Nigeria is quietly rewriting fintech’s rulebook
It all started with a tweet on New Year’s Day, 2016. Joshua Chibueze, a computer scientist and entrepreneur based in
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May 20, 2021
- October 14, 2025
It all started with a tweet on New Year’s Day, 2016. Joshua Chibueze, a computer scientist and entrepreneur based in
Nigerian fintech company, Flutterwave has been named a ‘pioneer’ on TIME’s 2021 list of the 100 Most Influential Companies in
Fintech company, Okra has raised $3.5 million in a round led by Susa Ventures, a US-based capital firm. Okra’s existing
Nigeria is home to more than 200 fintech companies that have been raising more than $50m in funding per quarter
Pan-African telecommunications giant MTN Group has embarked on a plan to streamline its operations, which will involve the separation of
China’s government has intensified its efforts to restrict the massive empire managed by Jack Ma, the co-founder of Alibaba and
Blockchain companies are booming in Nigeria. As well as being Africa’s largest economy, it is the region’s biggest blockchain-based financial
Stripe, a United States fintech company, is acquiring Paystack, a Lagos-based startup, in a deal said to be worth over
First Bank of Nigeria held its 3rd Integrate Fintech Summit on Wednesday, 16 October 2019 at the Oriental Hotel, Lagos.
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