Africa
6 more African startups confirmed for Y Combinator W22 batch
Six more African startups have been confirmed as participants in the W22 batch of the renowned Silicon Valley-based Y Combinator accelerator, taking the ...
Nigeria
AltSchool raises $1,000,000 to birth more technical and soft skills in Nigeria
Nigeria’s AltSchool has raised $1,000,000 in pre-seed funding to scale its efforts in technical and software skills training. The investment will enable AltSchool ...
Startup
Kenya: Mobility startup Opibus launches first Africa-developed electric bus in Kenya
Mobility startup Opibus has introduced the first all-electric bus in Kenya, also the first Africa-designed electric bus ever. Founded in 2017, Opibus is the leading ...
Startup
Global: The Sandbox announces $50M fund for its startup accelerator program
Virtual world project The Sandbox announced its metaverse accelerator program that will push the development of the open metaverse by investing $50 million ...
Nigeria
CKROWD ANNOUNCES MAJOR SOFTWARE UPGRADE TO CHANGE THE CREATORS’ ECONOMY IN AFRICA AND THE DIASPORA
Ckrowd announces new major platform upgrade to 1.4 software version, making its features the best to support Live & On-Demand content publishing & monetisation for ...
Startup
Kenya: Kenya fintech startup Zanifu raises $1M seed funding
Kenya fintech Zanifu will extend its stock financing to MSMEs after securing $1 million in seed funding. The round was funded by Saviu Ventures, Sayani Investments, Launch Africa, ...
Startup
Morocco: Morocco B2B e-commerce startup Chari raises bridge round
Chari has announced a closing bridge round led by Khwarizmi Ventures (KV), a Saudi-based venture capital fund, AirAngels, and AKWA Group’s venture capital ...
Africa
SA: Severus drives African leadership with the launch of limited edition ‘African Hero’ NFT collection
The African Hero NFT collection launches 21 January 2022, at 7pm UTC on popular NFT marketplace, OpenSea The new cutting-edge fintech platform Severus (www.Severus.finance) is ...
Startup
Dojah joins other Nigerian tech startups in the W22 Y combinator program
Dojah, a tech startup based in Nigeria has been included amongst the tech startups to participate in the W22 Y Combinator accelerator programme. ...
Startup
Kenya: Kenya e-commerce startup Copia Global raises $50M
Copia Global a Kenya B2C e-commerce company has raised a $50 million Serie C round led by Goodwell Investments. The funds will go towards ...
