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SoftBank-backed OPay raises $304 million in US IPOThe Nigeria-focused firm sold 16 million American depositary shares at $19 apiece in the IPO, compared with its targeted range of $19 to $2...
AI can accelerate growth in developing economies, says World BankDeveloping economies are experiencing their weakest average growth performance in three decades. The report said AI could significantly lif...
PM Narendra Modi receives Nigeria's second-highest national awardPrime Minister Narendra Modi was awarded the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger, Nigeria's second-highest national honor, by Preside...
BharatPe hires Rohan Khara as chief product officerBharatPe Group appoints Rohan Khara as chief product officer. Khara will lead product development and innovation, design merchant and consu...
EAM Jaishankar says India 'betting on Africa's rise', seeks to take India-Nigeria ties to "higher level"India is betting on Africa's rise because, "by any objective assessment, today there is so much growing for Africa in terms of demography, ...
Risk investors spot an opening in fintech infrastructure players building banking-as-a-serviceEarly-stage startups such as credit card management platform 42 Card Solutions; banking service platform Falcon; and credit management plat...
Sanjiv Bhasin on 4 largecaps to buy now; 3 new age stocks that may double in a year" Zomato, fintechs like Paytm and PB FinTech, may have gone from 50 to 100 but they had fallen from 150 to 100. So, if you are looking for ...
Banking infrastructure provider Emtech raises $4 million in round led by Matrix Partners IndiaEmtech helps in the regulatory review process of fintechs. It acts as a central application programming interface (API)-based layer between...
Capria opens $100-million Global South Fund IIThe new fund will focus on investing in 20-25 tech startups in the entrepreneurial hotspots of India, Southeast Asia, Latin America, the Mi...
Equities still a pretty decent place to be in for next 5 years: Rahul BhasinI think that if I look at all of the options set, real assets and equities is probably still the right place to be in largely. The levered ...
Nigeria launches $672 million tech fund for young investorsThe fund - targeting 15 to 35-year-olds - comes at a time when there are concerns locally about the failure of US startup-focused lender SV...
5 ways to keep a track of your finances in 2023Mind the budget!
Meta, Chime file lawsuit against alleged phishing scam on Facebook, InstagramThe lawsuit alleged that the defendants used Facebook and Instagram accounts to impersonate Chime and lure people to fake branded phishing ...
Prosus to pay $4.7B for BillDeskProsus Ventures is set to buy BillDesk, one of India’s oldest digital payment firms, for a cool $4.7 billion in what will be one of the acq...
Imarticus Learning expands international operations to MENA countriesEducation platform Imarticus Learning is setting up its headquarters and main campus in Dubai along with a hybrid learning centre.
Airtel Africa dials Mastercard for strategic payment playBoth companies joined hands last September with Samsung and Asante Financial Services Group to launch a pay-on-demand payments platform to ...
Airtel, Western Union team up to launch real-time cross-border money movements in India, AfricaWestern Union has teamed up with two Bharti Airtel arms -- Airtel Payments Bank and Airtel Africa Plc -- to launch real-time payments short...
Truecaller branches out to fintech with pilot in IndiaThe company has also started offering businesses the option of setting up profile pages with details about their offerings, opening hours a...
UK government invites applicants from Indian healthtech startups for TeXchange 2020The most innovative startups will be selected to come to the UK and participate in TeXchange, February 2020.
New boost for UK and India’s startup sectorsThe Go Global programme is a successful innovation scheme supporting startups to work with UK expertise to take their firms to the next lev...