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    Home»Sections»Fintech»Nigerian tech start-up TeamApt targeting $1-billion valuation

    Nigerian tech start-up TeamApt targeting $1-billion valuation

    Fintech By Agency Staff16 November 2021
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    Nigerian tech start-up TeamApt is in the market raising its third round of funding at a value of more than US$1-billion (R15.2-billion), which will result in the banking software firm joining a spate of Africa-tech companies to become so-called unicorns.

    The Lagos-based company is targeting to raise about $150-million, said founder and CEO Tosin Eniolorunda in an e-mailed response to queries. TeamApt is getting interest from venture capital investors from the US and Europe, he added.

    “The money will be used for our expansion to Egypt, Ghana and Cameroon,” said Eniolorunda. “And building out our digital banking product targeted at the underserved.”

    The money will be used for our expansion to Egypt, Ghana and Cameroon

    While Africa has a rapidly growing and tech-savvy youth population, the continent often lacks financial infrastructure such as banks and tellers. TeamApt is trying to address the gap by using mobile technology and authorised agents to give people banking services such as cash deposits and fund transfers.

    TeamApt is aiming to join a growing number of African start-ups valued at over $1-billion, including Flutterwave, OPay and Jumia Technologies.

    The boom in payments firms is a reflection of the rapid take up of smartphones and improving Internet speeds across Africa. Still, telecommunications companies such as MTN Group, OPay and Paga are also using agents, or people within communities to explain and sell their products and services, while commercial banks in Nigeria such as Access Bank and FirstBank has also started using agent networks.

    TeamApt now processes $3.5-billion in transaction values monthly, with 150 000 agents on its platform, and has 14 million users, Eniolorunda said.  — Reported by Ivan Levingston, Gillian Tan and Loni Prinsloo, (c) 2021 Bloomberg LP

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