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Right here is why SA startups noticed an uptick in common valuations in 2023

Right here is why SA startups noticed an uptick in common valuations in 2023

South Africa was the only ecosystem in sub-Saharan Africa to see an increase in average valuations in 2023, according to data by MAGNiTT. Experts explain how the country managed to go against the grain. While…

Unique: Goal World backed fintech, Kippa, is pivoting to edtech

Unique: Goal World backed fintech, Kippa, is pivoting to edtech

Kippa, the financial management startup backed by Target Global, is pivoting from fintech and is piloting a new edtech service that enables anyone to create new online courses or deliver exciting ones in bite-sized formats…

Pade processed ₦11bn in salaries in 2023 after touchdown Flutterwave as consumer

Pade processed ₦11bn in salaries in 2023 after touchdown Flutterwave as consumer

Pade, a startup that helps businesses manage their HR functions, caused a stir on X (formerly Twitter) when it shared that it paid ₦11 billion ($12 million) in salaries for its clients in 2023. With…

Unique: Nigerian PoS terminals will get fraud-flagging function by finish of Q1 2024

Unique: Nigerian PoS terminals will get fraud-flagging function by finish of Q1 2024

The Central Bank of Nigeria, through the Nigerian Electronic Fraud Forum (NeFF) is collaborating with the Association of Mobile Money and Banking Agents of Nigeria (AMMBAN) to create a new feature on PoS terminals that…

Unique: Chaka founder Tosin Osibodu exits firm after Rise merger

Unique: Chaka founder Tosin Osibodu exits firm after Rise merger

Tosin Osibodu, the founder of Chaka, a Nigerian startup that allows retail investors to buy shares from the NYSE and other foreign stock exchanges, has left the business five months after Rise acquired the company.…

Breaking: Y Combinator newest African choose is Miden, a Nigerian API-fintech startup

Breaking: Y Combinator newest African choose is Miden, a Nigerian API-fintech startup

Miden, a Nigerian startup that allows businesses to issue virtual cards to their customers through its API, has been selected for Y Combinator’s winter 2024 batch. Miden is the latest Nigerian startup in this year’s…

Fintechs brace for competitors as Nigerian banks cost into digital lending market

Fintechs brace for competitors as Nigerian banks cost into digital lending market

Nigerian traditional banks are making a push into the digital lending market in a move that will pitch them against their digital competitors. For the banks considering this move, a standalone digital lending app means…

Subsequent Wave: Innovation theatre

Subsequent Wave: Innovation theatre

First published 28 January, 2024 We reached the max tolerance for innovation theatre. What comes next? Entrepreneurs, investors, an uncritical media, and government are guilty of what Steve Blank, the Stanford University professor of entrepreneurship,…

Takealot appoints new CEO as Amazon arrival looms

Takealot appoints new CEO as Amazon arrival looms

Takealot Group has announced the appointment of Frederik Zietsman as new CEO. Takealot, the South African e-commerce group that reported $808m in revenues for 2023, has announced Frederik Zietsman as its new CEO effective from…

Unique: Moniepoint processed greater than 5 billion transactions in 2023

Unique: Moniepoint processed greater than 5 billion transactions in 2023

Moniepoint, one of Nigeria’s biggest payments startups, had a triumphant 2023 despite the multiple issues that plagued the country’s financial services industry. The fintech startup averaged 433 million monthly transactions across its web, mobile, card…

Unique: We did our due diligence, says Livestock Wealth traders

Unique: We did our due diligence, says Livestock Wealth traders

Livestock Wealth’s lead investor has stated that it did the requisite due diligence before investing R10 million (~$530,000) into the company. The agritech startup, which allows investors to make investments in livestock and farmland, is…

Entry HoldCo in closing phases of regulatory approval to amass ARM Pensions

Entry HoldCo in closing phases of regulatory approval to amass ARM Pensions

Access HoldCo, the parent company of Access Bank, Nigeria’s largest lender by assets, is in the final stages of receiving regulatory approval from the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NGX) and the Nigerian Pension Commission to acquire…