Lori Systems, a Pan African logistics coordination platform that connects cargo owners to transportation, has announced the appointment of Uche Ogboi as the company’s Chief Operating Officer and Efayomi Carr as Head of Strategic Finance.

KiaKia Bits Ltd, fintech in Nigeria’s lending space operating under the trademark, has expanded its operations with its 320SQM office space in Abuja, in order to serve small businesses. Launched in 2016, KiaKia is a licensed lender that uses big data, machine learning and artificial intelligence to deliver credit services to individuals and MSMEs across…

African financial technology (fintech) experts and entrepreneurs have identified Nigeria’s inability to retain her best talents as major contributor to socio-economic challenges facing the country.

Nigerian wealthtech firm, Cowrywise, has launched the first retail mutual funds’ platform that enables anyone to invest in top companies and high-quality fixed-income instruments with as low as N100. Globally, mutual funds are designed to help the average person access high-end investment products, but in Nigeria, though, with about 70 per cent of Nigerians surviving…

Fintech is a word that few outside the finance world have heard of, but the Africa Fintech Foundry (AFF) is a name that is quickly becoming recognised everywhere. Powered by Access Bank, the AFF is revolutionizing the face of technology, not just in Nigeria, but across the African continent, and have won several awards for…

As the Fintech ecosystem in Nigeria continues to grow and attract patronage and support, six start-ups succeeded...

Visa, the global payments technology company, and PalmPay, a new player in Africa’s Fintech industry, have announced a partnership...

Payment solution company, Mastercard, is expanding its Engage programme in sub-Saharan Africa, with the events in Nigeria, and Kenya, to introduce local fintech innovators to its broad partnership opportunities.   Mastercard Engage, launched to fintechs in Nairobi, and Lagos, is a global partnership and development programme that builds digital payment technology ecosystems and enhances speed…

The Fintech industry in Nigeria is warming up for yet another round of electrifying discourses at the PoS Innovation Summit scheduled to hold on Tuesday, May 7, 2019 at The Wheatbaker, Ikoyi. The event will draw delegates from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Nigeria Interbank Settlement System (NIBSS), Banks, players in the Fintech industry…

Financial Technology (Fintech), has been described as a new revolution transforming various sectors of the Nigerian economy.This development, according to the Fintech Association of Nigeria ...

Eagle Global Markets (EGM), has reiterated the importance of innovation and financial technology (fintech) particularly in a developing economy like Nigeria.   The fintech firm stated this recently when representatives from the Enterprise Innovation Hub and Technology Services units of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), visited its office in Lagos.   EGM noted that in…

Paylater, the Nigerian fintech company specializing in consumer lending, has confirmed its much-anticipated name change in light of its growing banking services. Re-launching as “Carbon, the rebrand reflects the company’s deliberate transition to a fully-fledged digital financial services platform that now offers bill payments, fund transfers and savings products, in addition to loans. As Carbon…