Piggyvest crosses ₦2 trillion payouts after most profitable year 

The fintech shared it paid out over ₦835 billion to its users in 2024, a 53% increase from its total payout in 2023.

Scoop: Flutterwave UK has been on a quiet rise, recording £5.4 million turnover in 2023

2021 was Flutterwave's breakout year both at home and abroad due to a valuation of $1 billion, which raised its fortunes. It was also the first time the UK subsidiary began to reflect significant financial activity.

LemFi raises $53 million Series B to fuel European and Asian expansion

LemFi will leverage this funding to expand its service offerings, scale its payment network licenses and partnerships globally, enabling hyper-localised service delivery.

BREAKING: LemFi expands to Europe. The journey so far.

LemFi, a fast-growing remittance startup with over 1M customers, and more than $33M in disclosed funding has expanded to Europe. Here is the journey so far.

GTCO completes ₦209 billion capital raise, ahead of March 2026 deadline

GTCO will be the third Nigerian bank to make this announcement, months after the Central Bank raised minimum capital requirements tenfold for the country’s biggest banks

Every Nigerian fintech will become a cross-border fintech

Embedded finance turned every company to a fintech. Now, every Nigerian fintech will become a cross-border fintech. This deep dive tells you why and how.

Navigating Tunisia’s fintech landscape with Visa-backed Amin Ben A. of Konnect Networks

Amin Ben Abderrahman, Founder and CEO of Konnect Networks, discusses the challenges and opportunities of building a fintech startup in Tunisia.

Tyme Group raises $250M Series D funding led by Nubank, becomes a unicorn

Learn all about Tyme's founding story, fundraising history and future plans in this deepdive.

Juicyway raises $3 million pre-seed to power cross-border payments for Africans

Founded in 2021 by Ife Johnson and Justin Ziegler, Juicyway enables individuals and businesses to send, receive, and process payments globally.

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.

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.

As African finance fights back against fraud, Reporta steps up to the plate 

The relationship between banks and fintechs can be tense. But Aderinlola believes as long as fintechs adhere to the banks’ rules of engagement, there should be no issue.