Nigerian Tech Startup, Touch And Pay, Joins The W22 Y Combinator Accelerator Programme

By akintunde On Jan 21, 2022

Touch and Pay (TAP), a cowry card payment system, has now been listed in the W22 Y Combinator batch, bringing the number of tech startups with Nigerian origin on the accelerator program to five.

The four Nigerian startups earlier listed that would be funded in this year’s accelerator programme include Moni, Topship, IdentityPass and Doja.

The probability that more Nigerian tech startups would get selected in the accelerator programme is very high as Nigerian tech startups are getting a lot of attention from the international community.

TAP intends to utilize its backing by the Y Combinator accelerator program to digitize cash-based microtransactions, expand across African markets and create a truly cashless ecosystem by mopping up cash across several sectors with technology.

YC, which was launched in 2005, brings together over 100 startups from across the world to Silicon Valley twice a year (winter and summer) for a three-month accelerator programme that culminates into a Demo Day

The company has set out to build a unique mobile payment and services platform capturing offline and online transactions.This will be Captured in a seamless way and to especially focus on the processing of microtransactions.

– Nairametrics

Nigerian Tech Startup, Touch And Pay, Joins The W22 Y Combinator Accelerator Programme

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