Nigeria
Nigeria: FinTech Helping To Reduce Unemployment In Nigeria- NITDA Boss
The Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa has said that with the formulation of the right regulations and ...
Africa
Africa: Six Fintech Companies from Africa Emerge as Finalists in the Ecobank Fintech Challenge 2022
Finalists will compete for the top price of $50,000 and admission to the ‘Ecobank Fintech Challenge Fellowship’ program The six finalists were chosen ...
Startup
Uganda: Tugende closes pre-Series B funding raising a total USD 10 million in equity and debt transactions arranged by Verdant Capital
Verdant Capital served as Tugende’s financial advisor and arranger with respect to its equity and debt capital raises Tugende, the innovative fintech platform ...
Global
Global: Google launches startup accelerator for circular economy in Pakistan
In a bid to facilitate the startups and non-profit organisations in Pakistan, Asia-Pacific and North America, US tech giant Google is launching a ...
South Africa
SA: South African startup Talk360’s seed funding hits $7M after new backing
Months after the initial close of its seed round, Talk360, a South African Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) startup, has raised an additional $3 ...
Côte d’Ivoire
Ivory Coast: B2B Payments Platform Julaya Raises Additional US$5M Led By Speedinvest
Ivory Coast-based payments company Julaya has raised a US$5 million extension round led by European venture capital fund Speedinvest to expand its operations ...
South Africa
SA: Google Cloud Boosts Syft’s Financial Reporting Application to Scale Beyond South Africa
Google Cloud announced today a collaboration with Syft, a South African – based financial reporting application which processes significant volumes of financial data ...
Ghana
Ghana: Ghanaian agtech Farmerline raises $1.5M from Dutch investor Oikocredit
Ghanaian agtech Farmerline has secured $1.5 million equity funding from Dutch impact investor Oikocredit in its second close of the pre-Series A round. ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: 383 Nigerian Tech Startups Raised Over $2 Billion in Seven Years – Report
About 383 Nigerian tech startups raised a combined $2 billion in funding between January 2015 and August 2022 more than any other country ...
Global
Global: Google acquires Israeli climatech startup BreezoMeter for over $200 million
The Israeli startup aims to monitor air quality and improve people’s health by using atmospheric data that is acquired through multiple sensing stations, ...