Flutterwave has secured a microfinance bank license - but the entity it acquired raises questions about the strategic scope the company can immediately pursue.
For a startup that once promised to rewire fast-moving consumer goods distribution across southwest Nigeria, the footage has drawn renewed attention to mounting questions about the company’s viability.
Across 29 disclosed deals, African startups and growth-stage companies raised at least $340.5m in February. The number tells one story. How the money moved tells a different one.
Flend, a digital lender for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), has become the first Egyptian company to be officially granted "Startup Label" certification.
Flutterwave has secured a microfinance bank license - but the entity it acquired raises questions about the strategic scope the company can immediately pursue.
In Morocco, three startups are all targeting the same 126,000 independent retailers. Backed by Morocco's largest bank, its royal family holding company, and a South African insurer, the race is now about who locks in the merchant first.
