Zambia’s Union54 launches chat, payments platform in partnership with Mastercard

Zambia’s Union54, a leading provider of innovative digital financial solutions, has partnered with Mastercard to launch social commerce platform ChitChat. A Y-Combinator alumni, Union54 has developed a number of tools to propel African commerce forward. The startup works with financial technology companies across Africa and has issued millions of debit cards to African consumers from almost every country on the continent.

Nigeria’s mobility fintech company Moove, Uber’s largest vehicle supply partner in EMEA, has secured US$8 million in financing from Absa Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB), bringing its total funding to-date from the bank to US$28 million, to expand its vehicle fleet in Ghana. Founded in 2019, Moove is democratising vehicle ownership in Africa by providing revenue-based vehicle financing to mobility entrepreneurs.

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