It is a familiar story: Nigeria has the potential but progress is not coming quickly. It has a huge economy and the continent’s biggest population, and yet South Africa has the biggest banks and Kenya ...

The voice of Nigeria’s youth was heard at the EndSars protests and through the emergence of Paystack and Flutterwave, which were a breath of fresh air in an otherwise foul news climate around the ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has commenced a pilot programme to strengthen oversight of virtual asset activities, targeting selected Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) as part of its broader ...

Nigeria had the highest percentage growth of open source contributors in 2020, according to GitHub. Successful Nigerian startups like Flutterwave and Paystack (acquired by Stripe) are encouraging ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) selected cNGN, Flutterwave, Juicyway, KoinKoin, KuCoin, and Paystack for the initial phase of the pilot supervision programme for virtual asset service providers ...

There is a lot of activity going on with social commerce in Nigeria. From Facebook-owned Instagram and WhatsApp holding the keys to the marketplace-facing side of things to fintech companies like ...

The deal in which Stripe agreed to buy Paystack may not be the final word on whether Nigeria’s own venture capital scene has arrived, as the majority of local investors are still yet to wake up to the ...

Paystack has launched a microfinance bank in Nigeria, marking a major expansion of its role from payment processing into broader financial services for businesses and individuals. The Stripe-owned ...

LAGOS (Reuters) - Africa-focused payments company Flutterwave could consider a New York listing, its chief executive said after it raised $170 million from investors to expand its customer base, ...

Flutterwave has secured regulatory approval from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to operate banking services in Nigeria, a development that comes as the fintech company said it has processed more ...