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Stripe acquires Paystack II Techtalks

By Abiodun Ogundairo
16 October 2020   |   7:37 pm
Nigerian payments startup, Paystack, founded in 2015 by Shola Akinlade and Ezra Olubi, has been acquired by US payment giant, Stripe.⁣ ⁣ The acquisition, valued at over $200 million, happened two years after Stripe led an $8 million Series A financing round for Paystack, and it is the biggest startup acquisition so far in Nigeria.⁣ ⁣

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