South Africa
SA: Tyme raises $180 million in funding deal involving Tencent and UK’s CDC Group
Multi-country digital banking group, Tyme, has secured $180 million Series B capital raise from Chinese multi-national technology conglomerate Tencent and UK impact investor CDC Group. ...
Kenya
Kenya fintech Hisa launches U.S. stocks trading platform for Kenyans
Hisa Technologies has unveiled the Hisa mobile that allows anyone in Kenya to invest in US stocks and ETFs directly from their phones through mobile ...
Nigeria
Nigerian BNPL outfit TradeDepot raises $110 million in debt and equity
TradeDepot, the leading B2B eCommerce and embedded finance platform in Africa, has raised $110 million in an equity and debt funding round to ...
Kenya
Kenya: Workpay partners with Kwara to offer streamlined HR & Payroll services to SACCOs in Kenya
The partnership will enable SACCOs to efficiently manage their Human Resource operations in one platform Digital banking fintech startup Kwara (www.Kwara.com) has partnered ...
Global
Comply Advantage supporting Raisin Bank with KYC solution
UK-based anti-money laundering technology company Comply Advantage has announced supporting Germany-based Raisin Bank‘s Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) solutions with a KYC offer. Raisin Bank is a deposit marketplace ...
Kenya
Kenya: B2B MarketForce joins hands with Cellulant for African expansion
The Kenya-based B2B retail and financial services distribution MarketForce has partnered with local fintech Cellulant to expand the first’s RejaReja super app into five additional African ...
Africa
Togo: Francophone African Super App Gozem Grabs $5m to Expand and Offer More Services
Gozem, a super app that provides a host of services — including transport, e-commerce and financial services in Francophone Africa — has raised ...
Egypt
Egyptian fintech startup Raseedi raises $850k pre-Series A round
Egyptian fintech startup Raseedi, a mobile app that helps users make cheaper calls, pay less and get advance credit, has raised a US$850,000 ...
Kenya
Kenyan agri-tech startup Shamba Pride raises $1.1m funding round
Kenyan agri-tech startup Shamba Pride has raised a US$1.1 million funding round to support its expansion across the country and roll out its ...
Global
Moody’s acquires PassFort and expands KYC and compliance capabilities
Moody’s Corporation has acquired PassFort and entered into an agreement to acquire kompany – two European providers of onboarding and KYC solutions. The acquisitions complement Moody’s technology, data, ...
