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 ...
Africa
Africa: 16 finalists make it to the 2021 VC4A Venture Showcase
VC4A has selected 16 countries for the VC4A Venture Showcase (Seed and Series A). In 2021, the portfolio companies are vetted by VC investors ...
South Africa
SA: Africa mobility startup Moove launches in Cape Town
Africa focused mobility startup Moove has opened in Cape Town marking another step in its growth plans for the continent. Having run for ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Oaklinks.NG launches e-Commerce services to tackle sub-standard products
A Nigerian e-Commerce website developed by a startup, Oaklinks.NG has launched its range of services into the market on the month that the nation is ...
Africa
Namibia: Engen e-commerce app launches in Namibia
In what is a first for Namibia’s petroleum industry, Engen has introduced a mobile e-commerce App that will bring retail convenience to the ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Ed-Tech startup Edves raises $575k to bring more schools online
Nigerian ed-tech startup Edves has raised a US$575,000 seed funding round to help it improve its product and bring more schools online. Formed ...
South Africa
SA: Ukheshe Technologies Partner With Africa’s Latest Tech Unicorn, Chipper
Ukheshe Technologies has announced a new partnership with Chipper, one of Africa’s most valuable startups, to enhance and accelerate the rollout out of Chipper’s digital ...