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    Nigeria’s BFREE Secures $2.95 Million Funding to Transform Risk Management in African Credit Markets

    In a significant development for the financial technology sector, BFREE, the ethical credit manager...

    FairMoney in Talks to Acquire Neobank Umba, Eyes African Expansion

    Paris-based fintech, FairMoney, is currently in early-stage negotiations to acquire Umba, a neobank operating...

    Carbon Acquires Vella Finance and Launches AI-Powered Business Banking Platform

    Carbon, a prominent player in Nigeria’s financial sector, has successfully acquired fintech startup Vella...

    Nigeria’s Ekiti State Aims to Become Africa’s Silicon Valley with $80 Million Tech Hub Investment

    The African Development Bank (BAD) has announced a groundbreaking initiative, revealing on February 22nd...
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    The fund will target startups from seed through Series B rounds, focusing on online-to-offline (O2O) platforms, B2B SaaS solutions, and fintech ventures.

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    This is not just an acquisition — it’s a balance sheet restructuring disguised as strategic expansion.

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    The question for Nigeria’s startups and corporates is no longer if they should go cloud-first.

    US Senate Waters Down 5% Remittance Tax in Big Win for African Fintechs

    For these companies — names like Chipper Cash, LemFi, Flutterwave, and TapTap Send — a 5% tax on remittances out of the U.S. would have fundamentally altered their business models.