Benjamin Dada Dada

Review of Klasha’s virtual dollar card

Klasha's virtual dollar card works for online spending at international merchants like Amazon and can be funded with Nigerian naira. Here is what I observed from creating, funding, using and withdrawing from the card.

BD Insider 158: Where Netflix invested $175 million in Africa

Inside letter 158: the growth of Netflix's investment in Africa, the partnership between MTN and Apple Music, and the Mastercard Foundation edtech fellowship in South Africa.

Solomon Osadolo’s journey to becoming a global Content Design Talent

Solomon Osadolo is a Content Designer at HubSpot, a global CRM platform. Before moving to the UK as a global tech talent, he was the Content Design Manager at Flutterwave. What's his personal and professional story?

Exploring the rumour and benefits of a potential Moniepoint acquisition of Payday

Moniepoint may acquire Payday last valued at $20 million. If the acquisition goes through, both parties could benefit from leveraging each other's infrastructure. Here is our analysis.

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Payday raises $3 million Seed funding to drive product expansion

Payday, with over 330,000 users and 40,000 daily transactions, has raised a $3 million Seed round led by Moniepoint Inc., a later-stage financial services holding company.

What you need to know about Nigeria’s $618M iDICE fund to invest in startups

The Nigerian government in collaboration with local and international partners have launched a $618 million fund to invest in the country's digital and creative industries.

Starlink’s website recommends Payday for payments from Nigeria. So I tried it out.

I used my virtual dollar Mastercard from Payday to order for Starlink to Nigeria and the transaction was smooth.

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An objective analysis of seven payment gateways in Nigeria

We compared seven payment gateways using five metrics to determine the best. The seven payment gateways are Interswitch Webpay, Paystack, Flutterwave, Remita, Seerbit, Fincra and Monnify.

National IDs are important for KYC, but frequent downtimes hinder their reliability, reports Smile Identity

Smile Identity, a leading digital KYC provider in Africa, was founded in 2017 by Mark Straub (CEO) and William Bares. Leveraging anonymised data from nearly 50 million KYC checks, the company has put together its second report on the state of KYC in Africa.

BD Funding Tracker 2023

Filter through our curated list of African startup deals since the start of the year 2023.