Why Female-led African Startups Struggle with Venture Funding
African startups were able to raise about $350 million in Q1 2020, according to Briter Bridges, a data consultancy. In view of […]
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VoguePay CEO Michael Femi, Talks The Future of Africa’s Fintech Industry
Michael Simeon Femi is the CEO of VoguePay, a secure payment platform in Nigeria. He has been named Payment Personality Leader of the year at African Prize for Leadership Awards. Under his leadership, VoguePay has won prestigious industry awards including “African online payment of the year” at the African Achievers Awards (2016), the “best fintech startup” at the Cashless Africa award (2017) among several others.
Exclusive: How Zedny is Empowering Human Capital in Africa
Zedny offers year-long online learning and development for an employee at a fraction of the cost of one offline training course and can serve as an external employee performance evaluator through its AI integrations.
Exclusive: How Planet42 Provides Cars for People Who Can’t Access Conventional Vehicle Loans
Planet42 is a South Africa-based fintech company which partners with dealerships across the country to enable access to a personal car for citizens who are unable to get vehicle loans. The company was founded by Eerik Oja and Marten Orgna. It was launched as CarGet in 2017 before rebranding to Planet42.
COVID-19: SA Startup ShopESpot Helps Traditional Businesses to Trade Online
A South Africa-based eCommerce startup, ShopESpot has been launched and aims to provide an easy-to-use website for SMEs and entrepreneurs to move […]