OPay, an Africa focused mobile payments startup founded by Norwegian browser company Opera , has raised $50 million in funding. Lead investors include Sequoia China, IDG Capital, and Source Code Capital. Opera also joined the round in the payments venture it created. OPay will use the capital (which wasn’t given a stage designation) primarily to grow its digital finance business in Nigeria—Africa’s most populous nation and largest economy. OPay will also support Opera’s growing commercial network in Nigeria, which includes a motorcycle ride-hail app ORide and OFood delivery service. Opera founded Opay in 2018 on the popularity of its internet search engine. Opera’s web-browser has ranked number two in usage in Africa , after Chrome, the last four years. On the payments side, OPay in Nigeria has scaled to 40,000 active agents and $5 million in transaction volume in 10 months. The $50 million investment in OPay is more than just another big round in Africa. It has signi
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