Klasha
Ecommerce Funding Payment Venture Capital

Klasha Closes Additional $2.1m Funding to Boost Cross-border Commerce in Africa

Klasha, a San Francisco and Lagos-based technology company transforming cross-border African commerce, has raised an additional $2.1 million to complete

ShopEX
Ecommerce Funding Investment Venture Capital

ShopEX Raises $635,000, as it Aims to be the QVC of Africa

ShopEX, a multi-channel retail business, has raised pre-seed funding of $400,000 from Cape Town venture capital firm, HAVAƍC. The investment

Ecommerce Funding Investment Startup

Betastore, a B2B Retail Marketplace, Secures $2.5m Investment

Betastore, a B2B retail marketplace for informal retailers, has secured a $2.5 million in pre-series A funding from 500 Global,

Ecommerce Logistics

Namibian Last-mile Distribution eCommerce Startup, JABU Secures $15m Led by Tiger Global

JABU, the last-mile distribution e-commerce startup, has raised a $15 million Series A led by Tiger Global. The startup recently

Powered by People
Ecommerce Funding Investment Venture Capital

Kenya’s Powered by People Secures $5m Funding to Grow its Wholesale eCommerce Platform

Powered by People, a Kenyan wholesale e-commerce platform, has secured $5 million in seed funding led by Susa Ventures and

Ecommerce Funding Investment Startup

Sokowatch Secures $125M Series B Round, Rebrands to Wasoko

Sokowatch, the African e-commerce company leveraging innovative technology to transform the informal retail supply chain, has closed a $125 million

Ecommerce Sports Startup

Talabat Announces Cristiano Ronaldo as Official Brand Ambassador

talabat, the leading food and grocery delivery platform in the MENA region, has announced Cristiano Ronaldo as its Official Brand

Amazon
Ecommerce

Amazon Plans to Close Bookstores to Focus on its Grocery Markets

Amazon has announced that it plans to close all 68 of its brick-and-mortar bookstores, pop-ups and shops carrying toys and

Ecommerce Funding Investment Startup Venture Capital

Egyptian ECommerce Platform For Mums, Mumerz Closes $1.2m Pre-Seed Funding

Mumerz, an Egyptian e-commerce platform for mothers, has secured a $1.2 million pre-seed round led by Disruptech. Launched recently, Mumerz is a parent

MarketForce
Ecommerce Funding Investment Venture Capital

MarketForce Raises $40M Series A to Scale up The Super App for Africaā€™s Informal Merchants

MarketForce, the Nairobi-headquartered B2B platform for retail distribution of consumer goods and digital financial services in Africa, has closed a