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UnblockPay Raises $4.5 Million Seed Round Led by Prelude
UnblockPay builds infrastructure that allows financial institutions to process cross-border payments using stablecoins.
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- Finance
- Region
- Latin America
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Kenya’s 4G Capital Secures $2 Million Funding to Expand Financial Inclusion Across East Africa
Founded in 2013, 4G Capital blends human customer service with advanced digital technology to deliver small working capital loans and customised business training to micro enterprises that are excluded from the formal financial system.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- financial inclusion, fintech, innovation, lending, MSMEs, scale, startups
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Tazapay Raises $36 Million in Total Series B Funding to Scale Next-Generation Payment Rails Globally; Circle Ventures Leads Extension
The extension reflects investor alignment around Tazapay's regulated, last-mile infrastructure, which harnesses modern digital settlement technology to power cross-border payments for businesses operating across emerging markets — replacing legacy banking rails with faster, more capital-efficient alternatives.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Global
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South Africa’s Hlayisani Capital Launches 2nd Fund with Initial $29.9 Million in Commitments
It offers strategic support and capital to high-growth, highly scalable SMEs with a proven track record, and specialises in growing these SMEs into large, successful enterprises that operate across multiple territories, create jobs and generate export revenue domestically.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Divest Launches Money Xchange to Simplify Cross-Border Payments in Africa
One of the main features of Money Xchange is transparency. The platform allows users to see exchange rates before they confirm a transaction.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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DriveWealth Powers Ualá’s Launch of U.S. Stock Investing in Mexico
The launch marks another step forward in expanding access to global capital markets for a broader population of investors.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Latin America
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Western Union and Sasai Fintech Boost Digital Remittance Access for South Africa’s Consumers
Through this app, customers can transfer funds to billions of bank accounts and wallets worldwide, or for cash pick-up at hundreds of thousands of retail locations.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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South African Anti-Fraud Startup Orca Secures $2.35 Million Seed Round to Protect Emerging Market Payment Rails
As financial inclusion accelerates across Africa, largely driven by mobile money and e-wallets, cybercrime has followed suit. According to an Interpol report, South Africa was the most cyber-attacked country on the continent and the third most globally in 2021.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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