Startups

MAX, a motorcycle taxi startup transforming moto-taxi mobility in Nigeria has raised between $6m and $7m to expand across Africa.

Jobberman Nigeria has appointed Mrs. Hilda Kabushenga Kragha as the new Chief Executive Officer, responsible for the growth and operations for the...

Mauritius-based Inter Africa Transport Forex (IATF), a fintech platform that enables transport companies, especially cross-border ones – to better procure, manage and...

Cape Town-based insurtech startup Inclusivity Solutions has raised $ 1.5 million first tranche of its Series A round to expand its digital...

Pan-African entrepreneurial training program, seed fund, and incubator MEST Africa, has named Oze from Ghana, Snode Technologies from South Africa and WayaWaya...

Kenya's Twiga Foods, a B2B platform that aggregates retail demand and efficiently provides low cost access to better quality food has raised...

AfriLabs, the pan- African network of technology and innovation hub has added 27 new hubs into her network thereby extending her reach...

In 2013, two like-minded second year Computer Science undergraduate students, Tesh Mbaabu and Mesongo Sibuti founded a software company, Mesozi, with...

Kinaya Ventures and its partner Nestlé held a meet-up part of an African tour to source early/late stage startups in Africa -...

Microsoft has extending the reach of its Cloud Accelerator Programme to eight more countries including Kenya and South Africa.

Nairobi-based UTU Technologies and Hong Kong-based Graychain to give UTU's customers the ability to link their UTU profile to the Graychain platform...

The GSMA Innovation Fund for Digitisation of Agricultural Value Chains aims to scale digital solutions for the agricultural last mile and improve...

Stockholm's Norrsken has launched its tech hub and accelerator in Kigali, Rwanda as its second market out of Sweden in its first...

​Orcas​, a mobile marketplace that connects parents and students with tutors and babysitters has raised $500K in a pre-Series A funding round...

Tenderd, a heavy equipment rental marketplace for the construction industry in the MENA region has launched after raising the region’s largest seed...

MENA's Careem has acquired UAE's bikesharing service Cyacle in a move that will help it enter the micro-mobility space.

Cape Town-based Travelstart is set to wholly acquire Club Travel Group in a move expected to boost its offering by adding Club...

As the East African economy grows, especially in Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda, at a steady 5.9% in 2019, according to the African...

Taz Technologies Inc, the firm behind MPOST, a virtual postbox startup has concluded its pre-Series A first round of funding from Cape...

Cloud9xp, an online marketplace, booking service and distributor for leisure experiences backed by Hotel Online has merged with Hearbeat Adventures, a tech-enabled...

Walie Holdings Ltd, a Jiji-owned company now fully owns and operates OLX in Africa as Jiji.ng in Nigeria and Jiji.ke in Kenya...

Russia's inDriver, a venture backed ride-hailing service with $10m in funding has launched in Nairobi, Kenya, making it the second city after...

Launched in 2017, Trukkin, a techno-logistics firm based in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates has raised over $3.5m in funding...

 SWVL, an Egyptian mobility company present in Egypt and Kenya has announced a partnership agreement with Ford that will see the Ford...

Kenya's Little, a taxi hailing service has launched its Little Boda service after several months in pilot to take on UberBoda, Taxify/BoltBoda,...

African startups are urged to apply to the 2019 Spring Fellowship, a 4-month acceleration program in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire in a move...

Barcelona-based Learnlife has raised €3.1m seed funding round led by BPO Capital in partnership with 19 entrepreneurial supporters spanning 11 countries.

StatsBomb.com, a football analytics provider based in UK has acquired 100 percent of Cairo-based sports data collection firm ArqamFC, to fuel global...

Founded by Mofoluke Ayoola in 2010, Nigeria’s RedViolet is a go-to interior platform providing everyday Nigerians with quality furniture and furnishing accessories to beautify...

West Africa’s first online vessel chartering platform MVXchange has announced the closing of their pre-seed funding round. The financing round believed to...