Tag: startups

In 2020/2021 I had the pleasure of working with The Worldbank to evaluate small businesses that were eligible for funding. ...

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Congo based Web 3 super app startup Jambo has raised $30M series funding led by Paradigm. Jambo which is Paradigm's ...

Microsoft  has announced it  will support in Africa over the next five years through a series of initiatives including partnerships ...

 Lipa Later, a buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) company operating in Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, and Nigeria, has raised USD 12 million from a ...

Australian Listed Zip has announced plans to fully acquire South African buy now pay later (BNPL) platform Payflex in its ...

US-based African-focused fintech Pngme, a financial data infrastructure and machine learning-as-a-service platform has raised $15 million in funding to allow ...

In March, Uber competitor Didi Chuxing (“DiDi”), started onboarding drivers in Cape Town, South Africa, after what it called a ...

South African Venture Capital Firm, Seed South Capital, has announced its investment into US-based, female-led startup, myFanPark to help the ...

Kenya's Kwara and Wellthi and Nigeria's Layer and South Africa's KarriPay, are part of the 11 fintech companies accepted into ...

Apple could soon estimate your breathing rate using an accessory you might not have thought of: your AirPods. This could ...

Chaka, a SEC-Licensed Digital Sub-broker and digital investment platform, has raised $1.5M in a pre-seed funding round to enable borderless ...

Esusu, the fintech startup building users credit via rent reporting and data solutions, has raised $10 million in Series A ...

BimaLab, an initiative of FSD Africa, the Insurance Regulatory Authority, and Tellistic Technology Services has opened  applications for its second ...

M-KOPA, the solar system financing firm turned-asset financing platform has officially launched in Nigeria with plans to lend millions of ...

 Algebra Ventures, Egypt’s leading venture capital fund, has appointed Laila Hassan and Omar Khashaba to its second, $90M fund as ...

Norwegian based Accelerator Pangea has unveiled a scale-up program that will offer private funding for local startups. The program aims ...

Uganda's fintech startup Ensibuuko has raised $1m from global impact investor FCA Investments to provide digital financial services to over ...

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EDF, a global leader in low-carbon energies has taken a 23 percent stake in Bboxx Kenya to provide access to ...

The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), committed to empowering young African entrepreneurs, and the European Union have partnered to identify, train, ...

ImaliPay, a Nigerian big data and AI-driven digital platform offering tailored financial products is set to launch in Kenya to ...

Nigerian mobility startup, Metro African Xpress (MAX) has successfully raised 1 million one -year fixed-rate series 1 Bond. The company ...

South African business accelerator Grindstone has selected 20 startups for the 2020 programme just days after launching an early-stage venture ...

UNICEF's Innovation Fund has opened applications from early-stage and potentially high impact blockchain startups. UNICEF is looking to make equity-free ...

South Korean car parts company, Hyundai Mobis (Mobile and System) is entering the venture capital space. Hyundai Mobis recently announced ...

The Afrijob Network (Afrijob) is a recruitment and human capital marketplace which provides relevant content and training to build top ...

Sendy, Kenya's logistics platform has opened up its platform to include freight services from the inland container depot and long-haul ...

Palladium, a global consultancy, is raising $40m for off-grid solar and agribusiness startups operating in Kenya, Ghana and Nigeria. Dubbed ...

In Nigeria and Africa at large, there is a huge disconnect between learners' academic qualifications and the skills needed to ...