Advertisement

Benjamin Dada Dada

Founder, Condia
Spotlight

Kenya and Nigeria named as the highest-risk African countries for fraud, according to Smile ID report

With 75 million KYC checks done, Smile ID is out with its third report on the State of KYC, customer onboarding and fraud in Africa. Let's dig in

News

Clafiya raises $610,000 in pre-seed to reimagine healthcare service delivery in Africa

Clafiya, an African healthtech company, announced its $610,000 pre-seed raise today.

Spotlight

Pan-African KYC provider, Smile Identity rebrands to Smile ID

The rebrand includes four new things: a new name (Smile ID), new logo, a refreshed website and new product updates.

Insider

BD Insider 171: What next for Nigerian fintechs given new FX and USD push by banks?

We also covered how Nigeria has lost its spot as the top destination for tech VC funding in Africa and Flutterwave and IATA payment partnership.

News

Flutterwave launches Tuition, responds to growing FX demand for international school fees

Flutterwave has launched Tuition to allow African users to pay various fees to educational institutions within Africa and overseas using their local currencies.

Mest

UNICEF Startup Lab, KOICA and MEST partner to support Ghanaian startups promoting SDGs

KOICA, MEST Africa, UNICEF Startup Lab partner to support startups under the "KOICA-UNICEF Accelerating Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Ghana" project.

Insider

BD Insider 167: Visa’s long-standing interest in African fintech

Letter 167 explores Visa's plan to invest in African fintech startups, ThriveAgric's journey: From a turbulent 2020 to an incredible 2022 and unification of the exchange rate.

Opinion

Unifying Nigeria’s Exchange Rate: The journey here and its implications

Nigeria's President Tinubu removes fuel subsidies and unifies the exchange rate. Short-term pain, but should lead to improved price discovery and increased dollar supply, if managed appropriately. Dig deeper.

Spotlight

How Fullgap is tapping into the new world of work with Africa’s HoneyBook

Fullgap is building the operating system for freelancers. In just three weeks of the public beta launch, they acquired their first 3,000 users. Here is my interview with two of the co-founders.

Spotlight

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.

Entertainment

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.

Spotlight

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?

Advertisement