Digital-only retail bank Kuda raises $1.6mn, aims for Q4 live launch in Nigeria
By CNBC
17 September 2019 |
10:00 am
Lagos and London-based digital-only retail bank, Kuda says it has raised $1.6 million in pre-seed funding. To discuss their plans going forward, Co-founder and CEO of Kuda, Babs Ogundeyi, joins CNBC Africa for more.
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