Techstars
Funding Investment Startup

Techstars Announces 12 New Investments Via its Africa-focused Program

Techstars, an investor platform in Africa, has announced its second cohort of 12 companies to participate in its pan-African accelerator

Leapfrog Ventures
Funding Investment Venture Capital

LeapFrog Investments Plans to Hold Final Close of its $1bn Fund in Feb 2024

LeapFrog Investments, the Profit with Purpose firm, has raised a significant share of its Emerging Consumer Fund IV targeting $1

Jumia Pay
Partnership

JumiaPay and Trove Finance Partner to Provide Convenient Ways to Manage Investments

JumiaPay has announced a partnership with Trove Finance. This partnership enables Trove’s customers to leverage JumiaPay to fund their investment

Convergence Partners
Funding Investment Venture Capital

Convergence Partners Closes $10m Investments in 42Markets Group

Convergence Partners, an investment management firm focused on the Technology, Media and Telecom sector in Africa, has announced the acquisition

Goodwell Investments
Funding Partnership Venture Capital

Oxfam Novob Partners With Goodwell Investments in €20m Fund to Support East African SMEs

Oxfam Novib and Goodwell Investments have announced a new €20 million fund dubbed Pepea. The fund will support early-stage growth companies

Omnisient
Data Funding Investment Startup Venture Capital

South African Data Collaboration Startup Omnisient Secures $3.5m Funding Led by Buffet Investments

Omnisient, a provider of consumer privacy-protecting data collaboration platform in emerging markets, has closed $3.5 million in expansion capital led

FSD Africa
Funding Investment

FSD Africa Investments Joins 2X Collaborative

FSD Africa Investments (FSDAi), the investment arm of FSD  Africa, has joined the 2X Collaborative. Launched at the UN Generation

Solarise Africa
Funding Renewable Energy

Solarise Africa Secures $5.9m Debt Funding From Trine to Advance Investments in Key Infrastructure Across Africa

Solarise Africa, a pan-African energy leasing company, has raised $5.9 million (€5 million) in debt funding from the Swedish-based impact

BYON8
Funding Health Investment Venture Capital

Healthtech Startup, BYON8 Secures $1.5m Investments To Scale Its Operations In Africa

BYON8, a Kenyan-based healthtech startup, has raised $1.5 million in seed capital led by People Ventures, a Danish early-stage investor.

Investment Partnership

Chaka Partners TradingView to Enable Borderless Investments For African Pro-traders

Following securing SEC’s first Fintech license and a $1.5M pre-seed funding round, digital investment platform, Chaka, has partnered with TradingView, the world’s leading online