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Tiger Global leads $3M round in Zambia’s Union54 for its card-issuing API

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We only make money when they do and that’s why we’re happy to give a guarantee with that interchange.”. In retrospect, though, Mlambo and Martini’s experience as founders of Zazu, where they raised over $2 million as one of Zambia’s most funded startups, cannot be written off as a contributor to Union54’s seeming success.

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Zambian card issuing startup Union54 raises $12M led by Tiger Global

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Tiger Global leads $3M round in Zambia’s Union54 for its card-issuing API. In 2020 we hosted African Renaissance Conference with @wizaj and @mwiyas and that turned into how can we position Zambia as the city on the hill for African interests. Union54 hopes to create a homegrown alternative to Mastercard or Visa.

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YC-backed Namibian startup JABU gets $3.2M for its B2B e-commerce and retail play

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When the money from retailers arrives at JABU distribution centers, it typically takes 48 hours to settle into the banks. Instead of going through this mundane process, JABU’s wallets will allow merchants to deposit and withdraw money immediately in sync with these centers. Namibia had huge housing demand at the time.

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PawaPay raises $9M seed backed by MSA, 88mph and Mr Eazi’s Zagadat Capital

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When companies create digital payments-facing solutions for African countries outside Nigeria and South Africa, building around mobile money is key. According to him, starting pawaPay was to help people send and receive money internationally using mobile money. How big is mobile money in Africa?

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Nigeria’s Sudo Africa raises $3.7M pre-seed for its card-issuing API platform

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Another example is of a delivery company that sends its dispatch rider with a programmable card to make a transaction and spend a certain amount of money at a particular mall. Tiger Global leads $3M round in Zambia’s Union54 for its card-issuing API. Union54, despite being based in Zambia, has customers across Africa.

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Taptap Send raises $65M to build cross-border remittances focused on the most underserved markets

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Cross-border remittances — when people living and working abroad send money back home to friends and family — continues to be a huge part of how those living in developing countries, off the global financial grid, can be helped. You need to have the utmost trust to take that money and send to someone else.”