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Paystack

Paystack Paystack is a Nigerian financial technology company that provides payment processing services for businesses in Africa. Founded in 2015 by software engineers Shola Akinlade and Ezra Olubi, the company participated in the Y Combinator startup accelerator in 2016. In October 2020, Paystack was acquired by Stripe for over $200 million. At the time…

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Global investment in African fintech

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Founded
2015
Industry
Fintech
Headquarters
Lagos, Nigeria
Founder
Shola Akinlade, Ezra Olubi
Parent
Stripe

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Paystack

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Edges38
Triples59
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.051282
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Paystack

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related to Global investment in African fintech · 21
Paystack → According, Africa, African, At, CNN, COVID-19, DPO Group, Following, Market, Mastercard, Network International's, Patrick Collison, PayPal, Sendwave, Shola Akinlade, Similar, Stripe, Tencent, The, Visa
related to history · 12
Paystack → Africa, African, As, Combinator, Combinator's Winter, Ezra Olubi, In October, Nigerian, Shola Akinlade, Silicon Valley, Stripe, The
related to Partnerships · 11
Paystack → Africa, African, Apple Pay, Introduced Pay, Launched, Partnered, Pay, Selected, Shopify, WooCommerce, Xero
related to Funding · 8
Paystack → Africa, Comcast Ventures, In, Prior, Series, Stripe, Tencent, Visa
Founded · 1
Paystack → 2015
Founder · 1
Paystack → Shola Akinlade, Ezra Olubi
Headquarters · 1
Paystack → Lagos, Nigeria
Industry · 1
Paystack → Fintech
Parent · 1
Paystack → Stripe
Website · 1
Paystack → Paystack.com

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stripe africa payments african company fintech acquisition digital financial million e-commerce payment businesses 2020 funding investment startup shola akinlade online

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PaystackFounded20151.00infobox
PaystackFounderShola Akinlade, Ezra Olubi1.00infobox
PaystackHeadquartersLagos, Nigeria1.00infobox
PaystackIndustryFintech1.00infobox
PaystackParentStripe1.00infobox
PaystackWebsitePaystack.com1.00infobox
Paystackis aNigerian financial technology company that provides payment processing services for businesses in Africa0.90text
Paystackrelated to FundingIn0.60section
Paystackrelated to FundingTencent0.60section
Paystackrelated to FundingComcast Ventures0.60section
Paystackrelated to FundingSeries0.60section
Paystackrelated to FundingStripe0.60section

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