Africa’s latest fintech unicorn, Opay has 8 million active users

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This week's edition of The Draft spotlights Africa's latest fintech unicorn: Opay, and features other top stories curated by the Techloy News team and edited by Loy Okezie while listening to Techloy Music.

Note: This post has been updated to reflect Opay's user numbers.

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Chinese-backed, Nigerian-based fintech company Opay raised $400 million in a Japan-based SoftBank Vision Fund 2-led funding round, valuing the fintech company at $2 billion, making it Africa’s latest fintech unicorn, and marking the Japanese investment vehicle’s first bet in an African startup.

OPay, which claims monthly transaction value surpassing $3 billion, says it will use the new capital to strengthen its market position in Nigeria and Egypt and accelerate its expansion to other countries in Africa and the Middle East.

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