Africa
Tunisia data management startup Biware raises a $1.2 million Seed round
Biware, a Tunisia data management and analysis startup has raised a $1.2 million seed round from Zitouna Capital and CDC Gestion. The company ...
Ghana
Ghana: Startup Ecosystem Programme to skill 7,000 youth with digital skills
Ghana Tech Lab has teamed up with several partners in a weeks-long fourth edition of the Ghana Start-up Summit in Accra. This programme runs ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Shecluded secures Google Grant to drive financial inclusion for women
This funding will enable Shecluded to provide more access to financial services and business resources to women in Africa. Leading Nigerian fintech company, ...
Africa
Zambia: Mastercard partners with Digital PayGo to drive secure payments for SMEs in Zambia
Mastercard has partnered with Zambian-based fintech company, Digital PayGo, to launch a new merchant mobile payments solution, which will enable Small and Medium ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Winner Emerges in Impact Africa Elevator Pitch Competition
WAFUNDA, a social tech enterprise based in South Africa has emerged overall winner of the first Impact Africa Elevator Pitch Competition. This was ...
South Africa
iiDENTIFii wins Microsoft South Africa 2021 ISV Partner of the Year award
Biometric digital authentication and automated onboarding technology solution, iiDENTIFii, recently added another accolade to its growing list of awards by being named as ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Bitmama secures $350,000 pre-seed funding to deliver blockchain-powered payments solutions across Africa
African blockchain company, Bitmama, has closed a $350,000 pre-Seed round, led by Flori Ventures, with participation from Nigeria-based investment fund, Emergence Capital, Fedha ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: VertoFX closes $10,000,000 Series A round to make cross border payments more efficient
Referred to as a frictionless payment gateway, VertoFX has closed a $10,000,0000 Series A funding round with Quona Capital as the lead investor. ...
Global
GeoComply partners with NICE Actimize
GeoComply, a Canada-based fraud prevention company, has partnered with NICE Actimize to fight financial crime with a location intelligence solution. To help financial institutions combat ...
Nigeria
Africa’s 5 Unicorn Startups – Which Has the Highest Valuation?
Recently, global engineering talent outsourcer Andela reached the highly exalted status as a unicorn startup – a startup with a valuation of $1-billion ...