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By Adenike Adebowale
NIgeria’s fin-tech startups attracted 78 per cent of $263.9 million raised by venture capitalists in Africa in March, analysis shows.
Checks revealed that at-least 45 organizations received funding either through grants, pre-seed, seed or series raise on the continent.
Of which Nigerian founded fin-tech startup Flutterwave singlehandedly raised the highest funding and it was for the sum of $170 million. Flutterwave’s funding is also the highest among all the funds raised by tech companies across the continent.
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The other startups that raised funds in Nigeria include Bankly, Havenhill, Kuda Bank, Kwik Delivery, Termii and Afriex.
Bankly is a female-led fintech startup and it raised $2 million which was announced on March 24. The round which was led by Flutterwave and Vault is expected to help the startup scale to other states in Nigeria.