Acquisition

Ticketmaster Acquire Quicket to Expand Presence in Africa

Ticketmaster, the world’s leading ticket marketplace, is acquiring Quicket, a major player in Africa’s General Admission event and festival ticketing, to

Peach Payments
Acquisition Fintech Payment

South Africa’s Peach Payments Acquires Custom Software Development Firm Operativa

Peach Payments, the South African digital payments service provider, has acquired customer software development firm Operativa as a going concern.

MNT-Halan
Fintech Funding Investment Payment Venture Capital

MNT-Halan Secures $157.5m to Accelerate Expansion Beyond Egypt

MNT-Halan, an Egyptian FinTech landscape and the country’s first unicorn, has recently completed a significant funding round, securing $157.5m. This

d.light
Clean Energy Funding Investment Venture Capital

d.light closes $176m Funding For Affordable Off-grid Solar in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda

d.light, the global provider of transformational household products and affordable finance for low-income households, has announced the closing of a

Bio-Logical
Climate Change Funding Investment Venture Capital

Bio-Logical Raises $1.3m to Scale Carbon Removal and Build the Climate Resilience of Kenyan Smallholder Farmers

Bio-Logical, the Kenyan Climate Tech company, has secured $1.3 million in funding to expand its Mt. Kenya biochar facility to meet the increasing demand

Dopay
Funding Investment Venture Capital

Egypt’s Dopay Secures $13.5m Series A Extension Round to Bank the Next Billion Workers

Dopay, the fintech providing a digital payroll and payments platform serving unbanked and underbanked workers in emerging markets, has closed

LULA
Acquisition

LULA Acquires Zeelo’s South African Subsidiary

LULA, a ride-sharing platform for workers, has acquired the South African subsidiary of US-based staff bus-sharing startup Zeelo for an

BasiGo
Clean Energy CleanTech Electric Vehicle Funding

BasiGo Secures $225k Financing From Rwanda Green Fund

BasiGo, an electric bus company in Rwanda, has been awarded a $225,000 recoverable grant from Ireme Invest, the Rwanda Green

Innovate Africa
Venture Capital

Innovate Africa Launches with $2.5M Angel Fund for Early-Stage Africa-Focused Startups

Innovate Africa, an angel investment fund that supports early-stage founders, taking startups from conception to product and financing innovative ventures,

NALA
Funding Investment Payment

NALA Secures $40 to Strengthen Remittance Payments in Africa

NALA, a Tanzania remittance startup, has secured $40 million in Series A funding to support its global expansion and enhance