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 ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Nigerian mobility fintech startup Moove raises $105m Series A2 round to scale globally
Nigeria-based mobility fintech startup Moove has raised US$105 million in an oversubscribed Series A2 round to scale to seven new markets across Asia, ...
Startup
Tunisia: Tunisian smart energy startup Wattnow raises $1.3m pre-Series A funding
Tunisian startup Wattnow, an IoT smart energy management solution, has raised a US$1.3 million pre-Series A funding round to help it expand across ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: YC-backed Nigerian insurtech startup Curacel unveils new product Grow
Nigerian insurtech startup Curacel, an AI-powered platform for claims processing and fraud management in Africa, has announced itself as a participant in the ...
Egypt
Egypt: Egyptian fintech startup Nexta raises $2.2m pre-seed round
Egyptian fintech and next-generation banking startup Nexta is set to launch operations after satisfying all Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) requirements and securing ...
Africa
Africa: Canza Finance raises $3.27M Seed round to empower underserved sub-Saharan Africa SMEs with financial services
Fundraising led by Fenbushi Capital will help to expand Africa’s Web 3.0 and DeFi ecosystems Canza Finance, an emerging markets neobank that is ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Nigeria buy now pay later startup Klump raises $780k pre-seed funding
Lagos-based buy now pay later (BNPL) startup Klump has raised a US$780,000 pre-seed funding round to help it launch its flagship “Pay with ...