Rwanda
Rwanda: Rwandan Tech Startup for Lawyers Secures $1.8 Million in Funding
Kigali-based Hence Technologies has laid out plans to continue growing and scaling operations in Rwanda, especially in finding the best problem-solvers, designers, and ...
Egypt
Egypt: Naspers unit invests in Egyptian fintech start-up
A unit of Naspers, Africa’s biggest company by value, and Egypt’s largest bank invested in Lucky, to help the fintech start-up in the North ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: ThriveAgric raises $56.4m debt funding and accelerates pan-Africa expansion plans
Fundraise will help company take advantage of Africa’s growing agriculture sector and scale-up business across the continent ThriveAgric, a fast-growing technology-driven agricultural company, has ...
Nigeria
DEAL: Simplifyd raises $500,000 pre-seed funding, launches ZeroData
Nigerian startup, Simplifyd, has raised US$500,000 in pre-seed funding to solve the challenges associated with accessing affordable data. The new funding came from ...
Kenya
Kenya: Kenyan Startup Powered by People Secures $5 Million Seed Funding for Global Expansion
Susa Ventures and Golden Ventures led the equity funding round for Powered by People. Investors such as Flexport Ventures, J Ventures, and the ...
South Africa
South Africa: SA’s Engen opens applications for $67k startup pitching competition
South African petroleum company Engen has opened applications for its Pitch & Polish pitching competition, which will see 16 entrepreneurs compete for a ...
Startup
Senegal: Senegalese logistics startup Chargel raises $750k pre-seed round
Senegalese logistics startup Chargel has raised a US$750,000 pre-seed funding round to help it make the trucking industry in Senegal and Francophone West ...
Africa
11 startups picked for Africa: 2nd Startupbootcamp AfriTech, Telecel accelerator
Startupbootcamp AfriTech and Telecel Group have selected 11 African startups to take part in the second edition of the Africa Startup Initiative Programme ...
Africa
Africa: Sokowatch Rebrands to Wasoko, Raises $125m Series B
Sokowatch has announced the close of a $125 million Series B Equity round; the largest venture financing round ever raised by a non-fintech ...
Kenya
Kenya: eWAKA Officially Launches Green Response to Africa’s Expanding Transportation Requirements
Fund Raising Effort Underway to Develop Local African Assembly Facility and to Further Expand Robust IT Capabilities eWAKA (https://eWAKA.tech), Africa’s new market entrant that ...