MEST Africa has invested $300,000 into three Kenyan startups from it's $1.1m seed fund. The three Kenyan startups, Farmula, Saada & Nadia were part of MEST Africa's 11 startups from...
Read moreMtabe App, MyHI, Sheria Kiganjani, Kilimo Fresh Foods, Noobites, Nuru- EX-Africa Tanzania- MITZ Innovations are set to pitch at SEEDSTARS Dar Es Salaam on 23rd August 2019 at Seedspace Dar...
Read moreOpera's OPay, a payment and financial inclusion startup has launched OBus, a shuttle booking service in Nigeria to take on Swvl, Careem Bus, Little Bus among others according to people...
Read moreNigeria's Mofoluke Ayoola, who started RedViolet Company as a traditional interior design company, in 2010, is set to launch Furnisee, an IKEA-style DIY home furnishing solution in the UK. Ayoola,...
Read moreKobo360, a digital marketplace for long distance hauliers connecting cargo owners to vetted and reliable trucks, has raised $30 million to build a Global Logistics Operating System powering trade...
Read moreOpay, Opera's Africa's focused payments and everything platform has added OTrike, a tricycle hailing service to its portfolio, as it moves to become Africa's biggest super-app. Use cases for its...
Read moreTrella, the Cairo-based trucking marketplace, which recently raised $600k+ in a pre-seed funding led by Algebra Ventures, has joined Y Combinator’s S19 batch, to disrupt the fragmented trucking industry in...
Read moreGhana's Nvoica by Growth Factor, which solves the problem of cash flow issues caused by late payments by enabling SMEs to get paid in 24hrs when dealing with credit clients,...
Read moreAfriLabs, a pan-African network of 158 technology and innovation centers in 45 African countries has partnered with the African Union Commission to host the 2019 AfriLabs Annual Gathering. The Annual...
Read moreVivendi Group, a subsidiary of French Bolloré Holdings is set to invest $40 million in Rwanda, after a partnership with the Rwanda Development Board (RDB). The deal will see Vivendi...
Read moreJack Ngare, MD Finserve Africa, an independent commercial fintech arm of Equity Bank Group, has been appointed MD Microsoft's Africa Development Centre in Nairobi, Kenya. Launched in May 2019, the...
Read moreiSabiDeliver, an online on-demand delivery service based in Abuja and Ibadan is ramping up its operations to expand to more cities in Nigeria. The on-demand delivery platform doing food delivery,...
Read moreBabylon, UK's digital healthcare startup which operates as Babyl in Rwanda has raised a $550 million investment at an over $2bn valuation to launch in the US and Asia and...
Read moreImpulse, a startup accelerator developed by Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) in partnership with MassChallenge, has said it will inject $250,000 into winning startups of its just-launched 12- week acceleration...
Read moreSendy, Kenya's forerunner logistics platform has recently partnered with the Kenya Association of Manufacturers and tripled its staff in a new growth strategy. The firm says the new partnership will...
Read moreHuawei recorded $58.34 billion in revenue for the first half of 2019, a 23.2% increase over the same period last year and saw a net profit margin of 8.7% despite...
Read moreIn Nigeria and Africa at large, there is a huge disconnect between learners' academic qualifications and the skills needed to accomplish tasks in the workplace. Significant reforms are therefore required...
Read moreNairobi and Ireland-based DPO Group has acquired South Africa's online payment processing firm PayFast in stock and cash options in a move to fulfill its pan-African consolidation dream. There have...
Read moreAlipay, an Alibaba-owned mobile payments processor has partnered with Flutterwave, a pan-African payments firm located in SF and Lagos, Nigeria, in a move that will see Alipay link its 1...
Read moreBranch International, a micro-lending platform fighting it out with Tala and Operas Okash has raised $5m to bolster its local lending operations in Kenya and grow its product portfolio. With...
Read moreTanzania's Ubongo Kids never operated in Mauritius and never repatriated any money to the tax haven, despite reports by ICJ and several digital media platforms, CEO Nisha Ligon told TechMoran....
Read moreKaiOS Technologies maker of KaiOS, today announced it has added WhatsApp to its KaiStore in a move to connect the world, in partnership with Facebook, the social media giant which owns...
Read moreThe Ethnic Brand, a Kenyan startup that wants to be an Uber for manufacturing, has raised $500,000 from Malaysia's Magic Accelerator to bring manufacturing as a service to global artisans...
Read moreLateral Capital, which has invested in a number of countries including Appzone, Asoko Insight, Koko Networks, Sparkmeter, Workstyle, Medsaf among others has invested into Kenya's Lynk, a blue-collar jobs marketplace...
Read moreNairobi-based travel tech platform HotelOnline, has raised $320,000 from its existing investors and new investors such as Norway's Trond Riiber Knudsen Group and Shravan Shroff , an early backer of...
Read moreOPay, a mobile platform powering mobile payments, loans with Okash, transportation with Oride, food & grocery delivery with Ofood, and other important services has raised $50 million to reach more...
Read moreSafeMotos, an on-demand ride-hailing system focusing on motorcycle taxis in Kinshasa and Kigali is excited to be a first mover in Kinshasa, Africa's third-biggest city. Speaking to TechMoran, Barret Nash,...
Read moreMEST Africa has appointed Ashwin Ravichandran as its new Managing Director, in a move to grow and strengthen its portfolio of startups and expand its reach and impact across the...
Read moreOn-demand delivery platform Glovo is expanding across various city estates in Nairobi to meet the growing demand, the company told TechMoran.The firm has launched in Nairobi's Central Business District with...
Read moreAaron Fu, former Managing Partner, Nest Africa and recent MD of MEST Africa is leaving the pan-African accelerator to focus on his family, friends and his health, TechMoran has learned....
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