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Into the Koraverse

Into the Koraverse: Mario

Into the Koraverse: Mario

Mario is a Senior Product Designer with a real passion for his job. He’s always known he wanted to work with digital art and charted the course that would lead him to it. It has also never occurred to him that he shares a first name with arguably the most popular video game character of all time. Keep reading to know more about him.

February 22, 2024
October 25, 2023
3 mins read
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Into the Koraverse

Into the Koraverse: Somto

Into the Koraverse: Somto

It allows me to be part of something truly extraordinary: working towards an Africa with no financial borders. I am passionate about helping improve the continent, and Kora provides an opportunity to do that while making good money.

February 23, 2024
September 21, 2023
2 mins read
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Merchant Security Awareness

Data breaches demystified: safeguarding your digital world

Data breaches demystified: safeguarding your digital world

Data breaches can occur in various ways, including through hacking, malware, phishing attacks, physical theft, or accidental exposure. When a data breach happens, it often results in the exposure, theft, or compromise of personal, financial, or sensitive information, which can have serious consequences for individuals, organisations, or even governments. Here is how to protect youself.

September 13, 2023
September 13, 2023
4 mins read
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Merchant Security Awareness

A guide to understanding internet cookies.

A guide to understanding internet cookies.

A guide to understanding internet cookies.

August 17, 2023
August 17, 2023
2 mins read
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Product

Introducing Kora Startup Kit

Introducing Kora Startup Kit

The Kora Startup Kit is a directory of handpicked, pre-vetted companies we recommend to businesses like yours starting up in Africa.

November 5, 2024
November 5, 2024
2 mins read
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Product

Introducing virtual USD cards issuing for businesses

Introducing virtual USD cards issuing for businesses

Issue USD virtual cards for customers to pay for things online or their bills and also issue corporate cards for your business needs.

October 14, 2024
October 18, 2024
4 minute read
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Product

Say hello to “Pay with Bank”

Say hello to “Pay with Bank”

A post informing the general public about Kora's latest feature. Pay with Bank.

February 27, 2023
November 11, 2022
2 mins read
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Events

Kora x GDG Owerri: Empowering Africa's next generation of tech talent

A summary of the KoraHack23 Hackathon sponsored by Kora and Google Developers Group.

May 8, 2023
May 8, 2023
2 mins read
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Events

Kora partners with Healthracka to provide employees with free cervical cancer test kits

Kora partners with Healthracka to provide employees with free cervical cancer test kits.

April 6, 2023
April 6, 2023
1 min read
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Events

Kora hosts Harvard Business School students at Lagos office

Kora welcomed the Africa Caucus group from the Harvard Business School to their office in Lagos, Nigeria.

March 31, 2023
March 31, 2023
1 min read
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Events

Confidence, Audacity, and Community: The Keys to Women’s Success in African Tech

Advice for women in tech from women in tech.

March 27, 2023
March 28, 2023
3 mins read
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Inside Kora

Kora launches Covenant University’s first student endowment fund

Kora establishes ₦200 million endowment fund at Covenant University, starting with ₦30 million, to support students' education over ten years.

October 14, 2024
October 14, 2024
3 minutes read
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Inside Kora

Kora launches USD card-acquiring in Africa

New product to help accelerate Africa’s participation in global trade.

March 27, 2023
March 27, 2023
2 mins read
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Inside Kora

Kora is officially ISO certified

Kora is now an ISO 27001 & ISO 22301-certified organization

March 8, 2023
March 8, 2023
1 min read
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Inside Kora

Big news: We moved our URL and updated our name

We moved our URL address and updated our name. Read this to find out why.

February 27, 2023
February 27, 2023
2 mins read
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Merchant Stories

Really Simple Social built a tool that changed advertising in Nigeria

In advertising, agencies always have to balance the client’s expectations and deliverables without overshooting the client’s budget. So, getting a tool that works was important. The first objective was to provide social media marketing services that delivered to client expectations while being cost-effective. So, they built a solution to cater to that need and now help other agencies get the same result for their clients, not just in Nigeria but worldwide.

May 5, 2024
May 8, 2024
3 mins read
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Merchant Stories

The Ultimate Frisbee Club: Growing a community of disc sports athletes in Africa

To collect payments, Sadiq, the founder of the Ultimate Frisbee Club used Kora to create a payment link and shared it on the club’s WhatsApp group and it made the donations smooth and seamless. ‍Using Kora also helped him build transparency because he could now export the finances of the community and share them with the rest of the organisers and sponsors. ‍

May 5, 2024
May 7, 2024
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Merchant Stories

Revolutionising leather fashion in Nigeria, Ghana and beyond. A journey with Detail Africa

Strategically using Kora to accept payments in Ghana, Detail Africa embraces a pan-African perspective. The move aligns with the company's expansion plans, demonstrating a commitment to reaching new markets across the continent. 

November 17, 2023
November 17, 2023
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Merchant Stories

Oystr: Unlocking credit access for the unbanked in Africa

How Oystr Finance is unlocking credit for Africa's unbanked.

July 5, 2023
July 10, 2023
3 mins read
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Embrace Equity

#EmbraceEquity: Favour

For our International Women’s Month series, #EmbraceEquality, here’s Favour, a member of the People Operations team at Kora.

March 10, 2023
March 10, 2023
1 min read
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Embrace Equity

#EmbraceEquity: Promise

For our International Women’s Month series, #EmbraceEquality, here’s Promise, a Senior Product Manager at Kora.

March 10, 2023
March 10, 2023
1 min read
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Embrace Equity

#EmbraceEquity: Ayobami

For our International Women’s Month series, #EmbraceEquality, here’s Ayobami, a front-end engineer at Kora.

March 10, 2023
March 10, 2023
1 min read
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Embrace Equity

#EmbraceEquity: Ajiri

For our International Women's Month series, #EmbraceEquality, here's Ajiri, a Senior Product Designer at Kora.

March 10, 2023
March 10, 2023
1 min read
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Merchant Security Awareness

Typosquatting and brand impersonation explained

In this blogpost, we’ll teach you the difference between typosquatting and brand impersonation and steps you can take to protect yourself. 

October 21, 2024
October 22, 2024
6 minute read
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Merchant Security Awareness

How to spot deep fakes and steps to protect yourself

Generally, deepfakes are usually so convincing that it’s hard to tell what’s fake and what’s real. You might have encountered a deep fake without even realising that the information was false because of how realistic it looked.

September 23, 2024
September 23, 2024
6 minute read
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Merchant Security Awareness

Identity theft and how to protect yourself

Millions of people fall victim to Identity theft each year, and it can happen to even you if you don’t take the proper precautions. In this post, you'll learn how to recognize identity theft and how to protect yourself from falling victim.

August 30, 2024
August 30, 2024
6 minute read
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Merchant Security Awareness

Quishing (QR phishing) explained: Think before you scan

You can expose yourself to scammers by scanning a QR code. It's called quishing. Read this post to learn about it and how to protect yourself.

July 24, 2024
July 24, 2024
7 minute read