Mines

Paystack, a Nigeria-based FinTech startup that provides payments tools to businesses in Afrika, has concluded its Series A funding round of $8 million. The Series A funding round was led by Stripe with Visa also participating while Tencent and Y Combinator also participated by providing follow-on funding. ![Nigeria Paystack FinTech

Financial inclusion is undoubtedly one of the trending topics when it comes to FinTech in Afrika. A day barely goes by without a startup or a big corporate talking about "how we are increasing financial inclusion." Few, however, seem to have a clear definition of what financial inclusion

Nigerian FinTech startup, Mines, has reported that it has closed its Series A funding round of $13 million. The Series A funding round was led by The Rise Fund with Velocity Capital, Western Technology Investments, First Ally Capital, X/Seed Capital, NYCA Partners, Persistent Capital, Singularity Investments, Trans Sahara Investments,