South Africa
SA insurtech startup Root closes a $3M seed funding round
Cape Town-based startup Root has closed a $3 million seed funding round. The startup is a cloud-based end-to-end insurance platform building infrastructure for the digital ...
Nigeria
Nigeria transportation startup Shuttlers raises a $1.6M seed round
Nigeria tech-enabled and shared mobility startup Shuttlers has completed a US$1.6 million seed round and looks to scale its operations to cities across Africa. The ...
Egypt
Egypt fintech KIWE receives first financing from Digital Finance Holding (dfin)
Egypt fintech KIWE a peer-to-peer money exchange app has closed its first investment round led by Digital Finance Holding (dfin) alongside participation from EFG Hermes, ...
Africa
Kiwi Pay Group to launch the largest online marketplace in Sub-Saharan Africa
Kiwi Pay Group, a Singapore-based fintech has entered into a strategic partnership with Bolloré Logistics, one of Africa’s leading transport and logistic businesses. The ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Aboki Africa Announces Pre-Seed Funding
Fast-growing Nigerian Fintech startup, Aboki Africa, has recently raised pre-seed funding led by Abdul Hassan (CEO of Mono), alongside Niche Capital Limited, Ingressive Capital, ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Bank of Industry Offers Funding Opportunity for Start-Ups
The Managing Director of the Bank of Industry, Kayode Pitan, has said that the emergence of Start-ups in business has come with creative ...
Egypt
Egypt edtech Educatly raises a $1M pre-Seed round
Egypt edtech Educatly has raised a $1 million pre-Seed round from Enterprise Ireland, Falak Startups, and several other angel investors. This follows its earlier launch in 2020. ...
South Africa
South Africa startup AI-BO on a mission to disrupt the market research space
AI-BO, a research platform that allows businesses to survey their targeted audience through WhatsApp, aims to democratize research by delivering insights and survey ...
Kenya
Kenya: Kwara launches regional offices as it targets thousands of SACCOs across Kenya
Digital banking platform Kwara has announced a regional expansion as part of their rollout across Kenya Kwara has placed permanent regional representatives across Western, ...
Egypt
Egypt grocery delivery startup Rabbit closes $11M record pre-seed funding
Speed grocery delivery apps have mushroomed across Europe during the global pandemic attracting record investment from investors. These venture-backed grocery delivery firms attracted ...