Egypt
Egypt: Egypt launches $50 million VC programme to support tech startups
Nevine Gamea, Minister of Trade and Industry and Executive Director of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency (MSMEDA), stressed the state’s ...
Startup
FinTechNGR targets accelerated startup growth with newly launched ‘Marketplace’
Playing its part in addressing challenges posed by startups and investors in Nigeria’s FinTech ecosystem, the FinTech Association of Nigeria (FintechNGR) has launched The ...
Startup
South Africa: SA fintech startup Lipa Payments raises $660k to help scale contactless platform
South African fintech startup Lipa Payments, which is bringing the “tap to pay” experience to informal sectors with its software solution that enables ...
News
SA: iiDENTIFii selected for prestigious JSE Enterprise Acceleration Programme
Leader in remote biometric digital facial authentication and automated onboarding technology, iiDENTIFii, has secured a coveted spot in the JSE Enterprise Acceleration Programme. ...
Kenya
Kenya: GE & Afya Rekod simplify access to medical records to enhance patient experience in Africa
The partnership with GE will allow for a seamless flow of data from the equipment directly to the app and into patients’ hands ...
Startup
Africa: A Swedish nonprofit is creating the largest startup hub in east Africa
For five years, Sweden’s Norrsken Foundation has helped social tech entrepreneurs in Africa and elsewhere solve societal and environmental challenges by investing in ...
Global
Global: Clickatell, a Global Leader in Chat Commerce, Secures $91 Million in Oversubscribed Series C Funding for US Expansion and Product Acceleration
Clickatell investors now include Arrowroot Capital, Kennedy Lewis Investment Management, Sequoia Capital, DAG Ventures, Endeavor Global and Harvest Clickatell (www.Clickatell.com), the CPaaS innovator ...
Africa
Africa: African Web 3 Super App Jambo Raises $7.5M in Seed Round
Jambo, a three-month old company building a Web 3 super app for Africa, has raised $7.5 million in seed funding from an array ...
Kenya
Kenya: MarketForce raises $40M Series A to Scale Up the Super App for Africa’s Informal Merchants
In sub-Saharan Africa, approximately 90% of household retail transactions are in cash, and delivered through a network of about 100 million MSMEs Today, ...
Africa
African startups raise $4.65 billion fundings in 2021
Fintechs accounted for more than half of the fund raised. African startups raised a sum of $4.65 billion in funding in 2021, despite ...