Egypt
Egyptian fintech MNT-Halan secures USD 120 million of investment
MNT-Halan the Egypt-based multi-integrated FinTech ecosystem and debt solutions provider has completed a successful $120M funding round led by key regional and international investors ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Court temporarily unfreezes Bamboo accounts, gives reasons
A federal high court in Abuja has ordered temporary opening accounts of Bamboo Systems Technology Limited and Bamboo Systems Tech. Ltd to enable them pay ...
Africa
Flutterwave announces new mobile money partnership with MTN across Africa
Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company, has announced a mobile money partnership with MTN Group, Africa’s largest telecommunications provider. This partnership will allow ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Decagon secures $26.5m financing from Sterling bank
Tech start-up, Decagon, has closed a $1.5 million seed equity round from early-stage VCs as well as a $25 million student loan financing ...
Nigeria
Nigerian fintech startup, Prospa raises $3.8 million pre-seed round
Nigerian fintech startup, Prospa has closed a $3.8 million pre-seed round. The investors in the round include VCs like Global Founders Capital and ...
Kenya
Kenya fintech Pezesha gets 7-figure seed extension from GreenHouse Capital to fuel Africa expansion
Pan-African fintech Pezesha to build scalable lending infrastructure for SMEs and institutions has announced a seven-figure growth funding round led by GreenHouse Capital (Africa’s first ...
Liberia
Liberia: Growth Accelerator Program launches in Liberia backed by UNDP and others
UNDP partners with iCampus Liberia, Growth Africa, and the Accountability Lab Liberia to support impactful Liberian entrepreneurs intending to scale their ventures through ...
Rwanda
Rwanda: KOICA invests $7.1M into the Rwanda Coding Academy
KOICA (The Korea International Cooperation Agency) just signed a Record of Discussion with Rwanda’s Finance and Education ministries for the implementation of the US$7.1 million ...
Africa
Francophone Africa’s largest Serie A makes Wave the new $1.7B valued unicorn
Sequoia Heritage, Stripe, Founder’s Fund, and Ribbit Capital led a $200 million Serie A round of funding into Wave – a U.S and Senegalese mobile money payment provider. Other players ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Seven entrepreneurs to participate in Endeavor Nigeria ScaleUp Programme
Seven entrepreneurs leveraging technology to ensure their startups provide sustainable solutions across and beyond Nigeria have been selected to participate in Endeavor Nigeria ...