Morgan Stanley’s tech accelerator opens 2023 applications
The company’s cash contribution is $250 000 to each company participating in the New York-based programme and £250,000 to each company participating in the London-based program.
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Rwanda grants fintech Flutterwave two additional licences
Flutterwave can now offer deposit and withdrawal services, electronic funds transfer, as well as inbound and outbound remittance services to the 13.46 million people in Rwanda.
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Flat6Labs launches new $95m fund to support African tech start-ups
Flat6Labs will invest in 160 companies that are in pre-seed up to pre-series A stage, with tickets ranging from US$150 000-US$500 000.
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Zambia Mobile Money balloon as fintech adoption increase
Extensive adoption of digital financial services in Zambia presents important opportunities in the country, says the regulator.
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Payment firm Network International bets on bullish Africa for growth.
The company is bullish about the growth potential in Africa and will soon deploy its ‘best-of-breed technology platform’ in a number of countries.
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Fintech Cross Switch granted approval to operate in Ghana
The fintech will use its payment technology infrastructure to digitise merchant payments, collections and disbursements for ecommerce, and remittances.
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Fintech Flutterwave brushes off $6m hack claim in Nigeria
Flutterwave identified an unusual trend of transactions on some users’ profiles, but denies a security breach took place and says no funds were lost.
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Fintech cheers up MTN Rwanda as economy goes cashless
MTN’s fintech performance was driven by customer value management and the development of a cashless economy.
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Fintech Paymenow heads to Zambia with wage access platform
Fintech Paymenow is entering the Zambian market through Izwe partnership to roll out earned wage access platform.
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i2c Becomes First Company to be a Visa Fintech Fast Track Member in Four Regions
Extension of program membership to Asia-Pacific follows USA, Canada, and Middle East-North Africa.
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Five startups from Africa compete for $500 000 in world’s largest emerging markets competition
The regional finalists for the Seedstars World Competition 2020/21 have been announced and five startups from Africa have been chosen to join the group of 20 winners advancing to the next stage.
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USSD payment platform opens up Nigeria's mobile banking channel
Local FinTech firm transacts over NGN1 trillion on platform, offers startups a fresh value proposition.