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Kenya’s CrewHR Becomes FaidiHR After Securing Undisclosed Funding From SprintX

Crew HR & Payroll, a Kenyan HR and paytoll startup, has rebranded to FaidiHR after it received an undisclosed amount

Youverify
RegTech

Nigerian KYC Verification Startup, Youverify, Raises $1m Seed Round Extension

Youverify, a Nigerian identity verification company helping African banks and startups automate KYC and other compliance procedures, has announced that

Teraco
Business

Teraco Announces Completion of Acquisition by Digital Realty

Teraco Data Environments, the leading provider of colocation data centres and interconnection platforms in Africa, has announced the successful completion

Homzmart
Funding Investment Startup Venture Capital

Homzmart Secures $23m in Pre-series B Round Investment

Homzmart, an Egyptian furniture online marketplace, has raised $23 million in pre-series funding to expand its services. Saudi Technology Ventures

MEST Africa
Startup

APPLY: The MEST Africa Challenge

MEST Africa has officially announced the opening of applications for the 2022 MEST Africa Challenge. Pre-seed to seed stage technology

Qwili
Funding Investment Startup Venture Capital

South Africa’s Qwili Secures $1.2m Seed Funding to Scale its Service Offerings

Qwili, a startup that provides a hybrid sales product to micro and small merchants in South Africa, has closed a

The Fashion Kingdom
Ecommerce Funding Investment Startup Venture Capital

Egypt’s The Fashion Kingdom Secures $2.6m Seed Funding Round

The Fashion Kingdom (TFK), an Egyptian fashion e-commerce marketplace, has completed a $2.6 million seed funding round co-led by CVentures

Moove
Partnership

Moove Partners With Uber to Launch Mega Fleet For Ride-hailing in India

Moove, the mobility fintech and Uber’s largest vehicle supply partner in EMEA, has announced its launch in India as a

Cartona
Ecommerce Funding Investment Venture Capital

Egyptian B2B Ecommerce Platform, Cartona Secures $12m Funding Led by Silicon Badia

Cartona, an Egyptian B2B eCommerce platform, has secured a $12 million Series A investment led by Silicon Badia, together with

Netflix
Report Video Streaming

Netflix Loses Nearly 1 Million Subscribers

Netflix, the global streaming giant, in its latest report has disclosed that it lost 970,000 subscribers in the second quarter of