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- 14 May 2018
The Rise Fund Leads $47.5m Series C for Cellulant
The Rise Fund, a global impact investing fund managed by growth equity platform TPG Growth, has announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire a stake in Cellulant, a leading digital payments…
- 23 Jan 2025
Visa, Moniepoint Join Forces to Accelerate Financial Inclusion in Africa
Moniepoint Inc, one of Nigeria’s leading business payments and banking services platforms, has secured an investment from Visa, a global leader in digital payments. The investment marks an important…
- 5 Jul 2021
TeamApt Announces Successful Series B Funding Round
Nigerian Fintech startup, TeamApt, which provides financial services for the underserved mass market in Africa has announced the completion of its series B funding round. Led by Novastar Ventures…
- 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…
- 26 Jan 2023
Classera Raises $40m in Biggest Series A funding in EdTech, Set to Deepen Footprints Across Africa
Classera, a global edutech learning management platform focused on emerging markets, has successfully raised $40 million in a Series A round, the largest in EdTech globally for a company with no…
- 18 Mar 2024
Nigerian fintech Zone raises $8.5M seed to scale its decentralized payment infrastructure
Zone, Africa’s fast-growing payment infrastructure company (the “Company”), has raised $8.5 million in an oversubscribed seed funding round led by reputable VC firms Flourish Ventures and TLcom…
- 13 Jan 2017
Knowledge Economy Can Improve Nigeria's Development
Knowledge sharing economy is definitely one of the potent ways to improve our current ailing economy. All that this entails is to start engaging those that have succeeded and established themselves…
- 19 Jul 2024
Nigeria Makes Giant Strides in Economic Growth and Continental Leadership with the Launch of Guided Trade Initiative Under AfCFTA
Nigeria has embarked on a historic endeavor with the launch of the Guided Trade Initiative under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), signaling a pivotal moment in boosting intra-African…
- 13 Jul 2023
Winners Claim Prizes in "Imagine with Airtel" Competition
Telecommunications provider, Airtel Nigeria, after receiving an overwhelming number of entries from young Nigerians across the country, has presented prizes to the 10 winners of its recently…
- 26 May 2013
Okere, CWG Boss Becomes CBS Entrepreneur in Residence
Austin Okere, group chief executive officer of Computer Warehouse Group (CWG) just back guest lecturing at Columbia Business School’s Eugene Lang Entrepreneurship Center and Massachusetts Institute…