Africa
Africa: First cohort of African startups selected for the FAST digital transformation program
Flapmax, in partnership with Microsoft, has announced the twelve companies selected for the first cohort of the FAST startup accelerator, created to help strengthen and ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Digital addressing startup OkHi raises $1.5m seed round extension
Smart addressing startup OkHi has secured a US$1.5 million seed extension, bringing the total of its seed funding to US$3 million, to support ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Flapmax and Microsoft Announce First Cohort of African Startups Selected for the FAST Digital Transformation Program
Twelve-week accelerator brings together entrepreneurs to jumpstart technology innovation Flapmax (www.Flapmax.com) announced today the twelve companies selected for the first cohort of the FAST startup accelerator (www.FASTaccelerator.com), ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Ghanaian e-commerce startup Tendo launches in Nigeria with heavyweight backing
Ghanaian startup Tendo, which enables anyone to sell online with zero upfront inventory, has launched in Nigeria after securing the backing of heavyweights ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Nigerian Financial Super-App, YEP!, Raises $1.5m in Pre-Seed Funding
Yep!, a financial super-app, has raised $1.5 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Greenhouse Capital as the company launches its revolutionary ...
Africa
Africa: Fonbnk Raises $3.5-Million in Seed Funding to Aid Underbanked Across Africa
Fonbnk, a US-based company that leverages the widespread penetration of billions of prepaid mobile SIM cards to enable interoperability between the Web3 internet and traditional ...
Kenya
Kenya: Kenyan Startup Named Winner of Global FinTech Competition
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) FinTech Conference has named Kenyan startup, Money254, as the grand prize winner of their 2022 FinTech Startup ...
Ghana
Ghana: Ghana’s Fintech Startup, Dash, Raises $32.8m to Build Interoperability for African Mobile Wallets
Dash, Ghana-based unified payments app has announced that it has raised $32.8 million in an oversubscribed seed round to facilitate interoperability for digital ...
Egypt
Egypt: Egyptian logistics startup Milezmore raises $5m pre-seed round from Brimore
Egyptian startup Milezmore, which provides cloud fulfillment, last mile delivery, and customisable operations solutions, has raised US$5 million in pre-seed funding from social ...
Nigeria
DEAL: Nigerian fintech, Sudo Africa raises $3.7 million pre-seed for its card-issuing API platform
Nigerian fintech, Sudo Africa has raised $3.7 million in pre-seed funding round led by Global Founders Capital a San Francisco based venture capitalist firm. According ...