Funding

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  Funding

  As infrastructure lags, new $75,000 fund targets tech fixes for African cities

  Kenn Abuya

  3rd December 2025

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  Funding

  Backed by $1 million, Zazu is building a Mercury-style banking experience for African SMEs

  Opeyemi Kareem

  1st December 2025

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  Funding

  Bluworks, Egyptian HR automation startup, raises $1 million for regional expansion

  Abdulrasheed Abubakar

  23rd November 2025

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  Funding

  South African smart energy startup Plentify raises Series A funding to expand globally

  Sakhile Dube

  19th November 2025

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  Funding

  Ventures Platform closes $64 million fund with Nigeria’s government as an investor

  Temitayo Jaiyeola

  6th November 2025

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  Funding

  DisrupTech Ventures invests in Morocco’s YC-backed Chari to deepen fintech push

  Emmanuel Nwosu

  5th November 2025

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  Funding

  Kenya’s Farm to Feed raises $1.5 million to give imperfect farm produce a market

  Opeyemi Kareem

  3rd November 2025

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  Funding

  Spiro raises $100 million as it takes over half of Kenya’s electric bike market

  Kenn Abuya

  21st October 2025

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  Funding

  Moniepoint raises $90 million to complete $200 million Series C round

  Muktar Oladunmade

  21st October 2025

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  Artificial Intelligence, Funding

  Madica bets $400,000 on North African AI startups, deepens ties with Africa’s angel investors

  Opeyemi Kareem

  20th October 2025

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  Funding

  Kuunda raises $7.5 million to drive expansion into the Middle East and North Africa

  Opeyemi Kareem

  15th October 2025

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  Funding

  Why investors are starting to look beyond Africa’s “Big Four”

  Kenn Abuya

  14th October 2025

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  Funding

  Cameroon’s REasy raises $1.8m to fix how Africa’s importers pay suppliers

  Abdulrasheed Abubakar

  9th October 2025

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  Funding

  Africa’s gender funding gap persists; women founders still get just 1 in 10 dollars

  Opeyemi Kareem

  16th September 2025

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  Funding

  Kredete raises $22M to launch Africa’s first stablecoin-backed credit card

  John Adoyi

  15th September 2025

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  Funding

  Acumen’s new $90 million Kawisafi fund to back African climate-tech startups

  Ifeoluwa Aigbiniode

  12th September 2025

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  Funding

  Morocco’s Nucleon Security raises $3.5m to scale Zero Trust AI across Africa

  Abdulrasheed Abubakar

  12th September 2025

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  Funding

  Morocco’s Jobzyn raises pre-seed led by Janngo Capital to scale AI-powered hiring across Africa

  Opeyemi Kareem

  11th September 2025

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  Funding

  Solar cooling startup Koolboks raises $11 million to expand across Africa

  Emmanuel Nwosu

  3rd September 2025

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  Funding

  Ex-TikTok engineer raises $100k pre-seed to build app store for AI tools in Africa

  Faith Omoniyi

  13th August 2025

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  Funding

  Kenya’s HoneyCoin raises $4.9 million to expand stablecoin cross-border payments into new markets

  Kenn Abuya

  12th August 2025

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  Funding

  Chowdeck raises $9 million to launch quick commerce strategy and expand operations

  Faith Omoniyi

  11th August 2025

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  Ecosystem, Funding

  “Mastercard Foundation’s agreement was not terminated due to a breach,” Bongani Sithole, 54 Collective’s CEO

  Muktar Oladunmade

  22nd July 2025

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  Funding

  Village Capital taps local partners to deploy $4 million fund for early-stage African startups

  Opeyemi Kareem

  15th July 2025

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  Funding

  Luno co-founder’s MoneyBadger raises $400,000 pre-seed

  Emmanuel Nwosu

  15th July 2025

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  Funding, News

  South African-born AI infrastructure startup Cerebrium raises $8.5 million  

  Sakhile Dube

  9th July 2025

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  Funding

  Kenya’s BuuPass secures undisclosed fresh investment from Yango Ventures

  Opeyemi Kareem

  7th July 2025

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  Funding

  PaidHR completes $1.8 million seed round led by Accion Venture Lab

  Faith Omoniyi

  23rd June 2025

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  Funding

  Carrot Credit raises $4.2 million seed to scale crypto- and stock-backed lending in Africa

  Faith Omoniyi

  22nd May 2025

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  Funding

  South Africa’s AURA raises $14.6 million to drive U.S. expansion and global ambitions

  Sakhile Dube

  16th May 2025

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  Funding

  Google-backed Platos Health raises $1.4 million pre-seed to roll out preventive health device across Nigeria

  Faith Omoniyi

  7th May 2025

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  Funding, Venture Capital

  Pros and cons of VC funding in 2025: What founders think

  Chukwuebuka Mgbojikwe

  5th May 2025

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  Funding, News

  Kofa raises $8.1 million to expand battery-swapping energy network

  Faith Omoniyi

  30th April 2025

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  Funding

  Nigerian fintech Payhippo rebrands as Rivy, raises $4 million for clean energy financing

  Emmanuel Nwosu

  26th March 2025

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  Funding

  Madica invests $800,000 in four startups, expands footprint into North Africa

  Emmanuel Nwosu

  12th February 2025

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  Funding

  Israeli unicorn StarkWare launches $4 million fund to invest in African blockchain startups

  Towobola Bambgose

  6th February 2025

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  Funding

  77% of African angel investors limit deals to $25,000, ABAN finds

  Towobola Bambgose

  20th December 2024

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  Funding, News

  Nigeria’s Juicyway raises $3 million to help businesses solve FX shortage problem

  Emmanuel Nwosu

  16th December 2024

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  Funding, News

  Moroccan mobility startup Enakl raises $1.4 million in Catalyst Fund-led pre-seed round

  Emmanuel Nwosu

  3rd December 2024

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  Funding, Reports

  The ‘Big 5’ accounts for 85% of Africa’s private capital deals in Q3 2024, says Stears report

  Emmanuel Nwosu

  20th November 2024