Africa
Africa Code Week initiative aims to bridge Africa’s digital divide
The Seventh edition of digital literacy program to reach all 54 African countries – New mobile app and coding challenge to kickstart youth ...
Morroco
Morocco: B2B e-commerce startup Chari raises $5M funding
YC-backed Morocco B2B e-commerce startup Chari has closed a $5 million seed funding raising its valuation to $70 million. Founded in 2020 by Sophia Alj and Ismael Belkhayat Chari ...
Africa
Africa: Payday secures $1 million pre-seed fund to build “Paypal for Africa”, eyes Rwanda as its African HQ
Payday, an African fintech startup has secured a one million dollars pre-seed fund to continue with its efforts to enable swift global payments ...
Ghana
Ghanaian Roberta Annan Launches €100m Impact Fund for Africa
Ghanaian businesswoman and entrepreneur Roberta Annan earlier this week launched a €100 million fund to channel investment into small and medium African creative ...
Africa
Google to inject $1 billion dollars into Africa
Google confirms $1B investment into Africa, including subsea cable for faster internet. The digital landscape of Africa presents many investment opportunities, given that ...
Africa
Africa: Sendy, Mobility 54 and Saviu Ventures invest in digital logistics startup Kamtar
Sendy and Mobility 54 (Toyota Tsusho’s CVC) and CFAO SAS have participated in a Series A funding of Kamtar International alongside Saviu Ventures a ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Klasha raises $2,400,000 to accelerate cross-border operations
Lagos and San Francisco-based startup, Klasha, has closed a $2,400,000 seed funding round led by Greycroft. In the round, Klasha also welcomed the ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Carbon Microfinance Bank introduces Visa debit cards
Carbon Microfinance Bank has launched fully digital banking service that allows customers to open a bank account, own Visa debit cards, enjoy 15.5% on savings ...
Africa
Africa: Nine Nigerians among 13 winners of Facebook 2021 Community Accelerator Programme
The 13 winners of the 2021 Facebook Community Accelerator Programme was recently announced by Facebook, with over half being Nigerians. Selected from over ...
Egypt
Egypt insurtech startup Amenli closes a $2.3M seed round
YC-backed startup Amenli has attracted a $2.3 million seed round investment to provide insurance services for Egyptians. Several local and foreign firms invested in this ...
