Startups
Uganda’s Eversend is raising over €850,000 to expand to Nigeria, Francophone Africa, & Europe
Uganda's Eversend, a digital-only financial services marketplace, is raising over €850,000 to expand to Nigeria, Francophone Africa and Europe. Eversend...
Zambian microfinance startup, Lupiya raises $1m from Enygma Ventures
Lupiya, a Zambian based micro finance startup has raised $1m from Enygma Ventures to help it scale and roll out...
Nigerian wholesale e-commerce platform Pricepally raises funding from GreenTec
Pricepally, a Nigerian wholesale platform allowing users to purchase food and other products either individually or as a part of...
Strive Masiyiwa’s Vaya Africa Launches an Electric Uber Service to Beat COVID-19
Vaya Africa, a ride-hail mobility venture founded by Zimbabwean mogul Strive Masiyiwa, has launched an electric taxi service and charging...
Crowd farming platform Ifarm360 launches to connect farmers, investors & markets
Ifarm360, a new crowd farming platform has launched to empower farming as a business by linking smallholder farmers to affordable...
Mipango Fintech launches to provide free financial advice to Tanzanians using AI
Mipango Fintech has launched a new app that will provide free financial advice to Tanzanians on IOS and Android mobile...
South Africa’s ProfitShare Partners raises R100 million to provide capital to SMEs
ProfitShare Partners, a South African startup that provides disruptive alternative funding to SMEs has raised R100 million from SA SME...
How the pandemic led to the launch of FoodleDoodle, East Africa’s first cloud kitchen
Foodledoodle, the first multi-brand cloud kitchen operation in East Africa has launched in Kenya and is working with hotels to...
Nigeria’s Passion Incubator launches the FCMB Agritech EPIC Pitch 2020
Passion Incubator and the First City Monument Bank (FCMB) are providing early to growth-stage entrepreneurs with prerequisite resources to grow...
Ingressive launches non-profit arm to connect African youths to scholarships & jobs
Ingressive has launched its non-profit arm, dubbed Ingressive For Good (I4G) to address the glaring inequities that exist within African...
Opera’s Opay shuts down ORide, OCar to focus eCommerce & payments
Opera's Opay has shut down its motorcycle hailing service ORide; OCar, its car-hailing services, and OExpress, its delivery service amidst...
Former Visa, Airtel Kenya exec launches Prosper, a personal development app
Prosper, is a new personal development app seeking to help the youthful and upwardly mobile professionals to improve their leadership and...
MFS Africa Acquires Beyonic, Bringing Cross-Border Digital Payments to SMEs Throughout Africa
MFS Africa has acquired Beyonic, a digital payments management provider of business services for SMEs, fintechs, and social impact entities across Africa....
Andela opens up to all African countries after going fully remote
Andela, the global talent company that helps companies build remote engineering teams, has announced it will now accept engineers from...
Uber in talks to buy San Francisco based postmates for $2.6 billion
Uber is reportedly in talks to buy out San Francisco based food delivery company Postmates for about $2.6 billion. According...
How Ramtons Simplifies Your Appliance Buying Process?
Over two decades ago, Ramtons was conceptualized by Hypermart Ltd and is now a leader in home and kitchen appliances...
Kenya’s Stimaboda launches to enable bodaboda cyclists switch to electric moto-taxis
Stimaboda has launched in Kenya to provide a charging service for electric moto-taxis in Kenya and enable moto-taxi drivers to...
Startup Circles, An African Online Accelerator & Startup School Launches
Startup Circles, a new African online accelerator and startup school has launched to help entrepreneurs across the continent build and...
The African Union Launches Youth Innovation Challenge on Democracy & Governance
The African Union (AU) has launched the “Democracy and Governance in Africa- Youth Innovation Challenge”, to identify, capacitate and recognize...
Andela is closing offices in Africa to operate remotely
Software talent company Andela could be closing all of its offices to go completely remote in Africa. The news comes...
Egypt’s MoneyFellows raises $4 million for pan-African expansion
MoneyFellows, an Egyptian fintech platform has secured $4 million in Series A investment in a move to help millions of...
Entries open for the AppsAfrica Innovation Awards 2020
AppsAfrica Innovation Awards has launched applications for its sixth annual awards to celebrate the best in mobile and technology from across...
Ingressive Capital Doubles its Fund to $10M with Backing from Michael Seibel, Techstars etc
Ingressive Capital has doubled its investment vehicle to $10 Million USD from the previous $5m to back high-growth, tech-enabled startups...
Plentywaka enters logistics business with new B2C Platform – ‘Logistics by Plentywaka’
Plentywaka has launched Logistics By Plentywaka (LBP), an expansion to the company’s bus transportation network in the city. Plentywaka says...
Here are 6 Kenyan startups selected for Google Startups Accelerator 2020
Six Kenyan startups have been selected into the 2020 Google for Startups Accelerator Africa Class 5 out of the 20...
Here are 20 African startups selected for Google Startups Accelerator 2020
Google for Startups Accelerator ( formerly known as Launchpad) Africa Class 5 will be hosting one combined class, with 20...
Hyped up Gumzo allows its users to record & broadcast their video calls via YouTube Live.
Gumzo, Africa’s first video conferencing system has added new features to its platform that will enable users to record and...
WhatsApp launches payments feature for SMEs and individuals in Brazil
WhatsApp, the Facebook-owned instant messaging application has launched digital payments to WhatsApp users in Brazil in a move expected to disrupt...
VC4A announces 2020 ‘Venture Showcase’ for African scale-ups looking to raise between $500K & $10M
VC4A.com is calling for disruptive African scale-ups looking to raise between $500K and $10M. In proud collaboration with technical partner...
Suguba announces Afrikhaliss, its 6-month investment readiness program in West Africa
Suguba has announced Afrikhaliss, its second 6-month investment readiness program in West Africa targeting 8 most promising startups in the...