Global
Square to acquire Australian fintech Afterpay in $29B deal
Jack Dorsey’s digital payments firm Square is expanding competition with global payments giants like PayPal by acquiring a major Australian lending company. Square announced Sunday ...
Africa
Apply Now: $20,000 for African Blockchain Financial Solutions
Access to financial services will play a critical role in economic growth and poverty reduction for the 1.2 billion people live on the African ...
Egypt
Sawari Ventures invests $3.6M in Egypt grocery delivery platform GoodsMart
GoodsMart, a grocery delivery platform in Egypt has raised $3.6 million led by Sawari Ventures. The funds will be channeled towards market expansion. ...
Kenya
Kenya: KOSA.ai receives pre-seed round investment from EchoVC
EchoVC proudly announces a pre-seed investment into KOSA.ai – an AI-driven Kenya startup running an automated responsible platform that supports enterprises in building and deploying ...
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 ...
