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- 7 Jan 2026
Kuda Microfinance Bank Releases 'My Year on Kuda' 2025 Financial Recap
Kuda Microfinance Bank has unveiled the 2025 edition of "My Year on Kuda," its annual recap providing customers with personalised insights into their spending, saving, and money management habits…
- 4 Aug 2024
Kuda celebrates five years of workplace inclusivity
As Kuda turns five, the fintech company says it is intentional about inclusion, diversity and equity within its workforce and is actively trying to hire more female engineers and product managers…
- 12 Mar 2026
#IWD2026: Kuda MFB Offers Millions In Grants To Women-Led Food And Hospitality Businesses
As part of its Kuda for Her campaign for this year’s Women’s Month, Kuda Microfinance Bank (MFB) is inviting Lagos-based women entrepreneurs in the food and hospitality sector to pitch their…
- 11 Dec 2019
Kuda, New Bank Offers Zero Fees for All Transfers for Life
Kuda, a digital-only bank licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has kickstarted a revolution in Nigeria’s banking sector with no charges for all transfers for everyone forever. Kuda Kuda,…
- 27 Mar 2026
Breaking.....Kuda Lays Off Many Employees in Broad Restructuring
Kuda Technologies Limited, a Nigerian digital bank backed by global investors, has laid off employees across several departments as it restructures its operations, even as the company says its…
- 15 Dec 2022
Ogundeyi, Kuda CEO Predicts Digital Financial Services to be Mainstream in next 10 years
Mr. Babs Ogundeyi, Co-founder and Group Chief Executive Officer, Kuda Technologies Limited, has posited the boost of digital financial services in Nigeria in the future, saying there is hope for…
- 1 Dec 2021
Polaris Bank wins Digital Bank of the Year Award
Polaris Bank has been recognized as the Digital Bank of the Year (Global Award category) at the recently held Banks And Other Financial Institutions (BAFI) award for its trailblazing delivery of…
- 2 Aug 2021
Kuda Bank Raises $55m @ $500m Valuation
Kuda Bank, Nigerian FinTech startup notched $55 million in a Series B funding round at a $500 million valuation as the digital bank seeks to expand into other countries across Africa. Babs Ogundeyi…
- 5 Dec 2021
Kuda Passes 2 Million Customer Milestone
Kuda Microfinance Bank recently announced that it has passed the two-million customer milestone, just six months after the bank signed up its one-millionth customer. Kuda has been on a consistent…
- 9 Oct 2024
Kuda Organises Webinar to Celebrate Customer Service Week 2024, Reaffirms Commitment to Excellence
In celebration of Customer Service Week 2024, Kuda hosted a webinar to equip its employees with tips to deliver exceptional service to internal and external customers. The webinar, ‘Going Above and…
- 21 Jan 2024
Kuda Customers React to Revelations of How They Spent Their Money in 2023
Kuda Microfinance Bank’s Spending Report feature has been a highlight of the month for the bank’s customers. The report Launched on January 8, 2024, details how customers spent their money in 2023,…
- 16 Aug 2022
Kuda Appoints New Management Officers, Sets for International Expansion
Kuda, the Money App for Africans is poised to stamp its footprint in the global banking industry with the appointment of Pavel Khristolubov and Elena Lavezzi as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO)…
- 14 Apr 2022
Kudi Rebrands as Nomba
African Financial Technology Company, Kudi changes name to Nomba as it transitions into an omni-channel payment platform providing tools to enable businesses grow. The company has expanded its range…
- 5 Feb 2026
Incentives alone won’t win over Africa’s next billion fintech users — Kuda MFB MD
African fintechs hoping to sign up the continent’s next billion users will need to rethink the industry’s long-running growth playbook, according to Musty Mustapha, Managing Director of Kuda…
- 17 Mar 2026
Breaking.......Nigerian Firms Pledge Millions, Create UK Jobs
Hundreds of new jobs are set to be created as Nigerian banks, fintech innovators and creative industry businesses scale up their operations in Britain. UK-Nigeria The move will see millions invested,…
- 17 Jan 2022
Nigeria Startups Raise $2.5Bn in Funding in 5 Years
Startups in Nigeria have raised about $2.5 billion in the last five years, representing aggregate funding, which startups received between 2017 and last year. For instance last year, startups…
- 8 Nov 2022
Improving the Startup Environment with Nigerian Startup Act
By Lere Ojedokun On October 19, 2022, the Nigerian technology and innovation space, and in particular the tech-enabled startup ecosystem received a major boost when President Muhammadu Buhari signed…
- 28 Mar 2023
Fez Delivery, Nigeria's Techstars-backed Logistics Startup Raises $1m Seed Fund
Fez Delivery, a leading logistics and delivery company, announced its $1 million seed round today. Ventures Platform led the funding round, with participation from Voltron Capital, Acasia Ventures…
- 30 Aug 2022
Anchor joins Y Combinator’s Summer 2022 Batch, Announces the Launch of Public Beta
Anchor, a banking-as-a-service (BaaS) platform making it possible to seamlessly build financial products in Africa announces its public beta launch. The startup was also accepted into Y Combinator…
- 19 Apr 2022
Zulum, Sanwo-Olu, Emmanuel, Emerge ‘The Industry Governors of the Year’ as Emefiele, Shobanjo, Onyeali-Ikpe, Odigbo, others Win
The Industry Newspapers, organisers of The Industry Summit/Awards, formerly The Industry Evening Summit, has announced Governor of Borno State, Prof, Babagana Zulum, Governor of Lagos State, Mr.…
- 18 Apr 2022
Emefiele, Malize, to Deliver Papers at the Third Edition of ‘The Industry Summit’
The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele and Chief Executive Officer of Financial Institution Training Centre, (FITC), Mrs. Chizor Malize have been scheduled to deliver…
- 14 Jun 2021
Twitter Ban: Nigeria’s Once Booming Tech Community Now in Shock
The government’s sudden ban of Twitter could jeopardise one of the country’s most promising industries, according to Mail & Guardian . Africa’s biggest startup story in 2020 was the acquisition,…
- 20 Oct 2021
CBN Tightens Control of Identity Database to Check Fraud
Online payments reached record heights in Nigeria in the third quarter of 2020, when the value of transactions increased to $116 billion from $68.3 billion in the same period in 2019. But this…
- 26 Jan 2026
Nigeria’s 9 Top FinTech Firms Valued at $10.6Bn in January 2026
Nigeria’s leading financial technology companies are now collectively valued at about $10.6 billion as of January 2026, underscoring the country’s growing influence in Africa’s digital finance…
- 27 Jan 2021
Ignore Rumours, We’re not Shutting Down’ – Kuda
Kuda Microfinance Bank has assured customers that it has no plan of shutting down, contrary to rumours making the rounds that effect. There had been rumours on social media that the mobile bank which…
- 24 May 2021
Africa Day Concert 2021: MTV Base, YouTube and Idris Elba to Feature Star-studded Appearances from Angelique Kidjo, Fally Ipupa, Others
The Africa Day Concert 2021, brought to you by MTV Base, YouTube and Idris Elba have announced a star-studded line-up of guest appearances from some of the most well-known faces on the continent and…
- 24 Aug 2021
Plentywaka, Nigerian mobility startup Raises $1.2m Seed Funding, Acquires Ghana’s Stabus
Plentywaka, a Nigerian mobility startup has raised a $1.2 million seed round, after successfully ending the Techstars Toronto Accelerator Program in July 2021. L-R: CMO Stabus, Nicholas Boampong,…
- 21 May 2024
CBN Says OPay, Moniepoint, Others can Start Onboarding New Customers Soon
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said that mobile money operators including fintech firms like OPay, Palmpay, Kuda Bank, and Moniepoint will resume the enrolment of new customers “in another couple…
- 15 Jan 2026
Paystack Expands Beyond Payments into Banking
Nigerian fintech giant, Paystack has taken its boldest step yet beyond payments, acquiring Ladder Microfinance Bank. The fintech giant has quickly rebranded its new acquisition as Paystack…
- 31 May 2023
Dangote, Mouka others in Early Lead @ 2023 Consumers Value Awards Voting Platform
Thirty days after the commencement of voting on the 2023 Consumers Value Awards voting portal for the best value for Money brand in fifty-two different categories, Dangote Cement leads the cement…