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Pezesha closes $11m funding round to scale fintech

Pan-African fintech Pezesha has raised pre-series A investment of $11 million – a mixture of $6 million in equity and $5 million in debt….

Kenyan fintech secures seven-figure in seed funding

Nairobi-based fintech Pezesha has raised a seven-figure seed extension from GreenHouse Capital, a leading African fintech investment fund. Pezesha has secured an undisclosed seven-figure…

Kenya-based fintech wins 2020 AFI Inclusive Fintech Showcase

Kenya-based fintech, Pezesha was announced as the first prize winner in the 2020 AFI Inclusive FinTech Showcase for its leading innovation in financial inclusion….

Seedstars International Demo Day to include three African startups

Startups from Nigeria and Kenya will have the chance to pitch at this year’s virtual Seedstars International Demo Day. The demo day will take place…

Russia’s StudyFree named the winner of Seedstars World 2020

Russian edtech startup StudyFree has been named the Seedstars World 2020 winner in an online event held by Seedstars this afternoon and walks away…

Kenyan fintech Pezesha wins Best Catapulter Award at LHoFT

Kenyan fintech startup Pezesha earlier this month took home the Best Catapulter Award at the conclusion of the Catapult: Inclusion Africa fintech bootcamp hosted by…

Here are the 13 African fintechs selected for LHoFT’s bootcamp in Luxembourg [Updated]

UPDATE (23 March 2020): Subsequent to the publication of this article, the Luxembourg House of Financial Technology (LHoFT) added Nigerian startup SmartTeller and Ghanian…

Seedstars selects 11 startups to attend its 2020 global summit

UPDATE (9 March 2020): Seedstars World has announced that it has moved its annual Seedstars Summit — which was expected to take place from…

Seedstars Summit Africa 2019 now underway in Johannesburg – here’s who’s pitching

The Seedstars Summit Africa 2019 is now underway in Johannesburg bringing an end to this year’s edition of Swiss emerging market startup competition Seedstars World….

Kenya’s CMA admits three fintechs to regulatory sandbox

Fresh from winning Seedstars Nairobi, Kenyan fintech Pezesha — along with two other fintechs — has been admitted into Kenyan financial regulatory body Capital Markets Authority’s (CMA)…

Eight Kenyan fintech startups to keep an eye on

With the 2007 launch of mobile-money transfer service M-Pesa by Vodacom for Safaricom, Kenya has led the world in mobile money. Inspired by this…

Sub-Sahara Africa is top market for those that made Inclusive Fintech 50 list

Sub-Sahara Africa is the favoured region for top fintech companies aimed at improving financial inclusion to operate in, if the names of those listed…

Google’s Launchpad Accelerator Africa announces first cohort of 12 startups

Google earlier today announced 12 startups that will participate in the first Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa class at an event in Lagos, Nigeria. The Launchpad…

IWD: Why it’s important to share, tell women entrepreneurs stories

Tech entrepreneurship around the world, and particularly in Africa is largely male dominated, or as author Lu Li describes it, the ecosystems are “not…

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