A few weeks ago during our Flutterwave 3.0 event, we promised to deepen our presence in markets across the African continent. We’re excited to be bringing our products to the great businesses and individuals in Tanzania after the Bank of …
It’s Still Day 1 in Africa
Since inception, our goals at Flutterwave have always been clear. We want to make it easy for a business in Lagos to sell to a customer in Kenya, seamlessly, to make it simple to accept payments globally.
Six years …
Creating Endless Possibilities for All; 2021 in Review
I was doing a routine check of customer feedback online and I saw a customer review that amazed me. The customer received a debit without a corresponding value and tried to resolve the issue with her financial institution to no …
Flutterwave taps Wizkid as Global Brand Ambassador, Launches New Remittance Solution, Send
The deal teams up Africa’s renowned artist with Africa’s leading payment provider to seamlessly drive remittances in Africa.
San Francisco, 15th December, 2021: Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company, today announces Grammy Award-winning international artist, Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, popularly known …
Flutterwave Launches Market, a New E-commerce Service to Scale SME Growth
26th November 2021, San Francisco: Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company, is pleased to announce the launch of its new e-commerce service, Flutterwave Market – an extension of its Flutterwave Store service – that will bring together a …
Deep Dive: CBN’s Guidelines for Licensing and Regulation of Payments Service Holding Companies in Nigeria
Following the new license categorizations of participants in the Nigerian payments ecosystem, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) requires that any company that intends to operate in more than one license category is to set up a Payments Service Holding …
Flutterwave Acquires Disha in Massive Boost to Global Creator Economy
The acquisition aims to strengthen and drive rapid growth and bolster the platform’s payments checkout process
San Francisco, 10th November, 2021: Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company, has acquired Disha, a platform that enables digital creators to curate, …
Standard Bank Group Selects Flutterwave to Drive Digital Transformation Efforts Across Africa
Standard Bank customers in eight African countries to enjoy enhanced digital payments experience in partnership with Flutterwave
28th October, 2021, Johannesburg, South Africa: Standard Bank, Africa’s largest bank by assets, has partnered with Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology …
Highlights and Implications of the Tanzania Finance Act 2021
On the 12th of June 2021, the Parliament of the United Republic of Tanzania passed the Finance Bill 2021 which was assented to by the President of Tanzania on the 30th of June 2021. Following the assent, The …
Flutterwave Partners with Airtel Money to Enhance Payment and Transaction Options for Eastern African Businesses
Flutterwave to allow transactions through Airtel Money for businesses in Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Kenya and Rwanda
Nairobi, Kenya 5th October 2021: Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company has announced a partnership with Airtel Money, the dedicated mobile money platform …
Flutterwave, 9PSB Partner to Boost Growth of Inclusive Financial Services in Nigeria
Lagos September 21st, 2021: Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company and Nigeria’s very first payment service bank, 9PSB have today entered into a partnership agreement that will help facilitate seamless financial services for Nigerians.
In a joint statement issued …
Jimmy Ku; Flutterwave’s New Head of US Growth and his Drive to Create Value Everywhere
Ever met one of those kids that could source the scarcest collectibles in high school? They’d sell baseball cards, comic books and cards— whatever people were looking for. That was Jimmy! He was everyone’s ‘guy’ for rare merchandise while growing …
We’re Joining the Rebuilding Effort
The events of the last few weeks in our country— South Africa have taught us that there is strength in unity. We have seen the biggest show of strength as South Africa passed through a difficult period. We’ve seen strangers …
How to Select the Best Payment Platform for Your Hospitality Businesses in Africa
Blessed with beaches, cultural sites, and abundant wildlife, prior to the pandemic, Africa had the second-fastest growing tourism sector in the world. In fact, tourism represented about 8.5 percent of Africa’s GDP and employed around 24 million people.
After …
Flutterwave and Worldpay Partnership: What it Means for Businesses in Nigeria and South-Africa
When we say that we connect Africa to the world and the world to Africa, we mean it. And here’s one way we do that; Worldpay is leveraging Flutterwave’s technology to process domestic payments, starting with Nigeria and South …
Flutterwave Closes USD $170m Funding
Wednesday, 10th March 2021: Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company, today announces it has secured USD $170 million from a leading group of international investors as part of a successful Series C round. The round was led by growth-equity …
Flutterwave’s Series C, the Butterfly Effect and Our Journey So Far
The butterfly effect refers to a situation where a small change in one state has an impact on a bigger change in the future. For example, the flapping of a butterfly’s wings in one location, eventually leading to a tornado …
5 Ways the Flutterwave and Ecobank Partnership Benefits Businesses in Africa
Digital transformation is no longer a buzzword like it used to be. It is now a business model. For some, it has become a way of life. For everyday brick and mortar businesses, digital transformation has become a means of …
From Wall-Street to Lagos: Meet Rick Rosenthal, Senior Vice President Finance, Flutterwave
2020 started with great promise. Flutterwave raised a Series B round of $35m to invest in technology, improved customer experience and business development. Rugged road ahead, but a road leading to a desired destination, nonetheless. People like Rick make the …
20 Updated SEO Tips for Online Businesses in 2021 (A Guide)
Google looks out for relevance, authority, trust, usability, when ranking the billions of pages published everyday. Before I proceed with the tips, here’s why you should take SEO seriously.
- Brands that publish blogs get 50% more traffic and have 434%
Top 10 Important Tips for Freelancers Looking to Gain and Retain Clients in 2021
Freelancing in 2021 has become an important source of income for individuals, regardless their employment status. The pandemic and ensuing lockdown has also increased the widespread adoption of the gig economy. People are now more comfortable hiring freelancers for different …
7 Important Changes in the Finance Act 2020 (Updated Version)
The Finance Act 2020 (the “Finance Act”), is split into 7 parts. This is a review of the changes in the under-listed tax legislations;
- Capital Gains Tax Act
- Companies Income Tax Act
- Customs and Excise Tariffs etc (Consolidation Act)
- Personal
He Loves FIFA as much as He Loves Maths; meet Israel Koledowo, our Brand New Head of Finance for Africa
From OAU through KPMG, Andersen and to Flutterwave, it has been a remarkable journey towards self discovery for Israel. 14 years into his career as a Financial Analyst and Leader, here he is, killing it as Flutterwave’s new Head of …
Discover 5 Ways Small Businesses Can Use Twitter Fleets to Increase Sales
You know how important Instagram’s Stories feature has been for your business?
How you are able to post fleeting moments of your business there? Posting things you would not normally post on your timeline? More content for events, more avenues …
4 Key Expectations from Google Economic Recovery Training Webinars with Flutterwave
Flutterwave is partnering with Google to help small businesses grow their businesses online with Google’s large basket of marketing tools. Not only that, we are teaching you how to leverage social media to make more sales in times like this. …
Public Statement regarding erroneous publications by Thisday, Nairametrics and Arise TV
Our attention has been drawn to false quotes by Thisday, Nairametrics and Arise TV which have been erroneously attributed to our Board Chairman, Tunde Lemo.
Contrary to these reports, this interview never happened. Our payment platforms are up and running …
Introducing the Flutterwave Payments Protection Promise
Good news for payers on Flutterwave! Today, we’re introducing our Payments Protection Promise, which is our commitment to you to secure your money and provide the peace of mind you need when shopping online and paying with Flutterwave.
Watch …
“Passion led me here,” meet the Finance guru-turned People Manager investing in the brains behind your favorite payment platform
The time is 1pm in New York.
Streets are supposed to be buzzing with busy corporate workers trying to catch a quick bite of their favourite lunch and then head off to another meeting.
Alas, most people are doing this …
5 Things You Need to Know about the Flutterwave and Betway Partnership
Nigerians call it football. Americans call it soccer, and this has been a great point of contention among football fans, worldwide. But that is not the story for today. The story is that Nigerians can now increasingly earn from their …
4 Ways to Live a Healthier Lifestyle with Medplus
You’re probably wondering what a payments tech company is doing by publishing a story about health.
Well, the first and most important reason is health is wealth.
We interviewed one of our partners, Medplus Nigeria on the ways to live …
Flutterwave Store vs Flutterwave Payment Link: What’s the Difference?
Great Britain and the United Kingdom.
Alligator and crocodile.
Butter and margarine.
Cupcakes and muffins.
Flutterwave Store and Flutterwave Payment links.
What do all these things have in common? They are absolutely different, but people sometimes mix them up.
If …
International Women’s Day 2020 Grant Winners
When our International Women’s Day Grant was announced, we received hundreds of applications from women-led businesses from these countries Nigeria, Ghana, Rwanda, Kenya and South Africa. We are grateful to everyone who took their time to apply for the grant, …
Flutterwave Appoints Former Goldman Sachs Managing Director, Gurbhej Dhillon as New CTO
- Gurbhej joins from Goldman Sachs where he was Managing Director, Technology Fellow, CTO and Head of Lending Engineering for Marcus, Goldman Sachs’ lending platform.
- Gurbhej started his engineering career at Jetblue, where he was Application Developer and has since enjoyed
Flutterwave Market’s Gift Directory for Father’s Day
Father’s Day is around the corner again! As usual, people want to appreciate “the old man”, dads and figures that have stepped in as fathers. Every dad has unique tastes, styles and preferences, so we put together a range of …
Flutterwave Appoints Former American Express Executive, Oneal Bhambani as Chief Financial Officer
- Oneal joins from American Express, where he was Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Head of Capital Markets of Kabbage, one of the world’s largest fintech platforms offering credit, banking and payments solutions.
- Previously, as CFO of late-stage,
How To Build A Startup As A 21-Year-Old: The Versuspay Story
Abel Adugam Ayuba is a 21-year-old founder who conceived a startup idea in the queue when buying food during his time at the university in Abuja, Nigeria. While on campus, after spending several minutes when he made an electronic transfer …
Doing it Now Makes All The Difference: “I send my Personal Assistant in Nigeria her salary every month”
Us at Send launch: Send is direct, straight to the point, and is all about immediate action. “Do it Now” is not just a mantra, it’s a way of life.
Our customers: You bet!
What did it mean to
…Protect Your Business With Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)
Have you ever owned anything so precious that you try your best to make sure it’s well protected? Say, a new phone or a new car, an expensive piece of jewellery or a Hermes Birkin bag. We go to different …
10 Things You Need to Know Before Transferring Money on $end
You need to send money to family, friends, or business; you head to the $end website and successfully create an account. With a $end account, you can send money across countries and currencies in minutes. Before you start transferring money, …
#UseFlutterwave To Create Endless Possibilities For You and Your Business
Flutterwave’s mission is to simplify payments for endless possibilities. We want to help everyone – individuals and businesses create endless possibilities in all they do. This is why we’ve always built solutions that not only empower you to create endless …
SMEs Can Always #GrowWithFlutterwave
SMEs are constantly looking for new ways to grow and scale, but they usually encounter various roadblocks. These play a big role in why a lot of them don’t get past the initial stages, or why they struggle to grow …
IWD 2022; It’s Time to Break the Bias By Funding More Women-led Businesses 
What does it mean to break the bias? According to IFC, there’s a $42bn financing gap for women in business across Africa. Women in Africa make up 25% of business owners in the continent; one of the highest rates …