South African recruitment platform, Giraffe has been acquired by Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator. With the...
Startups
Nithio FI to scale up off-grid energy access in Africa with $4.5m investment from FSD Africa
Today, June 22, 2021, Africa-focused renewable energy finance platform, Nithio FI announced that it has secured $4.5...
Kenyan Agritech startup, Apollo, gets $1 million in debt financing to support small-scale farmers
Apollo, a Kenya-based agritech startup, has received $1 million in debt financing to support small-scale farmers. This...
Google plans to support African founders and entrepreneurs with new $6m funding options
Google has announced opening up three new programmes targeted at supporting African entrepreneurs — the 6th cohort of...
Babajide Duroshola steps down as Nigeria’s Country Director for Safeboda
Former Andela Community Manager, Babajide Duroshola, has stepped down as Safeboda’s Country Director for Nigeria....
Kenya-based foodtech startup, Kune, closes $1 million pre-seed round for official launch
Kune, a Kenya-based foodtech startup, has announced raising $1 million in pre-seed funding. This raise was led by...
4 ways Nigeria’s Twitter ban could affect businesses
On Friday, June 4, 2021, Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, announced the indefinite...
Kenya-based startup, Kibanda TopUp, raises $460k pre-seed
Kibanda TopUp, a Kenyan startup which aims at digitising the food supply chain for micro, small, and medium...
How Releaf and OnePipe plan to help farmers in Southern Nigeria have access to digital financial services
Following a partnership between Releaf — an agritech startup — and fintech startup, OnePipe, farmers in Cross River...
Onyeka Akumah moves on from Farmcrowdy CEO role, co-founder, Akindele Phillips takes over
Nigerian Agritech startup, Farmcrowdy, has announced the exit of its CEO, Onyeka Akumah, who will complete a full...
African cross-border payments startup, Chipper Cash, raises $100m, reportedly valued at over $1 billion
African cross-border payments startup, Chipper Cash has raised a $100 million Series C led by US-based Venture Capital...
UPDATED: Nigerian healthtech startup, CribMD, closes $2.6m seed round for product growth and team expansion
[UPDATE on May 26, 2021, 18:25 WAT.] The number of subscribers have been updated to include those on waitlist. Also,...
Egyptian agritech startup, Mozare3, raises over $1 million pre-seed to grow its network of farmers
Egyptian agritech startup, Mozare3, has raised over $1 million in a pre-seed round. Algebra Ventures, Disruptech, and...
Flat6Labs raises $10 million, set to increase its cash seed offering to $96,000
Egyptian venture capital firm, Flat6Labs, has raised $10 million for its fund for early-stage startups. The raise...
Nigerian API fintech, Mono, closes $2 million seed to power the Internet economy with non-financial data
Nigerian API fintech startup, Mono, has closed $2 million in seed investment to charge the African Internet economy,...
Healthtech startup, APEX Medical Labs, is helping Malawians get specialised diagnostic healthcare
Located in the South-Eastern region of Africa, Malawi has 83% of its population living in rural communities. This...
Nigerian crypto startup, Quidax, is building Africa’s crypto infrastructure one major market at a time
Nigeria is currently one of the major hubs for cryptocurrency activities globally, a status it has retained despite a...
Future Africa has reportedly invested $3 million in African startups in 2021
Africa-focused venture capital firm, Future Africa, has revealed via a statement on its website that so far in 2021,...
Egypt-based last-mile delivery company, Bosta, raises $6.4m Series A
Egyptian eCommerce delivery company, Bosta, has secured $6.4 million Series A. The round was led by Silicon Badia, a...
Cairo-based furniture marketplace, Homzmart, closes $15 million Series A
Homzmart, an Egyptian-based marketplace startup, has secured $15 million in its Series A investment round, TechCrunch...
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