Egypt
Egypt: China’s Didi launches operations in Egypt
Chinese ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing, has now launched operations in Egypt. The North African country becomes the second in Africa where Didi has ...
South Africa
South Africa: Chipper Cash launches with free P2P money transfers
Chipper, the fastest growing African fintech start-up that facilitates free peer-to-peer (P2P) money transfers and instant cross-border payments in Africa, officially launched Chipper ...
Egypt
Egypt ecommerce marketplace startup Cartona raises $4.5 Million pre-Series A funding
Cartona has announced a $4.5 million pre-Series A funding round connecting retailers and manufacturers through an application. Cartona is working to play a bigger ...
South Africa
SA: iiDENTIFii wins best enterprise solution at the 2021 MTN App of the Year awards
In its 10th year, the MTN Business App of the Year Awards 2021 awarded South African technology company iiDENTIFii, the Best Enterprise Solution ...
Startup
Uganda: GnuGrid raises $612k seed round as it pivots into fintech space
Ugandan startup gnuGrid has increased the size of its seed funding round to US$612,500 as it pivots its product offering to move into ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Infibranches secures $2 million from shell backed All On
Infibranches, a company on a mission to bridge the energy distribution gap in underserved rural and peri-urban areas of Nigeria, has secured a ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: TechAdvance launches Bloc to improve fintech apps build time
Nigeria-based fintech TechAdvance has released a proprietary suite of APIs (Bloc) to help companies to launch a fintech product in less time. With Bloc, TechAdvance ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: SympliFi partners AXA Mansard to boost insurance
SympliFi, a United Kingdom-based Fintech company and AXA Mansard, a member of the global leader in insurance and asset management – AXA, have ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Ride-hailing giant Didi plans to launch in Nigeria
China’s leading ride-hailing company, Didi will be launching in Nigeria soon. Founded in 2012, Didi is China’s dominant ride-hailing service, with 550 million ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Flutterwave partners with Currencycloud
Flutterwave, a US-based payment technology company, has teamed up with payment service provider, Currencycloud, in order to accelerate the launch of their payment network ...