Africa
Tanzanian Fintech Raises $10 Million, Plans to Enter 12 More African Countries
A Tanzanian fintech startup revealed it has raised $10 million in its latest funding round and is planning to use the funds to ...
Startup
Casava Raises $4m Pre-Seed to Develop Affordable, Accessible Insurance in Nigeria
Nigeria’s Casava has closed a $4,000,000 pre-seed round described as the largest pre-seed for an African insurtech company and second-largest for a Nigerian startup after Nestcoin’s round. ...
Africa
Africa: Oracle injects $1 million to support African tech startups
Multinational cloud computing firm Oracle, has announced support of over R15 million ($1 million) to help African tech startups accelerate their digital initiatives ...
Africa
6 more African startups confirmed for Y Combinator W22 batch
Six more African startups have been confirmed as participants in the W22 batch of the renowned Silicon Valley-based Y Combinator accelerator, taking the ...
Nigeria
AltSchool raises $1,000,000 to birth more technical and soft skills in Nigeria
Nigeria’s AltSchool has raised $1,000,000 in pre-seed funding to scale its efforts in technical and software skills training. The investment will enable AltSchool ...
Startup
Kenya: Mobility startup Opibus launches first Africa-developed electric bus in Kenya
Mobility startup Opibus has introduced the first all-electric bus in Kenya, also the first Africa-designed electric bus ever. Founded in 2017, Opibus is the leading ...
Startup
Global: The Sandbox announces $50M fund for its startup accelerator program
Virtual world project The Sandbox announced its metaverse accelerator program that will push the development of the open metaverse by investing $50 million ...
Nigeria
CKROWD ANNOUNCES MAJOR SOFTWARE UPGRADE TO CHANGE THE CREATORS’ ECONOMY IN AFRICA AND THE DIASPORA
Ckrowd announces new major platform upgrade to 1.4 software version, making its features the best to support Live & On-Demand content publishing & monetisation for ...
Startup
Kenya: Kenya fintech startup Zanifu raises $1M seed funding
Kenya fintech Zanifu will extend its stock financing to MSMEs after securing $1 million in seed funding. The round was funded by Saviu Ventures, Sayani Investments, Launch Africa, ...
Startup
Morocco: Morocco B2B e-commerce startup Chari raises bridge round
Chari has announced a closing bridge round led by Khwarizmi Ventures (KV), a Saudi-based venture capital fund, AirAngels, and AKWA Group’s venture capital ...