Kenya
Kenyan Startup Wowzi Secures $3.2 Million From 4DX Ventures, Andela Co-Founder to Expand Across Africa
Kenyan startup Wowzi has secured new funding to expand the reach of its platform, which turns social media users into brand influencers, to ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: 60 women to benefit from NITDA Techpreneurship training in Lagos
In its attempt to bridge the gender digital divide and promote digital literacy and skills amongst the women folk, the National Information Technology ...
Nigeria
Nigerian-founded edtech startup, Edukoya, closes $3,500,000 pre-seed round
Nigerian-founded online learning platform, Edukoya has raised $3,500,000 in a pre-seed funding round led by Target Global. Edukoya, founded in May 2021 but ...
Ghana
Ghana: 3000 start-ups in Africa to get financial, technical support
A total of 3000 start-ups from 13 African countries, including Ghana are to benefit from financial and technical support to create decent and ...
Kenya
Kenya: Tingg by Cellulant Wins Overall Mobile App of The Year at The Mobile App Awards Gala in Kenya
Cellulant unveiled a new brand identity for the Tingg app (formerly Mula) earlier in 2021 Tingg, the all-in-one super payments app, won the ...
South Africa
SA fintech startup Entersekt recieves investment from US based Accel-KKR
Leading identity and global authentication solutions provider Entersekt has raised an undisclosed investment amount from US private equity firm Accel-KKR. The funding will go towards accelerating ...
Africa
Zuri Health goes live in Senegal in partnership with Expresso Senegal
Zuri Health announces its launch in Senegal through a partnership with Expresso Senegal. The partnership between Zuri Health and Expresso Senegal look to revolutionize ...
Africa
Africa: Mastercard, Progresssoft Partner to Simplify Remittance in Africa
Mastercard has entered into a strategic partnership with the real-time payment solutions company, ProgressSoft, to ease the integration of Mastercard Cross-Border Services and ...
Egypt
Egyptian Fintech Sympl Raises $6m for Its ‘Save Now, Pay Later’ Service
Buy now, pay later (BNPL) offerings have existed for a long time, but increased in popularity as the pandemic made more people shop ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: uLesson raises $15,000,000 Series-B investment from Nielsen Ventures, others
Nigerian education technology company, uLesson, has announced its $15,000,000 Series-B investment. uLesson now has a record of being the first African edtech company ...