Africa
25 tech startups chosen for the 2nd edition of The Future is Female Mentorship Programme
25 female-founded tech startups have been chosen for the second edition of The Future is Female Mentorship program comprising of a PR & Communications mentorship ...
Nigeria
Piggyvest to scale operation in Nigeria with latest acquisition
Nigerian based wealth management platform – Piggyvest has acquired VFD owned Savi.ng – a platform that is also into wealth management for an ...
Africa
Ivory Coast-based fintech startup, Julaya raises $2 million pre-series A for its West African expansion
Julaya, a fintech startup based in France and Ivory Coast is today announcing the raise of its $2 million pre-series A round. Investors ...
South Africa
South African fintech company Yoco raises R1.23 billion in funding
South African fintech company Yoco has raised R1.23 billion to accelerate product development and reach more merchants in South Africa and beyond. Yoco ...
Ghana
Ghana:Stanchart’s Women in Technology Programme backs 5 women owned startups
Standard Chartered Women in Technology Incubator programme (SC-WIT) has awarded GH¢57,000 each in seed funding to five women-led businesses to scale up their ...
Africa
Top African regions set to become leading startup and investment hubs
On the back of Cape Town being recognised as the tech capital of Africa, topping international rankings for foreign direct investment strategy, Ian ...
South Africa
SA home services marketplace Kandua raises pre-Series A funding round
Johannesburg-based online marketplace for home services Kandua has raised a “significant” pre-Series A funding round to help it expand its product offering and ...
Nigeria
Nigerian investment platform Chaka secures $1.5M pre-seed after bagging country’s first SEC license
When Robinhood raised its $3 million seed round in 2013, it was a couple of months old with huge ambitions of democratizing securities ...
Startup
Africa House Empowers 10 Startups with $1M Entrepreneurial Support
Olakunle Soriyan Startup accelerator Africa House, in partnership with the Platform Capital Group, is set to invest in 10 enterprises with an aggregated ...
South Africa
SA lending startup Akiba Digital raises $1.1m pre-seed funding for scale
South African fintech startup Akiba Digital, which is lowering the barriers to entry to enable small businesses to unlock financing through their lending ...
