Kenya
Kenyan retail-tech startup Tanda secures funding for regional expansion from HAVAÍC
Kenyan agency banking startup Tanda is expanding its operations regionally after securing funding from early-stage African tech investor HAVAÍC, Zedcrest Capital, DFS Lab, ...
Uganda
Uganda: Post Bank to Transition Into Commercial Bank
Post Bank has said it has completed a five-year strategy in which it will seek to transition into a fully-fledged commercial bank. The ...
Uganda
MFS Africa leads $2.3M seed round in Ugandan fintech startup Numida
Small businesses in Africa need digital banking services, including plenty of credit. Although these businesses drive economic growth and contribute up to one-third ...
Africa
Why Twitter is opening African office in Ghana
Twitter has announced that it is opening its first African office in Ghana. “Twitter is now present on the continent,” Twitter CEO ...
South Africa
Innovative South African fintech secures funding
Local fintech Troygold, the creator of SA’s first gold-backed savings account, debit card, has secured an investment Crossfin Ventures, the angel investment arm ...
Nigeria
NITDA calls for entries for world creativity and innovation day 2021 innovation challenge
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) as part of the United Nations’ World Creativity and Innovation Day 2021 is organizing an Innovation Challenge with ...
South Africa
South Africa Telco MTN Targets $5 Billion For Mobile Money Expansion
South Africa-based MTN, the mobile phone company, has plans to value its mobile money arm at over $5 billion, a report from Financial Times (FT) says. ...
Ghana
DreamOval obtains PSP licence from BoG
DreamOval Limited, an African fintech company, recently obtained its enhanced Payment Services Provider (PSP) licence from the central bank of Ghana. The Payment ...
Rwanda
Rwandan electric motorcycle startup Ampersand raises $3.5m funding
Rwandan electric motorcycle company Ampersand has secured a US$3.5 million investment from the Ecosystem Integrity Fund (EIF) in order to scale its operations. ...
Africa
Central Africa- Equity Bank Secures $100 Million to Expand in East and Central Africa
AFDB facility will support Equity’s expansion in East and Central Africa and ensure MSMEs have access to capital to recover and thrive in ...