Even if his response right now is to front a defiant bold face, I will hazard a guess that Olugbenga Agboola, the cofounder, majority shareholder, and CEO of Flutterwave, Nigeria’s buzziest fintech start-up, must be terribly rattled in his psyche.

Last December, a report had it that out of about $4 billion start-up funding that Africa attracted in 2021, Nigeria earned the largest chunk of $1.37 billion.

On Wednesday in the African technology scene, Nigeria's Flutterwave became the highest valued African startup after raising $250 million, bringing the company valuation to $3 billion.

Microblogging platform, Twitter, has added the pan-African payment solutions Barter by Flutterwave and Paga as additional payment providers to Tips.

Flutterwave has raised USD $250 million in Series D funding, raising the value of the company to over $3 billion, a representative of the company said on Tuesday. The latest backers of the Nigerian unicorn include B Capital Group, with participation from Alta Park Capital, Whale Rock Capital, Lux Capital, among others. Several existing investors…

Despite the worth of Nigeria Exchange Limited (NGX), estimated to be in excess of N20 trillion, financial technology (Fintech) firms are looking beyond the shores of Nigeria...

National Association of Computing Students (NACOS) has reiterated plans to promote local content in information technology by showcasing students who bring solutions to the tech ecosystem.

Indian tech solutions firm, Websites.co.in, has expanded its footprint in Africa through its partnership with Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology, to help small and medium-scale businesses in Africa build their websites for free. Through this partnership, users would be able to create and design their own website using the Instant Website Builder : Websites.co.in app,…

In the colonial era and the period succeeding it, Africa was treated as a charity by the western powers. Africa was a dependency in deals, and not as a partner.

Financial technology platform Flutterwave has announced a partnership with global payment system PayPal to process payments for freelancers and other merchants. "As we build the largest payment infrastructure in Africa, we also know that Africa does not exist in isolation," Flutterwave CEO Olugbenga Agboola tweeted. "We need to connect Africa to the world when it…

Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company, has announced a USD 170 million fund secured from a leading group of international investors.

Nigerian payments company announced that it is worth over $1 billion after closing a $170 million Series C round. TechCrunch reports that the funding round was led by New York-based private investment firm Avenir Growth Capital and U.S. hedge fund and investment firm Tiger Global. New and existing investors who participated in this round include…