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FinTech, Funding, News

Visa invests in Orda, Oze, WorkPay, and OkHi to boost African financial inclusion

Ngozi Chukwu

7th November 2024
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Madica backs Nigerian clean energy startup Earthbond with $200,000

Emmanuel Nwosu

22nd October 2024
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Payment unicorn Zepz raises $267 million from World Bank, Accel and TCV

Towobola Bambgose

4th October 2024
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South-African startup Scale raises $700,000 to help fintechs issue cards

Emmanuel Nwosu

3rd October 2024
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New fund backs African Filmmakers with $40 million

Faith Omoniyi

26th September 2024
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Regfyl, a Nigerian fraud detection company, raises $1.1million to expand team and build new compliance product

Faith Omoniyi

17th September 2024
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Seychelles, South Africa rule Africa’s blockchain roost with 95% of funding

Ephraim Modise

16th July 2024
Funding, Reports

Founders continue to raise debt as funding decline persists, according to the State of Tech in Africa report

Ngozi Chukwu

13th July 2024
Funding, Venture Capital

Paris-based Breega is the latest European VC to close an Africa-focused fund

Ngozi Chukwu

20th June 2024
Funding, News, Startups

Spiro secures $50m debt funding from Afreximbank to expand electric vehicles in Africa

Frank Eleanya

17th May 2024
Funding, News

E-commerce logistics partner Renda raises $1.9 million to expand across Nigeria, Kenya

Faith Omoniyi

2nd May 2024
Funding, News, Venture Capital

TLcom Capital closes $154 million fund for early-stage African startups

Frank Eleanya

21st April 2024
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Surging inflation is forcing auto finance startups to rethink their financing strategies to maintain demand

Frank Eleanya

28th March 2024
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Acasia Ventures leads six-figure investment in Egypt-based health tech Pharmacy Marts

Towobola Bambgose

20th March 2024
Funding, News

Record funding in women-led healthtech startups sets agenda for founders

Frank Eleanya

7th March 2024
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EXCLUSIVE: Hohm Energy raises $8 million seed to tackle loadshedding in SA

Ephraim Modise

22nd February 2024
Funding, Startups, Venture Capital

Kenyan EV startup Roam secures $24m to scale production

Frank Eleanya

14th February 2024
Companies, Funding

Exclusive: Flutterwave invested in PiggyVest’s parent company in 2023

Abubakar Idris

13th February 2024
Exclusive, Funding

Exclusive: Ghanaian talent startup Remoteli raises £250,000 from footballer Jeremie Frimpong

Joseph Olaoluwa

6th February 2024
FinTech, Funding

Ecobank-backed Cameroonian fintech, Koree, closes $200k pre-seed round

Noah

3rd January 2024
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Fuse announces $10 million grant programme for Web3 startups

Ephraim Modise

7th December 2023
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Exclusive: tappi raises $1.5 million pre-seed to digitize African SMEs

Faith Omoniyi

6th December 2023
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SA tech sees boost in investment from private equity firms

Ephraim Modise

1st November 2023
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SA startups returned $17 million in exit returns to investors in 2022

Ephraim Modise

24th October 2023
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Talent-sourcing firm Outsized closes Series A round led by Knife Capital

Ephraim Modise

20th October 2023
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Stitch announces $25 million Series A extension to expand enterprise payments product

Ephraim Modise

3rd October 2023
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South African payments startup Revio raises $5.2 million seed round

Faith Omoniyi

28th September 2023
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East Africa records 51 private equity exits in a decade

Kenn Abuya

21st September 2023
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Fixit45 raises $1.9 million to expand into East Africa

Joseph Olaoluwa

21st September 2023
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Livecopper announces investment from Moa Holdings to scale e-commerce product

Ephraim Modise

15th September 2023
Funding, Press Release

Nigerian Startup Mecho Autotech raises $2.4 million in pre-Series A round

Mariam Muhammad

14th September 2023
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Ugandan startup, Emata raises $2.4 million in seed round

Mariam Muhammad

14th September 2023
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MultiChoice-backed solar startup Wetility raises $48 million to expand solar energy product

Ephraim Modise

8th September 2023
Funding

“You can invest in Africa” and other common mistakes in how the world sees our continent

Guest Author

4th September 2023
FinTech, Funding

Anchor closes $2.4 million to scale banking-as-a-service for African businesses

Abraham Augustine

4th September 2023
Features, Funding

Eden Care Medical: Y Combinator’s latest health insurance bet in Africa

Joseph Olaoluwa

26th August 2023
FinTech, Funding, News, Startups

LemFi raises $33 million to bring free remittance payments for global migrants

Abraham Augustine

24th August 2023
Funding

How tech founders are now thinking about pre-seed fund raising

Joseph Olaoluwa

15th August 2023
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Knife Capital closes $50 million fund to invest in growth-stage SA startups

Ephraim Modise

10th August 2023
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Buguard raises $500k in seed round to fund growth

Faith Omoniyi

7th August 2023