A financial technology (fintech) business, Flutterwave, started up in 2016 and was valued at a billion dollars by 2021. Among its customers are a couple of global giants, Uber and Microsoft. Sounds like a story from America's legendary Silicon Valley, but it is not.
Flutterwave was founded by Nigerians on the African continent, in a suburb (Yaba) of Nigeria's largest city, Lagos.
Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa, is home to five of the continent's seven "unicorns." Lagos itself, with 27 million people, is Africa's largest city and quickly becoming a major technology center.
from Mercatornet
(cont'd tomorrow)
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