Africa
Tunisia: Flat6Labs closes $10M seed fund for Tunisian startups
Regional seed and early-stage venture capital firm Flat6Labs has finished raising $10 million for its seed fund targeted at Tunisian startups, according to a statement ...
South Africa
SA: Payabill launches online payment solution for SMEs
Payabill, a South Africa-based fintech lender, has developed a product where it takes the risk of settling the bills of international suppliers directly ...
Global
Ascend Money becomes first fintech unicorn in Thailand
Ascend Money lands $150 million in funding from US-based Bow Wave Capital Management, Thai conglomerate Charoen Pokphand Group, and Ant Group A noticeable ...
Morroco
Morocco transport and logistics startup Cloud Fret raises $390K
Cloud Fret, a Moroccan logistics startup has raised $390,000 from the Azur Innovation Fund. The fund earlier made its first investment into Epicerie Verte. The ...
Africa
Yabx expands operations and service offerings in Africa
Netherlands-based Yabx has announced it aims for expanding its market share in the digital lending space in Africa. With partnership agreements signed with banks and ...
Morroco
Morocco: 11 startups to participate in Plug and Play accelerator program in Morocco
Following the success of Plug and Play’s Smart Cities Batch 1 program, the company is launching a second accelerator in the region which ...
Egypt
Egypt: Plug and Play establishes local presence in Egypt as investments in tech startups rise
ITIDA has signed an MoU Plug and Play, a global startup enabler company specialized in startups in an effort to boost Egypt’s entrepreneurship and startup ...
Africa
Africa Crypto and Blockchain Accelerator seeks to help startups scale their solutions
In a bid to help ventures develop their solutions in the sector, Cardano Foundation and Seedstars have organised the Africa Crypto and Blockchain ...
Egypt
Egyptian social commerce startup Brimore secures investment from Fawry
Egyptian social commerce startup Brimore has raised funding from e-payments solutions and banking services provider Fawry, the North African country’s first startup “unicorn”, ...
Nigeria
Nigerian businesses to accept Apple Pay on Paystack
Paystack, a US-based fintech company, has announced it is launching Pay with Apple Pay on its platform. The company is now a payment ...