Originally posted on CNBC Africa According to a report by Flourish Ventures, 66 per cent of gig workers across the globe reported...
Tag: Africa
December 9, 2020December 9, 2020
Pandemic puts gig-economy workers in even more precarious financial position [Business Day Nigeria]
Originally posted to Business Day Nigeria By Ameya Upadhyay The global gig economy has emerged as a vast secondary labour market over...
May 21, 2020May 21, 2020
Helping Smallholder Farmers Grow in Africa: Why We Invested in Apollo Agriculture
Traditionally, the transaction costs of serving farmers have been too high to permit commercial models. However, a new wave of technology-driven ventures...
May 14, 2020May 19, 2020
Early Stage Funding in Africa — A Pulse Check (Webinar)
By Arjuna Costa and Ameya Upadhyay Entrepreneurs everywhere are dealing with much uncertainty right now, especially in Africa, where capital markets are...
October 31, 2019March 11, 2020
How We Made It In Africa: The journey so far: Brad Magrath, co-founder, Zoona
Brad Magrath is the co-founder and CEO of Zoona, a financial services company that offers money transfers and payment solutions.
October 4, 2019March 11, 2020
The New York Times: He Grew Up on a Farm. Now, He Helps Protect Them.
In their latest "Visionaries" series piece, The Times shines the spotlight on Thomas Njeru. He is the proud co-founder of Pula, a microinsurance firm based in Kenya that covers small farms across Africa.
August 29, 2019November 23, 2020
The Economist: The poor, who most need insurance, are least likely to have it
The Economist shines a light on how moves to expand “financial inclusion” are being extended to bring the poor insurance as well as mobile-money accounts and access to credit with examples of progress from portfolio companies Toffee, Pula and MircroEnsure.
August 5, 2019March 11, 2020
TechCrunch: Flutterwave and Alipay partner on payments between Africa and China
Flutterwave has partnered with Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba’s Alipay to offer digital payments between Africa and China.
July 23, 2019November 23, 2020
This Day Live: Costa – Why Financial Inclusion is Not Enough Anymore
Managing Partner, Arjuna Costa, spoke to journalists in Lagos about financial health and rising trends in fintech.
July 15, 2019March 11, 2020
Flourish’s Ameya Upadhyay Presents at Mobile360 Africa: How Fintech is Driving Financial Health
The panel will be focusing on how to harness the power of new technologies to drive access and transparency for Africans.
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