Skynamo, a South African sales tech provider has secured a $30 million Series A funding from Five Elms Capital, a
Catalyst Fund, a global fintech accelerator focused on emerging markets has announced six early-stage fintech startups that will participate in
QuickBus, a Kenyan online bus booking and ticketing startup has raised undisclosed seed investment led by Shorooq Partners, a venture
Bolt, formerly known as Taxify, has raised venture debt of about $56 million from the European Union’s development bank to
Nigerian, Kenyan and South African startups raised the most funds from the $1.34 billion African startups received in 2019. According
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched a new global call to action— Ocean Innovation Challenge (OIC) to accelerate
ResponsAbility, a Swiss impact asset manager, has announced the first close of its new energy access fund at $151m. The
The Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Program has received a $5 million grant from the African Development Bank to enable it
Samurai Incubate, a Tokyo-based Venture Capital firm has launched the Samurai Africa Fund II, a new $18m fund targeted at
Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, the co-founder of Andela and Flutterwave, has established the Future Africa Fund with the aim of investing up