Africa
Tunisia: Orange Ventures invests in Tunisia last-mile delivery startup Lamma
Tunisia’s last-mile delivery startup Lamma has raised an undisclosed investment round from Orange Ventures. Hamza Guesmi and Koussi Aymen founded the ultra-fast logistics fintech in 2021 ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Interswitch unveils Whitepaper on Blockchain Technology
The white paper document contains details on how businesses can leverage blockchain technology to transform their businesses and the prospects it portends for ...
Africa
Here are the 8 startups taking part in the Last Mile Money Accelerator
Here are 8 startups connecting underserved communities with the digital economy Last Mile Money Accelerator is a 4-month program run by IDEO & ...
Africa
PaySika secures pre-seed funding to provide neobank services in francophone Africa
PaySika, a financial technology startup developing mobile and web-based banking solutions for French-speaking African countries, today announced that it has secured a €300,000 ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Flutterwave valuation to hit $3 billion
Nigerian e-payments startup, Flutterwave, in talks to triple valuation Flutterwave’s valuation is on a journey to hit $3 billion, as reports suggest that ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Eden Life closes $1.4m seed round to build out Africa’s first home services app
Eden Life has secured a $1.4 million new capital investment to go into building in-house technology, develop kitchens, operational hubs, and part of ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Fintech Sparkle raises $3.1M Seed Round
The round raises Sparkle’s total funding thus far to $5.1 million. Nigeria’s lifestyle and financial ecosystem app Sparkle has raised a $3.1 million seed round ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Appzone Relaunches BankOne, Digital Core Banking Solution for Africa’s Fintechs and Neobanks
The BankOne Platform has been re-engineered with functionality expected to drive the exponential growth of fully digital offerings from new Fintechs across Africa. ...
Egypt
Egypt launches 3rd edition of the African Application and Game development Cup
Egyptian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology alongside ITIDA have announced the launch of the African App Launchpad Cup (3rd edition) in cooperation with IBM and registration is open for early-stage startups and entrepreneurs ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Rent Small Small becomes first African proptech company to join Techstars Toronto Accelerator
Rent Small Small offers flexible Pay-as-you-Stay home rental solution The Nigerian property technology startup that is reorganising the home rental market has been ...