Verdant Capital Hybrid Fund has accomplished its fourth funding in simply over two years since its closing, with a US$3 million most popular fairness funding in Zeepay.
Zeepay specialises as a Mobile Money Challenger, and is presently the most important non-telco Mobile Money Operator in Africa by stability sheet and income with Mobile Money Licenses in six international locations – Ghana, Zambia, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Gambia and Barbados. Zeepay additional terminates remittances into Mobile Money Wallets throughout all networks, together with its personal wallets out there in six international locations. Zeepay has a monetary inclusion partnership with UNCDF.
This yr marks Zeepay’s ten years of existence. The firm has over 200 employees, with places of work throughout Africa, Europe, and the Caribbean.
Andrew Takyi-Appiah, Managing Director of Zeepay, stated, “We are happy to welcome Verdant Capital Hybrid Fund, our new shareholder, into the business. Making it the fifth institutional shareholder in less than three years after the initial investment by I&P. The new funding raised will be used to strengthen our financial position in support of our high growth in 2024.”
Kwabena Appenteng, Director at Verdant Capital, stated, “Zeepay offers investors like Verdant an attractive combination of hard currency earnings through its remittance-to-the-wallet business and growth opportunities across the continent. As a testament to the strength of the management team at Zeepay. The business reached profitability earlier in its lifecycle than other fintechs and has maintained strong profitability while growing and diversifying its footprint and revenue base.”
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