South Africa
South Africa: SA fintech startup Sticitt raises oversubscribed seed funding round
South African fintech startup Sticitt has secured an oversubscribed round of seed funding to help it continue to grow. Co-founded in January 2018 ...
Egypt
Egypt: Egyptian credit fintech Lucky raises $25m Series A
Egyptian fintech Lucky has raised $25 million in a Series A funding round, the country’s largest fintech Series A to date. The round ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Bill seeking to boost tech startups in Nigeria passes second reading at senate
A bill seeking to enhance technology-based startups in Nigeria has passed second reading at the senate. The bill passed second reading after Abdullahi ...
Startup
Africa: Churpy Raises $1 Million to Expand its Fintech Solution Across Africa
Kenyan fintech startup, Churpy, has raised $1 million in a seed funding round led by Unicorn Growth Capital. Churpy will leverage the capital ...
Startup
Cameroon: Cameroonian e-health startup Waspito raises $2.7m seed funding round
Cameroonian e-health startup Waspito has raised a US$2.7m seed funding round to grow its user base in its home market and expand to ...
News
Nigeria: Nigerian last-mile delivery startup Kwik raises $2million in funding for its logistics management business
The new round, a Series A, was led by XBTO Ventures, a VC fund focusing on digital asset ecosystems, financial products, AI, and ...
Rwanda
Rwanda: Applications Open for 2022 Africa’s Business Heroes Prize Competition
ABH annually awards 10 outstanding entrepreneurs from across Africa with a share of a US$1.5 million grant Applications open in English and French ...
Africa
Africa: 8 more African startups confirmed for Y Combinator W22 batch, total hits 23
Eight further African startups have been confirmed as participants in the W22 batch of the renowned Silicon Valley-based Y Combinator accelerator, taking the ...
Global
Global: Apple Acquires Credit kudos UK Fintech startup
Apple Inc. has announced the acquisition of UK open banking startup Credit Kudos, founded in 2015 by Freddy Kelly and Matt Schofield. Credit Kudos offers lenders additional data or information ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Nigerian Edtech Startup, Klas, Raises $130,000 in an Angel Funding Round
Nigerian edtech startup, Klas, has raised $130,000 in an angel funding round led by a range of investors including Tola Adesanmi of Spleet, ...