Egypt
Egypt: Egyptian fintech startup Nexta raises $2.2m pre-seed round
Egyptian fintech and next-generation banking startup Nexta is set to launch operations after satisfying all Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) requirements and securing ...
Africa
Africa: Canza Finance raises $3.27M Seed round to empower underserved sub-Saharan Africa SMEs with financial services
Fundraising led by Fenbushi Capital will help to expand Africa’s Web 3.0 and DeFi ecosystems Canza Finance, an emerging markets neobank that is ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Nigeria buy now pay later startup Klump raises $780k pre-seed funding
Lagos-based buy now pay later (BNPL) startup Klump has raised a US$780,000 pre-seed funding round to help it launch its flagship “Pay with ...
Africa
Africa: First cohort of African startups selected for the FAST digital transformation program
Flapmax, in partnership with Microsoft, has announced the twelve companies selected for the first cohort of the FAST startup accelerator, created to help strengthen and ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Digital addressing startup OkHi raises $1.5m seed round extension
Smart addressing startup OkHi has secured a US$1.5 million seed extension, bringing the total of its seed funding to US$3 million, to support ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Flapmax and Microsoft Announce First Cohort of African Startups Selected for the FAST Digital Transformation Program
Twelve-week accelerator brings together entrepreneurs to jumpstart technology innovation Flapmax (www.Flapmax.com) announced today the twelve companies selected for the first cohort of the FAST startup accelerator (www.FASTaccelerator.com), ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Ghanaian e-commerce startup Tendo launches in Nigeria with heavyweight backing
Ghanaian startup Tendo, which enables anyone to sell online with zero upfront inventory, has launched in Nigeria after securing the backing of heavyweights ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Nigerian Financial Super-App, YEP!, Raises $1.5m in Pre-Seed Funding
Yep!, a financial super-app, has raised $1.5 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Greenhouse Capital as the company launches its revolutionary ...
Africa
Africa: Fonbnk Raises $3.5-Million in Seed Funding to Aid Underbanked Across Africa
Fonbnk, a US-based company that leverages the widespread penetration of billions of prepaid mobile SIM cards to enable interoperability between the Web3 internet and traditional ...
Kenya
Kenya: Kenyan Startup Named Winner of Global FinTech Competition
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) FinTech Conference has named Kenyan startup, Money254, as the grand prize winner of their 2022 FinTech Startup ...