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Jay Z, Jack Dorsey to fast track bitcoin in Africa and India with $23
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has hinted that he’s partnered with rapper and Tidal chief Jay Z to create a new endowment to fund Bitcoin ...
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Jiko Processes a $4.7M Debit Card Transaction, Generating $47,000 in Cash Back to Customer
Jiko has announced that it has processed a massive $4.7 million debit card transaction as part of its newly launched Debit Cards Cashback Rewards ...
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Kraken Backs Launch of Venture Capital Fund
Kraken is supporting the launch of a new independent initiative to actively invest in early stage cryptocurrency and fintech startups. Kraken Ventures, a ...
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Fitch rates Ecobank Nigeria’s senior unsecured notes ‘B-(EXP)’
Fitch Ratings has assigned Ecobank Nigeria Limited‘s forthcoming U.S. dollar-denominated senior unsecured notes an expected ‘B-(EXP)’ rating with a Recovery Rating of ‘RR4’. ...
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How we will use the $10 million raised – Onyekachi Izukanne, CEO TradeDepot
Onyekachi Izukanne is the Co-founder & CEO of TradeDepot. He is an entrepreneur with 17 years’ experience in technology and consulting. He has over ...
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Roqqu launches its seamless P2P System amidst uproar in cryptocurrency
In a statement released on the 7th of February 2021, The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had the Nigerian fintech startup space shaken ...
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African Youth for Environment Fellowship Entry Applications Now Open
The African Youth for Environment Fellowship has launched application entries for its eight-month fully-funded (April – December) program that provides emerging environmentalists, green ...
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Cryptocurrency: Senate summons CBN gov, DG SEC
The Nigerian Senate has summoned the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, and Director General of the Security and Exchange ...
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Enterprise Blockchain Firm R3 Launches Confidential Business Computing Platform
Enterprise software provider R3 has launched a new computing platform called Conclave, which it says can handle sensitive business data while keeping it ...
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Pakistani fintech Safepay raises seed funding from Stripe, others
Karachi-headquartered fintech Safepay has raised seed funding from global financial technology platform company Stripe. The startup did not share the exact size of ...