Benjamin Dada

Founder, Condia
News

Access Bank expands to Europe, picks Malta as launchpad

Malta's robust financial sector, which grew by nearly 12% between 2022 and 2023, make it an attractive destination for Access Bank

Insider

Condia Insider: Next African fintech M&A?

The stories are: HUB2's $8.5M Series A, TalentQL's expansion of AltSchool to Europe, more fintechs comply with stamp duty in Nigeria

Fintech

Ivorian fintech HUB2 raises $8.5M to become the “Stripe of Francophone Africa”

Founded in 2019, HUB2 offers a unified API to simplify payments for neobanks, payment companies, remittance services, and crypto providers.

Insider

Condia Insider: Big growth, massive loss for Interswitch

Interswitch’s latest financial report is a tale of contrasts: soaring revenues and unexpected losses.

Analysis

Verve cards are now accepted on AliExpress. But their issuing business tells a sweeter story

Verve has grown card issuing by 40% year-on-year, in the last two years. This article reports the news of their partnership with AliExpress while going deep into three growth eras they've experienced.

Fintech

Hisa co-founder Eric Jackson steps down post-Risevest acquisition

Fellow co-founder Erick Asuma left the business last year. Eric Jackson solely ran Hisa since the beginning of the year and will now be looking to "touch some grass".

Fintech

Wise enables local payouts to Nigeria for the nth time

Wise (formerly TransferWise) is restarting naira transfers to Nigeria for the third time after a two year pause. This time it will have to compete with other local and well-funded players like LemFi and Flutterwave $end.

Fintech

Stripe to soon allow US retailers to sell directly to Nigerians

Nigeria is one of the two markets where Stripe has begun to allow merchants to accept local payment methods without having to set up a local entity.

News

On NDIC’s disbursement of ₦650 bn to 2.3 million insured Heritage Bank depositors

The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has begun paying out the trapped funds of depositors at the now-defunct Heritage Bank.

News

Nigeria stakes claim in Bay Area with Startup House

Nigeria has announced plans to launch a Startup House in the San Francisco Bay Area to drive investment and boost the visibility of the country's startup ecosystem.

News

Starlink has gone dark in Zimbabwe

The Southern African country's regulators have been on to the satellite internet service since September last year

News

Thepeer, a startup facilitating inter-wallet operability in Africa is shutting down

Three-year-old seed-stage African API fintech, Thepeer is shutting down after raising nearly $2.5 million in funding.

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