Africa
MENA mobility provider Swvl acquires Shotl in expansion to Europe, LATAM and APAC
MENA mass transit and mobility solutions provider Swvl has announced plans of acquiring a controlling interest in Shotl, a mass transit platform partnering with corporations and ...
Africa
8 African fintech startups selected for GreenHouse Lab accelerator programme
Eight African fintech startups have been selected to participate in the latest edition of the GreenHouse Lab accelerator, securing access to funding and ...
Global
Pngme raises $15M Serie A funding to bolster capacity for greater financial inclusion
Pngme has raised $15 million in a Serie A round led by Octopus Ventures (a London-based multi-stage European venture capital investor), alongside other players like Lateral Capital, Unshackled ...
Kenya
Kenya’s CashBackApp raises $475k pre-seed funding round for expansion
Kenyan customer loyalty startup CashBackApp has raised a US$475,000 pre-seed funding round to help scale its service in Kenya and prepare for expansion ...
Ghana
Ghanaian fintech Waya sees strong growth propel it into other African markets
Ghana-based payments startup Waya is seeing month-on-month growth of between 20 per cent in its three existing markets, prompting it to launch expansion ...
Kenya
Kenya: InsurTech Turaco and M-Kopa increase insurance penetration
Turaco and M-KOPA celebrate a key milestone of insuring over 16,000 emerging market consumers in Kenya through their partnership which aims to provide M-KOPA customers and ...
Africa
Wazo Challenge East Africa open for applications for tech entrepreneurs across Eastern Africa
Hindsight Ventures, the Africa focussed vertical of Startup Réseau, has announced Wazo Challenge East Africa as it’s latest program catering to tech entrepreneurs in the ...
Egypt
Cairo transport App Schoolz raises 6-figure pre-seed round
Schoolz, a school kids transportation startup has raised a 6-figure pre-seed funding round from both Egypt and Saudi Arabia investors. The Schoolz App ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: OnePort 365 on a mission to facilitate seamless freight management solution to Africa
OnePort 365, a tech-enabled freight management start-up held a media parley at its Marina headquarters on Wednesday 11th August 2021. The virtual event ...
Nigeria
Nigerian e-sports startup Gamr raises round of seed investment
Nigerian competitive e-sports startup Gamr has secured seed investment to scale its operations further and deliver new opportunities to Africa’s estimated 750 million ...