Startup Women

Mercy Corps Ventures Partners GreenHouse Capital For Female Focused Investment Readiness Bootcamp

Mercy Corps Ventures (MCV) in partnership with GreenHouse Capital has launched a 3-day virtual investment readiness program for early-stage female-founded

BFA Global
Job

BFA Global and Mercy Corps Jobtech Alliance Announce Launch of Startup Accelerator Programs to Improve Livelihoods in Africa

Steered by Mercy Corps and BFA Global, the Jobtech Alliance, an ecosystem-building initiative around inclusive jobtech in Africa, today announced

tappi
Funding Investment SMEs Venture Capital

tappi Raises $1.5m to Digitize and Build Online Trust  for Africa’s SMEs 

tappi, an end-to-end digital commerce SaaS solution for SMEs, has raised $1.5M in an oversubscribed Pre-Seed round led by Mercy Corps

Ejara
Cryptocurrency Funding Venture Capital

Ejara, a Cameroonian Crypto and savings Startup Secures $8m

Ejara, a Cameroonian fintech offering an investment app that allows users to buy crypto and save through decentralized wallets, has

Pivo
Fintech Funding Payment Venture Capital

Nigerian Fintech Startup, Pivo Secures $2m Funding to Accelerate Growth

Pivo, a Nigerian female-led fintech startup, has raised $2 million in funding to upgrade existing products, build new ones, hire

Stable Foods
AgricTech Agro-tech Funding

Kenya’s Stable Foods Secures $600000 From Global Investors

Stable Foods, a Kenyan agtech startup building ultra-low-cost food production systems within smallholder farmer communities, has raised a US$600,000 round

Ejara
Cryptocurrency Funding Investment Venture Capital

Ejara Secures $2M to Boost Crypto Adoption in Francophone Africa

Ejara, a Cameroonian crypto startup, has raised $2 million to pioneer the usage of crypto and investment services in francophone

Payhippo
Fintech Funding Investment Startup Venture Capital

Nigerian Fintech Startup, PayHippo Secures $1m Pre-seed Funding to Boost Access to Finance For African SMEs

PayHippo, a Nigerian fintech startup that provides loans to small businesses in Africa, has secured a $1 million pre-seed funding round

OKO
Interview

OKO Finance: Helping Smallholder Farmers Secure Their Income Via Digital Insurance

African Farmers-80% of them smallholder farmers or family-run- are grimly exposed to drought, insect attacks, and flooding. They suffer huge

OKO
Funding Insurtech Investment Venture Capital

African-focused Insurtech Startup, OKO Raises $1.2m to Bring Innovative Insurance to Smallholder Farmers Across Africa

OKO, an Insurtech start-up that provides inclusive agricultural insurance to secure farmers’ income across Africa, has closed a seed investment