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- 25 Sept 2024
M-KOPA Reaches 5m Customers, Unlocking $1.5Bn in Credit across 5 Markets
M-KOPA, emerging market fintech, announced that it has surpassed 5 million customers across Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa. Two million of these customers have come onboard in the…
- 12 Jul 2021
M-KOPA Expands to Nigeria, Appoints New Country General Manager
M-KOPA, the leading connected asset financing platform, today announces it has officially expanded to Nigeria. To lead the Nigeria team, M-KOPA has named Babajide Duroshola as the new General…
- 1 Mar 2022
M-KOPA Secures $75M Growth Equity Round
M-KOPA, the fintech platform that provides connected financing and digital financial services to underbanked consumers across four markets in Africa, has announced its $75M Growth Equity round. The…
- 12 Sept 2022
M-KOPA Unlocks $600 Million in Credit for Underbanked Customers in Africa
M-KOPA, the fintech platform that provides digital credit to underbanked customers, today announced the release of its 2021 Impact Report. As a mission-driven company, M-KOPA's tremendous growth is…
- 20 Feb 2024
M-KOPA, in Partnership with MTN Nigeria, Merges Tech and Accessibility with New Ilorin Store
In a groundbreaking move aimed at broadening mobile technology access, M-KOPA, a pioneering technology solutions provider, has recently unveiled a store in Ilorin. Established in 2011, M-KOPA…
- 7 May 2024
What We Can Learn from Africa’s Small Business Success Stories
By Gerald Maithya, General Manager, Microsoft Africa Transformation Office Africa is often hailed as the birthplace of some of the world’s most exciting tech startups. From Cape to Cairo, small…
- 9 Mar 2021
AfDB Approves $1.3 million Grants to Enhance Women’s Digital Access to Loans and Micro-insurance
The African Development Bank, AfDB, has approved two grants for research that will increase African women’s access to a range of digital financial services including loans and micro-insurance. The…
- 15 Sept 2022
Insurtech Firm Secures $10M Series A Round Fundraise
Turaco, the leading insurtech driving mass market insurance adoption, has announced the close of a $10 million Series A equity round led by AfricInvest, via the Cathay Africinvest Innovation Fund,…
- 5 Mar 2024
MTN Reaffirms Commitment to Smartphone Affordability and Digital Inclusion
Karl Toriola, CEO of MTN Nigeria, in a recent interview with Arise TV, discussed the company’s efforts to make smartphones more affordable and accessible in Nigeria. He highlighted the challenges and…
- 8 Feb 2021
Jobberman Nigeria Appoints Rolake Rosiji as New CEO
Jobberman, the single largest job placement platform in sub-Saharan Africa, has appointed Rolake Rosiji as the new chief executive officer. Rolake takes over from Hilda Kragha, now Managing Director…
- 15 May 2019
Microsoft Plans $100M Investment on Development Hub in Nigeria, Kenya
Microsoft has launched its first Africa Development Centre (ADC), with two initial sites in Nairobi and Lagos, as it bids to create a premier centre of engineering, recruiting world-class African…
- 19 Jun 2023
Insurtech Firm Celebrates Insuring Over 1,000,000 People Across Africa
Turaco, African insuretech distributing affordable insurance, is proud to announce it has surpassed 1,000,000 lives insured. Turaco raised a $10m Series A in September 2022, and is using that…
- 6 Jul 2017
Jumia, Africa’s Unicorn Startup Among MIT Top 50 Smartest Companies
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has named Jumia Group (formerly Africa Internet Group) in the list of MIT’s 50 smartest companies - 2017 for the second consecutive year. Each year, MIT…