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, ...
Global
Global: Indian market regulator puts insurer Digit’s $440 million IPO in ‘abeyance’
The Indian capital market regulator has moved Digit’s IPO application to “abeyance,” it said in what is a disappointing development for the online ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Nigeria Leads In Tech Startup Funding
A new report by Disrupt Africa says that the Nigerian FinTech ecosystem remains the highest beneficiary of FinTech investment in Africa. The report ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Nigerian startup, Kippa, raises $8.4 million to expand offerings to Nigerian SMEs
Kippa, a Nigerian financial management and payments platform, announced Monday it has raised $8.4 million in a new financing round. The round included ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Estate intel, Nigeria’s real estate analytic startup makes Google’s list after raising $500k in pre-seed funding
Estate Intel, an African-focused real estate data analytics platform, is among the 60 startups that have been accepted into the second cohort of ...
Egypt
Egypt: B2B e-commerce startup Capiter removes co-founders for “inability to fulfill duties”
Stepping up to the plate is Majid El Ghazouli, Capiter’s CFO, who will act as interim CEO until the Nouh brothers “return and ...
Africa
Africa: Blockchain Payments startup Bitmama secures $2m Pre-seed to Grow its Operation in New Markets
US and African-based blockchain payments startup Bitmama Inc. have raised an additional $1.65 million, bringing its total pre-seed round to about $2 million. ...
Africa
Africa: 10 ventures to showcase the exciting future of Web3, FinTech and DeFi in Africa at the upcoming Africa Money & DeFi Summit in Ghana
The Africa Money & DeFi Summit has announced the final shortlist of exciting ventures who will Pitch Live on stage in West Africa ...