Startup
Playfre Expands Music Streaming Service to the Entire African Continent
Playfre has announced that it plans on expands platform across the entire continent. Before this, Playfre – which launched in May 2019 – ...
Startup
Pie Insurance Secures $127 Million Through Latest Investment Round
Insurtech startup Pie Insurance announced on Thursday it secured $127 million through its latest investment round. The companies that participated in the funding round ...
News
Overfunding – Neobank for Africans Eversend Surpasses €550,000 in Funding Through Seedrs Round
Eversend, a Neobank for African, has successfully secured its initial €550,000 equity crowdfunding target through its Seedrs campaign. The company is now offering 7.67% ...
Startup
New Israel-based Digital Bank Established by Tech Entrepreneurs to Begin Providing Services in 2021
A newly launched Israeli virtual bank founded by experienced tech professionals Amnon Shashua and Marius Nacht will begin offering banking services to clients ...
Ghana
Ghanaian health tech startup, mPharma, raises $17m in a new funding round
mPharma, a Ghanaian startup that streamlines last-mile delivery of prescription drugs and makes them affordable, in under-served markets, has reportedly raised $17 million. ...
South Africa
SA fintech Peach Payments nets new investment to help it expand into Africa
SA fintech Peach Payments has raised new investment to drive its expansion into Africa, in a round led by Umkhathi Wethu Ventures (UW Ventures), in ...
Startup
GoBear raises $17 million to expand its consumer financial services for Asian markets
Singapore-based fintech startup GoBear has raised $17 million from returning investors Walvis Participaties, a Dutch venture capital firm, and Aegon N.V., a life insurance and asset management ...
Startup
Agtech Startup Agroscout Raises $3 Million
Agroscout develops an artificial intelligence-based system that identifies and monitors crop diseases, enabling farmers to improve crop yields and reduce the use of ...
Startup
Fintech startup Zaggle ties up with Visa for innovative payments solutions for SMEs
Fintech startup Zaggle on May 23 said that it has partnered with payments technology major Visa to launch innovative payment solutions for SMEs and startups. ...
Kenya
Blockchain-based P2P remittances startup launched in Kenya
Kenyan startup BitLipa has launched a peer-to-peer (P2P), borderless remittances network that allows wallet-holders to send money anywhere in the world. Formed at ...