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ChapChap, a Ugandan fintech startup, secures a funding round.
By Mark Kawalya Ugandan fintech ChapChap, a firm that enables MSMEs to generate trustworthy financial profiles, has secured…
Cycle Connect boosts rural farmers productivity through asset financing
By Mark Kawalya Cycle Connect is a startup that furnishes rural communities with assets that they can leverage…
Nexen provides financial education and loans to SMEs
By Mark Kawalya Nexen is a microcredit institution that is among the few in Uganda that adopts a…
ClickPesa simplifies cross-border B2B payments
By Mark Kawalya A challenge faced across the board by many small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Tanzania…
Airtel joins the Financial Times Stock Exchange
By Mark Kawalya Airtel Africa, a subsidiary of Bharti Airtel, joined the Financial Times Stock Exchange (FTSE) 100…
Copia Global, ambitious Kenyan digital commerce startup, has raised $50 million to accelerate its African expansion.
By Mark Kawalya Copia Global, an ambitious Kenyan B2C e-commerce company, has raised $50 million in a Series…
Asaak Uganda secures funding to support bodaboda ownership
By Mark Kawalya Ugandan asset financing startup Asaak has announced a $30 million pre-series A equity and debt…
Absa bank embraces cardless ATM withdrawals.
By Mark Kawalya Several banks rolled out cardless withdrawals from ATMs towards the last quarter of 2020. Absa,…
Mobile Money titan MFS Africa acquires digital B2B payments player, Beyonic.
By Mark Kawalya Cross-border remittances leader MFS Africa has acquired Beyonic, a provider of digital payments management services…
MTN launches overdraft facility to enable clients transact beyond their Mobile Money balances.
By Mark Kawalya MTN has introduced an overdraft service dubbed MoMoAdvance that makes it possible for MTN clients…