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Startups
ImaliPay gets $3M to offer financial services to underserved gig workers across Africa
1:00 am PDT • April 7, 2022
The gig economy is experiencing profound growth in Africa. Yet, all that growth hasn’t changed the status of workers who are seen as contractors rather than employees. Because many of…
Startups
Nigeria’s Cowrywise raises $3M pre-Series A to scale its wealth management platform
1:00 am PST • January 28, 2021
Cowrywise, a Nigerian fintech startup that offers digital wealth management and financial planning solutions, has raised $3 million in pre-Series A funding. Quona Capital led the round as Tsadik Foundation,…
Fintech
CowryWise micro-savings service opens high-yield government bonds to everyday Nigerians
4:16 pm PDT • July 20, 2018
In emerging market countries where economic volatility is a way of life, there aren’t a lot of relatively safe options for members of the burgeoning middle class to park their…