Jeff Bezos invests in African fintech startup

African fintech startup Chipper Cash has raised $30 million in a series B funding round led by Ribbit Capital with participation from Bezos Expeditions, Jeff Bezos’ personal venture capital fund, according to Quartz Africa.

Chipper Cash builds software to enable free and instant peer-to-peer cross-border payments.

The company, founded in 2018, has operations in Ghana, Uganda, Nigeria, Tanzania, Rwanda, South Africa and Kenya.

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