed alcohol worth about N2.18 trillion in 2022, according to a report titled the {Nigerian Alcoholic Beverages Industry Report, 2022”. This represents 13.3 per cent of the country’s…
- 8 Jul 2022
Flocash and Visa Partner to Promote Digital Capabilities for African SMEs
Visa, a world leader in digital payments, announced today that it is partnering with Flocash, FT Africa’s fastest growing fintech 2022, to promote digital capabilities for African SMEs through…
- 7 Dec 2021
IFIN Wins First Prize in EFICA Awards 2021
IFIN (“Islamic Finance Initiation Network”) the first of its kind fintech, stands out with its state-of-the-art solutions for the Islamic finance industry and wins the Ethical Finance Initiative…
- 25 Apr 2017
Yudala Partmers Linda Ikeji to Inspire Thousands at Self Made Woman Conference
Yudala, leading composite e-commerce company, joined forces with Africa’s most popular blogger, Linda Ikeji to empower thousands of female participants at the inaugural edition of Linda Ikeji’s Self…
- 13 Oct 2022
MTN Nigeria and INTELLIGRA Launch Smartphone Device Financing Scheme
Nigeria has the highest number of internet users in Africa, while data shows that the country still has one of the highest average costs of smartphones. Citizens spend over 30% of their monthly…
- 25 Jul 2016
After Data WAR, What Next for Telcos’ Customers
In a ‘Signature Research’ series, an industry leading perspectives on telecoms technology, competition, and market evolution released by Ovum in November 2011, the analysts without much equivocation…
- 29 Jun 2021
Carbon, Visa Partner to Enable Payments Across Africa
Carbon, a pan-African fintech company providing access to basic financial services for Africans, has announced a strategic five-year partnership with Visa, the world leader in digital payments, to…
- 16 Mar 2022
OnePipe, Fidelity Bank Partner to Launch PayGatePlus to Accelerate Online Payments
OnePipe, Nigerian API and embedded finance startup, has partnered with Fidelity Bank, one of Nigeria’s largest banks with an extensive network of branches to launch PayGatePlus, an enhanced version…
- 13 Feb 2024
Elevating Real Estate Investment: Ikenna Ekeh – Visionary Entrepreneur Set to Redefine the Game
Ikenna Melvin Ekeh stands out as a third-generation entrepreneur, hailing from a lineage steeped in entrepreneurial spirit. Ikenna Melvin Ekeh, founder and CEO of Invidux, From a young age, Ikenna…