It’s been a
superb experience so far in Startng
and Flutterwave has done a super
work in the program. Oh yeah! I learnt they are the sponsors of the program and
I really want to express my gratitude to them for the great work they are
doing. In regards to that, I did a background research on them and I am left in
awesome. I learnt they are payment company and have a huge market in the country
and Africa in general.
Flutterwave
was founded in 2016 by Iyinoluwa Samuel Aboyej, a Nigerian entrepreneur who
also co-founded Andela, What does it does exactly? Flutterwave provides
seamless and secure payment solutions to banks, businesses and their customers.
With our solutions, a merchant can accept local and international payments from
card and bank accounts. Its technology also powers services like PiggybankNG,
Thrivesed.com, Walletng, MAXGO and other platforms as well.
It got
approval from the Central Bank of Nigeria for the use of the Unstructured
Supplementary Service Data (USSD) technology for its product. The tech firm
said the USSD is an addition to other payment channels it already offered and
affirm the firm's commitment to staying true to its promise to provide modern
payment infrastructure that would empower Africans.
They have
significant impart in the tech industry here in Nigeria and are willing to do
more. No wonder they have decided to play a part in this program. You can find
out more about them at here.