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Lupiya

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lupiya.com • HQ: Lusaka, Zambia • Series A 2026 • Founded 2016 • Startup
HQ: Lusaka, Zambia • Series A 2026 • Founded 2016 • Startup
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Funding and backers

Latest round
Series A
Mar 2026 · 7 mo ago
The money's age
Fresh money
7 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
20/100
fresh money
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
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The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Mar 2 Raised a round Series A · allafrica Feb 23, 2024 Released an app Lupiya · App Store 2016 Founded
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Web presence
top 0.75%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
App Store
4.5 ★
2 ratings
Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Series A Mar 2026 — — allafrica
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Overview

Lupiya is a Lusaka fintech founded in 2016 that provides digital loans to Zambian consumers and small businesses. It lends particularly to women entrepreneurs shut out of traditional bank credit. The company underwrites and services loans through its own online platform.

News

News allafrica 7 months ago
Zambia Neobank Lupiya Extends Series a to $11.25m
Zambian digital bank Lupiya has extended its Series A funding round to $11.25 million as it prepares to scale operations in Zambia and expand into new markets.
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News finextra.com 2 years ago
Zambia neobank Lupiya partners Network International for debit card Read more
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Press release zawya.com 2 years ago
Lupiya Financial Services to Showcase Fintech Innovations for Financial Inclusion at GITEX Africa 2024 Read more
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News The Weather Network 2 years ago
Lupiya, 2, ZM Current Weather
Get Lupiya, 2, ZM current weather report with temperature, feels like, wind, humidity, pressure, UV and more from TheWeatherNetwork.com.
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News TechCrunch 3 years ago
Sample Series A pitch deck: Lupiya's $8.3M deck
For the 69th installment (nice!) of the Pitch Deck Teardown series, let's take a peek at how Lupiya told its story to close this round.
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
Lusaka Zambia
HQ
CONTACT
Counting House, Suite 1, Thabo Mbeki Rd Lusaka | Zambia
company site

Financials

Latest round
Series A
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Series A 2026 — Details