
Google’s, others’ $110m cash pushes Moniepoint into ‘unicorn club’
Nigeria based fintech Moniepoint has raised $110 million in new funding from investors including Google to scale up digital payments and banking solutions across Africa, the company has said. Sources close to the transaction said the new funding valued Moniepoint above $1 billion, giving it “unicorn” status – a term for privately-owned business valued at…