There are stories that are told with words, and there are stories that are better expressed with a map, just like the story of the Neighbourhood bankers in their red uniform, and red boxes, taking over the financial landscape for the underbanked and the unbanked people of Nigeria. This is the “mapified” story of how […]
See MoreCellulants Agrikore Blockchain: An example of how Private Capital Investments in Fintech creates economic opportunity.
Cellulant, Africa’s digital payments service provider have proven that Financial Technology is for everyone. The company through its Agrikore & Tingg blockchain based platform – A smart contracting, digital financial services/payments & customer relationship management system is transforming the way digital & financial services are provided to the African smallholder farmer & retailers in open […]
See MoreCELLULANT LISTED AMONG TOP 2018 GLOBAL FINTECH100 COMPANIES BY KPMG
Cellulant, a leading digital payments provider that reaches 40 million people across 11 African countries, has been named among the Top 50 emerging Fintech companies in the world in this year’s KPMG FinTech100 report. The 2018 KPMG Fintech100 report highlights truly innovative companies creating products and services at the nexus of technology and financial services. Cellulant […]
See MoreHow blockchain technology is disrupting payments processes in the Agricultural sector
Blockchain technology is a decentralized digital ledger that keeps immutable records of transactions. It maintains a network of computers working together as well as independently, to keep and verify records in such a way that once a record has been written and accepted by all the computers in the network, it cannot be altered. It […]
See MoreCellulant marks 2018 World Agric Day with NSBAG forum on Investing in Nigeria’s Agribusiness Value Chain
Africa’s leading Payment Service Provider, Cellulant, was a major contributor at the 2018 World Agriculture Day symposium organized by the Nigeria Stockbrokers Agribusiness Group. The event which had the theme “Tapping into Investment Opportunities in Agribusiness Value Chain” took place at the Nigeria Stock Exchange, Lagos and brought together stakeholders in the agric, financial […]
See MoreClose Up interview with the Co-Founder of Africa’s leading payments ecosystem: Bolaji Akinboro
1. What part of your job keeps you awake at night? I constantly think about how to use technology to capture the full potential of the agriculture value chain in Africa and help the continent achieve self-sufficiency and bring down the food import bill. Africa currently loses 32% of crops produced – which represents enough food to […]
See MoreAgrikore – The Blockchain Solution for Africa’s Agriculture. Its promise & proposition.
Following the tremendous success of the work we did in Nigeria , Liberia and other countries such as Afghanistan , Togo and others. I decided that we needed something much more superior to the eWallet. We had to be at the cutting edge of technology for Agriculture; I decided that we need to move to […]
See MoreMore African Farmers Set To Benefit From $47.5 million TPG’s Rise Fund Investment In Cellulant, its first in Africa
After raising $47.5m from the Rise Fund, a global impact investing fund managed by growth equity platform TPG Growth, Cellulant, says the investment will help scale its blockchain-based platform Agrikore. Agrikore is a mobile blockchain-based platform that has served more than 7 million farmers across the continent, better connecting them to the market and helping […]
See MoreCBN Grants Payment Solution Service Provider (PSSP) Approval to Cellulant Nigeria
Lagos, February 2018: The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has issued an approval in principle to Cellulant Nigeria Limited to operate as a Payment Solution Service Provider in Nigeria having satisfied the stringent requirements of the CBN This approval makes Cellulant one of the Payment Solution Service Providers (PSSP) in Nigeria. PSSPs are the companies […]
See MoreHow To Improve Your Finances In 2018
Managing your finances require proper planning and making the right decisions. It is based on the principle of save, invest and protect. The New Year generally inspires new habit and goals for most people, we want to improve our financial situation, good health, better relationship and many more goals. Here are some tips on how […]
See MoreCellulant Gets “Company of the Year” Award.
Cellulant co-founders Ken Njoroge and Bolaji Akinboro has been honored as “Company of the Year” at the seventh annual African Diaspora Awards (ADA) in New York City. The ADA Awards ceremony applauds outstanding African leaders who have engineered impact and change to inspire the African community around the world. The awards are hosted annually to […]
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