Startup
Feature Technology Venture Capital

Why a Wave of Technology Giants Will Come From Africa

Ian Lessem, Managing Partner at HAVAÍC, investors in early-stage, high-growth technology businesses, notes a significant increase in investment demand for African

Flextock
Funding Investment Logistics Venture Capital

Fresh Out of Y Combinator, Egyptian Startup Flextock Secures $3.25m

Flextock, an Egyptian on-demand logistics platform, has raised $3.25 million just two months after graduating from Y Combinator’s Winter 2021

Lami Technologies
Funding Insurtech Investment Venture Capital

Lami Technologies Closes $1.8m Seed Funding to Accelerate Growth of Digital Insurance in Africa

Lami Technologies, a Kenyan insurance technology (insurtech) company that aims to democratize insurance products and services for low-income Kenyans, announced

Carry1st
Funding Game Gaming Investment Venture Capital

Carry1st Raises $6m Series A Funding to Scale its Mobile Games Portfolio in Africa

Carry1st, a South African mobile games publishing startup has raised $6 million in Series A funding led by Konvoy Ventures

Expensya
Funding Investment Venture Capital

Tunisian SaaS Startup, Expensya Raises $20m Series B Fund For European Expansion

Expensya, a Tunisian SaaS startup that provides software to businesses for managing expenses, has raised $20 million in Series B

Goodwell Investments
Funding SMEs Venture Capital

Goodwell Investments Launches New €50m Fund to Support High-growth African SMEs

Goodwell Investments, an impact investment firm, has launched Goodwell V. Following on from predecessor funds, Goodwell V aims to channel

venture capitalist firms
Venture Capital

Top Venture Capitalist Firms in Nigeria

Nigeria’s fast-growing tech ecosystem now features venture capitalist firms that are continuously in search of innovative and scalable startups to

Kidato
Edtech Funding Investment Startup Venture Capital

Kenyan Edtech Startup, Kidato Raises $1.4M Seed Investment

Kidato, a Kenyan edtech startup for K-12 students has closed its $1.4 million seed funding. The investors include Learn Start

Ecobodaa
CleanTech Funding Investment Venture Capital

Ecobodaa, E-mobility Pioneer in Kenya Secures Undisclosed Funding From Persistent Energy

Ecobodaa, a pioneer e-mobility startup, leading the revolution of the electric motorbike taxi (bodaboda) in Kenya has raised undisclosed funding

OKO
Funding Insurtech Investment Venture Capital

African-focused Insurtech Startup, OKO Raises $1.2m to Bring Innovative Insurance to Smallholder Farmers Across Africa

OKO, an Insurtech start-up that provides inclusive agricultural insurance to secure farmers’ income across Africa, has closed a seed investment