Startup
Nigeria: E-mobility company Transtura acquires Wazomoney
As the startup can now explore the strength of Financial Technology services through payment solutions for its marketplace or platform Transtura, an online ...
Startup
Uganda: Ugandan fintech startup ChapChap secures funding round
ChapChap, a Ugandan fintech startup that creates reliable financial profiles for MSMEs, has secured a funding round from Nordic Impact Funds to accelerate ...
Startup
Nigeria: Nigeria’s Duplo Raises $1.3m Pre-Seed to Build Financial OS for B2B Companies
Duplo, a Lagos-based fintech, tackling the payments inefficiencies in the FMCG sector, has raised $1.3 million to expand its offering in digitizing payment flows for ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Nigeria’s Grey accepted into Y Combinator’s Winter 2022 batch
Nigerian-based fintech, Grey, with a recent name change from Aboki Africa, has announced its acceptance into Y Combinator’s 2022 Winter batch for startups. Asides ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Transtura Acquires WazoMoney, Launches Mobility Payment, Marketplace Solutions
Nigeria-based ride-hailing and shared mobility startup, Transtura has completed the acquisition of WazoMoney, a fintech startup which provides simplified payment solutions as it ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Nigerian startup BitPowr launches to provide blockchain, crypto infrastructure for businesses
Nigerian startup BitPowr has launched operations, providing blockchain API, wallet and digital assets infrastructure for businesses. Founded in stealth in early 2021, BitPowr provides infrastructure ...
Kenya
Kenya: Afya Rekod, Kenyan startup closes its seed round at $2 million to scale across Africa
Afya Rekod is a health data platform that focuses on the patient and allows both patients and health facilities to capture, store and ...
Africa
Tanzanian Fintech Raises $10 Million, Plans to Enter 12 More African Countries
A Tanzanian fintech startup revealed it has raised $10 million in its latest funding round and is planning to use the funds to ...
Startup
Casava Raises $4m Pre-Seed to Develop Affordable, Accessible Insurance in Nigeria
Nigeria’s Casava has closed a $4,000,000 pre-seed round described as the largest pre-seed for an African insurtech company and second-largest for a Nigerian startup after Nestcoin’s round. ...
Africa
Africa: Oracle injects $1 million to support African tech startups
Multinational cloud computing firm Oracle, has announced support of over R15 million ($1 million) to help African tech startups accelerate their digital initiatives ...