Startups
In nearly a decade, hundreds of entrepreneurs have emerged with innovative startups across the African continent. We provide insights on their experiences and highlight the activities of investors who fund them.
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Orange Ventures, the venture capital arm of Orange Group has invested $1 million into Moroccan eCommerce startup, Chari.
Remedial Health, founded by two experienced and successful businessmen, Samuel Okwuada and Victor Benjamin, raised $5.4 million in pre-seed and seed rounds in 2022. The company claims to digitise the pharmaceutical supply chain; this article shows how.
There were more biometric fraud attempts on BNPL platforms than crypto across Africa in 2022
The company will use the funds to expand its loan book and invest in technology and talent to accelerate the launch of its new digital business banking proposition.
MNT-Halan has received a $400 million investment that makes it Egypt’s first unicorn.
Kenya’s Central Bank has approved 12 extra digital lenders bringing the total number of approved lenders to 22.
Nigerian fintech startup, Clane has been granted a payment service solution licence by the Central Bank of Nigeria.
Nigeria’s inflation rate in 2022 was 162% higher than the global average. In this article, we talked with experts to see how startups can cope with the rising costs of doing business in Nigeria.
The CBN Governor has launched AfriGo, Nigeria’s Domestic Card Scheme. Local payments may also be discontinued for VISA and Mastercard.
Studies have shown that Nigerian women face birth-related health issues during pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum. However, Babymigo claims to be mitigating these issues while making motherhood easier.
Two months after announcing its UK expansion, Kuda has received a licence to operate a digital bank in Pakistan.
The proptech marketing platform plans to transform how real estate agencies, developers, and agents interact with their end users.
It will also use the funds to lucence new games and expand Pay1st, its embedded finance platform.
Kenyan fintech startup Kwara raises $3m seed extension to help credit unions digitise their operations
Nigerian fintech startup, TeamApt, has rebranded to Moniepoint as it plans product and market expansion. With more than $1 billion in disbursed loans, could it also be a unicorn?
COVID-19 posed several challenges while also encouraging African innovation; one such startup innovating is Airmed, a Nigerian healthtech startup. In this article, I discuss how Airmed brings consultation and medication delivery closer to patients.
A year after announcing its Series B round, artificial intelligence startup, InstaDeep, will be acquired by BioNTech for $683 million.
Despite rising inflation, users of Nigerian fintech startup, Bamboo, continued investing in stocks in 2022.
Nigerian fintech startup, CredPal, has launched a ride now, pay later service in collaboration with Bolt.