| Date | Title | Description |
| 28.06.2025 | Building the Future: How Abdulhamid Hassan is Shaping Fintech in Africa | In the heart of Nigeria, a revolution is brewing. Abdulhamid Hassan, the founder of Mono, is on a mission to transform the fintech landscape. His journey is a testament to resilience, innovation, and an unwavering belief in the power of tec... |
| 25.06.2025 | Abdulhamid Hassan won’t stop building until Mono becomes a fintech backbone | On September 24, 2024, as venture capital funding for African startups plummeted and anxiety around the decline grew, Abdulhamid Hassan, the founder of prominent open banking startup Mono, posted a simple tweet: “don’t give up. don’t die.”
... |
| 20.01.2025 | Nigerian cloud providers undeterred by AWS naira payments move as competition intensifies | Amazon Web Services (AWS) has stirred the Nigerian cloud market by allowing naira payments, but local providers like Okra and Nobus Cloud believe the move is more a formality than a game-changer. For them, AWS’s shift is just another move f... |
| 09.11.2024 | E-Commerce in Africa: Navigating Challenges and Opportunities | Africa's e-commerce landscape is a vibrant tapestry, woven with threads of innovation, resilience, and ambition. As the continent's digital marketplace evolves, it faces both hurdles and opportunities. Jumia, a key player in this arena, is ... |
| 07.11.2024 | Jumia reports revenue drop in Q3 2024 amid currency pressures but sees growth in customer engagement | Jumia’s Q3 2024 revenue declined by 14%, heavily influenced by currency depreciation in key markets.
The company saw a 6% rise in orders, with growth in local currency.
Expansion of JumiaPay and focused operational improvements were highlig... |
| 10.07.2024 | Nigerian cloud provider hit with ransomware attack as government agency works to “swiftly resolve incident” | At least one local cloud service provider has been hit by a Phobos ransomware attack as ngCERT works to resolve the incident.
Nigeria’s Computer Emergency Response Team (ngCERT) is “working with vulnerable and affected organizations to swif... |
| 09.07.2024 | TLcom-backed Okra expands into cloud services | Okra, a Nigerian fintech whose APIs allow banks and other financial service providers to access customers’ data, is building a cloud infrastructure for businesses to host their data and run workloads. With Nigerian startups keen to reduce c... |
| 23.04.2024 | TLcom Capital Closes Africa's Largest Early-Stage VC Fund at $154 Million | TLcom Capital, an African VC firm, has successfully closed its second fund, TIDE Africa Fund II, at $154 million, solidifying its position as the largest investor in seed and Series A startups across Africa. The oversubscribed fund attracte... |
| 22.04.2024 | TLcom closes Africa’s largest early-stage VC fund at $154 Million | Today, TLcom Capital, the Africa-focused venture capital firm, announced the final close of TIDE Africa Fund II, its second fund for technology in Africa, at $154 million. Confirming TLcom Capital’s status as Africa’s largest Seed and Serie... |
| 10.10.2023 | TLcom announces Africa Tech Female Founder Summit 2023 | TLcom Capital, the Africa-focused venture capital firm, has officially announced its fifth annual Africa Tech Female Founder Summit, which will be held on Tuesday 14th November 2022 in Lagos, Nigeria. The headline session will feature a fir... |
| 15.03.2022 | 6 African women CEOs discuss how they raised more than $1M in 2021 | Women-founded companies in the U.S. raised more money from venture capitalists in 2021 than ever. Reports indicate they secured 83% more funding than the previous year, primarily attributed to the record-setting $329 billion U.S. startups r... |
| 01.03.2022 | As API-first startups multiply, GGV builds an index | When GGV Capital reached out and said that it had built an index of API-first companies, I was curious. Venture-built indexes of startups and other firms have proved useful tools in recent years, led by Bessemer’s cloud index, which is now ... |
| 17.11.2021 | Nigerian fintech Okra raises $3.5M backed by Accenture Ventures and Susa Ventures
Kenyan insurtech startup Pula raises $6M Series A to derisk smallholder farmers across Africa | - |
| 24.04.2021 | Accenture Ventures Invests in Okra | Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has made an investment, through Accenture Ventures, in Lagos, Nigeria-based fintech company Okra.
The amount of the deal was not disclosed.
Founded in 2019 by David Peterside and Fara Ashiru Jituboh, Okra is an open fi... |
| 22.04.2021 | Nigerian Fintech, Okra, Secures $3.5M Seed Round Led by Susa Ventures | Okra, Africa’s Open Finance API is excited to announce its $3.5m Seed raise. The round was led by US-based Susa Ventures, with participation from existing investors TLcom Capital, and newly joined Accenture Ventures.
Okra is an Open Finance... |
| 21.04.2021 | Okra builds on rapid growth to raise $3.5m from Susa Ventures and Accenture | Less than a year after bursting onto Nigeria’s fintech scene with a surprising $1m pre-seed raise, Okra has closed another funding round. This time, it’s $3.5m in seed money from institutional and angel investors, including founding enginee... |
| 21.04.2021 | Nigerian fintech Okra raises $3.5M backed by Accenture Ventures and Susa Ventures | The last five years have seen a plethora of fintech applications in Nigeria (and Africa, in general) grow at an astonishing rate. But most of these companies and developers find it difficult to access real-time banking data. This, in turn, ... |
| 01.05.2020 | API fintech Startup, Okra Secures $1 million Pre-seed Investment | Nigerian based API fintech startup, Okra has secured a $1 million pre-seed investment from TLcom. Okra received the sum from the multi-million-dollar venture capital firm to expand operations.
Fara Ashiru Jituboh and David Peterside founded... |
| 28.04.2020 | Nigerian open banking fintech Okra raises $1m from TLcom | Okra, the Nigerian fintech helping third parties connect to African bank accounts, has landed $1 million in pre-seed funding from TLcom Capital, a Lagos, Nairobi and London-based VC.
Founders Fara Ashiru Jituboh and David Peterside
Lagos-ba... |
| 27.04.2020 | Nigerian fintech Okra nets $1m investment from TLcom | Nigerian fintech platform Okra has secured a $1-million pre-seed investment from Nairobi and London based venture capital (VC) firm TLcom Capital.
Okra, which launched in January, creates a secure portal and process to exchange real-time fi... |
| 27.04.2020 | Nigeria’s API fintech, Okra secures $1million pre-seed investment | Three months after its launch, the Nigerian Fintech startup, Okra has secured a $1 million pre-seed investment from TLCom Capital.
Okra is an API which allows clients to retrieve real-time financial information from a bank account to any we... |
| 27.04.2020 | Nigerian fintech startup, Okra, raises $1m pre-seed funding from TLcom Capital | Share this article:
Nigerian fintech platform, Okra, has raised a $1 million pre-seed investment from Lagos, Nairobi, and London-based venture capital firm, TLcom Capital.
Launched in January, Okra creates a secure portal and process to exc... |
| 27.04.2020 | Nigeria’s Okra raises $1M from TLcom connecting bank accounts to apps | A new Nigerian fintech venture, Okra, has racked up a unique mix of accomplishments in less than a year.
The Lagos based API developer created a product that generates revenues from both payment startups and established financial institutio... |
| 27.04.2020 | Nigerian fintech startup, Okra, raises $1m pre-seed funding from TLcom Capital | Founded in June 2019, Nigerian fintech startup, Okra has secured a $1 million pre-seed investment from Lagos and Nairobi-based VC fund, TLcom Capital, to scale its team and operations. |
| 27.04.2020 | Nigerian fintech Okra nets $1m investment from TLcom | Nigerian fintech platform Okra has secured a $1-million pre-seed investment from Nairobi and London based venture capital (VC) firm TLcom Capital.
Okra, which launched in January, creates a secure portal and process to exchange real-time f... |
| - | Nigerian API fintech start-up Okra gets $1m funding | Nigeria-based API fintech platform Okra has secured a $1 million pre-seed fundraise from TLcom Capital to help its infrastructure building ambitions.
The start-up says it offers the “first API in Africa to retrieve real-time financial data ... |
| - | Nigerian fintech Okra raises $3.5M backed by Accenture Ventures and Susa Ventures | - |
| - | Nigeria’s Okra raises $1M from TLcom connecting bank accounts to apps | - |
| - | API fintech Startup, Okra Secures $1 million Pre-seed Investment | Nigerian based API fintech startup, Okra has secured a $1 million pre-seed investment from TLcom. Okra received the sum from the multi-million-dollar venture capital firm to expand operations.
Fara Ashiru Jituboh and David Peterside founded... |
