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 ...
Startup
GreenHouse Lab launches fintech accelerator for startups across Africa
Nigeria VC firm GreenHouse Capital is accepting applications for its inaugural accelerator programme – GreenHouse Lab. Startups going through the program will receive mentorship and ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: NITDA Innovation Driven Startups Application For GITEX 2021 Event In Dubai
Application for Innovation-Driven Startups to be sponsored to GITEX 2021 event in Dubai (17th – 21th October, 2021) by National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) ...
Global
Revolut becomes the most valuable UK fintech startup in latest round
Revolut confirms a fresh $800M in funding at a $33B valuation to supercharge its financial services superapp Revolut has closed a Series E ...
Startup
African startups raised over $1 billion in funding in H1 2021
In the first half of 2021, African startups raised $1.19 billion in funding, a figure which is more than they had raised in ...
Startup
Indonesia-based fintech company Payfazz secures e-money license
Indonesia-based fintech company Payfazz has secured an e-money license from Bank Indonesia (BI), the country’s central bank. According to Tech In Asia, the license enables the company ...
Startup
Smile Identity raises $7M to build KYC and identity verification tools for Africa
An estimated one billion people worldwide face the challenge of proving who they are, according to a World Bank Group report that states that 81% ...