Opay
Digital Funding Payment

Opera Owned OPay Secures $50M Investment to Boost Its Mobile Money Business in Nigeria

Opera, a global software company popular for its Opera Mini mobile web browser is ramping up its portfolio in Africa

Africa Digital Entrepreneurship Funding Investment SMEs Startup Technology Venture Capital

Unicorn Group Commits $300m to Boost Africa’s Tech Ecosystem

Unicorn group, organizers of the Africa TechMoney has revealed that it has committed about $300 million over the next 10

54gene
Entrepreneurship Funding Health Investment Technology Venture Capital

Nigeria’s 54gene Secures $4.5 million to Establish World’s First African DNA Biobank

54gene, a Nigerian Genomic startup, has secured a $4.5 million from YCombinator, Fifty Years, Better Ventures, KdT Ventures, Hack VC

elmenus
Acquisition Africa AgricTech Business Entrepreneurship Investment SMEs Startup

Egypt’s Elmenus Raises Investment From Foodora’s co-founder, Julian Dames 

Elmenus, a Cairo-based food discovery and ordering platform, has raised investment from Foodora’s co-founder and Delivery Hero’s former Vice President

Founders Factory Africa
Accelerator Africa Entrepreneurship Funding Health Investment

Apply For Founders Factory Africa Accelerator Program For Health-tech Startups

Founders Factory Africa (FFA) has opened applications for an acceleration and incubation program that is targeted at African health-tech startups.

Lulalend
Entrepreneurship Fintech Funding Investment SMEs Venture Capital

Lulalend, a South African Digital Lender Has Raised $6.5m

Lulalend, a South African digital lender has raised a $6.5 million Series A round co-led by IFC and Quona Capital. The

Arnergy
Africa Energy Entrepreneurship Funding Investment Venture Capital

Nigerian Renewable Energy Solutions Platform Arnergy Raises $9m Series A Investment

Arnergy, a Nigerian distributed utility company, today announced it has raised $9 Million in a Series A round of funding led

GreenTec Capital
Investment Venture Capital

GreenTec Capital Invests in Zambia’s WidEnergy Africa

GreenTec Capital has announced that it has made an undisclosed investment in Zambia-based WidEnergy Africa. WidEnergy is a woman-led Zambian

Catalyst Fund
Africa Fintech Funding Payment Technology Venture Capital

3 Africa-Focused Fintechs Selected For Catalyst Fund’s 2019 Cohort

The Catalyst Fund, a JP Morgan Chase and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation-backed accelerator that provides mentorship and non-equity funding

Orange
Funding Investment Smartphones Technology Telecom

Orange Invests in KaiOS in a Bid to Close Africa’s Digital Divide

In a bid to close Africa’s digital payment and boost internet access in the continent, Orange contributed to the recent