Olugbenga Agboola
27 Dec
New African magazine on Friday released its annual list of the 100 Most Influential Africans, which included people who have made positive impacts on the continent and globally. The Guardian reports that the list comprised persons from 29 nationalities, with Nigeria the most represented country while Kenya followed in second place. Editor Anver Versi described…
18 Nov
Founder and CEO of Africa's leading payments technology company, Flutterwave, Olugbenga Agboola, has been appointed to the advisory board of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art. The National Museum of African Art, the only U.S. museum devoted to the art of Africa, selected Agboola as one of seven new board members during its 60th…
28 Oct
Flutterwave CEO, Olugbenga Agboola has reiterated commitment to connect the African continent to the world. He outlined the company’s long-term ambition in a fireside chat at the JP Morgan Tech Stars Conference in London, United Kingdom. Agboola highlighted Flutterwave's commitment to providing seamless payment solutions to connect Africa to the world and the world to…
25 Sep
Payments technology company, Flutterwave, yesterday announced the expansion of its Send App service across 49 U.S. states through a partnership with MainStreet Bank, a subsidiary of MainStreet Bancshares Inc.
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To facilitate faster, easier, and more affordable cross-border money transfers, Africa’s leading payment technology company, Flutterwave, today announced that its flagship remittance product, Send App by Flutterwave, has launched commercially in Malawi. Building on the company’s recently acquired International Money Transfer Operators (IMTO) licence from the Reserve Bank of Malawi, this enhanced capacity makes it…
1 Sep
Founder and CEO of Flutterwave, Olugbenga Agboola, has said that the future of Africa lies in its ability to seamlessly connect its people, businesses, and economies through technology. Agboola made this statement as the leading payments technology company received a Payment Systems Operator (PSO) license from the Bank of Uganda. READ ALSO:Transfer Saga: Don’t throw…
26 Jul
The digital economy — which centers on goods and services that are offered, promoted [2] [3] and purchased online — has grown in recent years, both globally and within Nigeria. Between 2019 and 2020, digital economy
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Africa’s leading payments technology company? Flutterwave, has announced the appointment of Dipo Fatokun as the new Chairman of Flutterwave Technologies Solutions Limited.
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