Financial Inclusion Fintech Funding Investment

Nigeria’s Bankly Secures $2M Funding Led by Vault and Flutterwave

Bankly, a Nigerian fintech startup digitizing cash for the unbanked, announced that it has closed a $2 million seed round.

RedBird
Health Startup

Ghana’s Healthtech Startup, Redbird Secures $1.5M Funding to Expand Medical Testing Services Across Africa

Redbird, a Ghana health tech startup, has raised a $1.5 million investment to make medical testing in the country an

Fintech
Accelerator Africa Fintech

Meet 10 Startups Selected For MEST’s 2021 Pan-African Fintech Accelerator

The Pan-African Fintech Accelerator (PAFA) is excited to announce the selection of the ten (10) fintech startups to participate in

Funding

CardinalStone Capital Advisers Closes Maiden Private Equity Fund at $64m, Makes First Fund Investments

CardinalStone Capital Advisers (CCA), a Lagos-based private equity fund manager, has announced the final close of its maiden private equity

Complete Farmer
AgricTech

Complete Farmer Launches a New End-to-End Platform to Digitise Africa’s Agriculture Value Chains

Complete Farmer has announced the launch of a new digital platform that addresses key challenges faced by commodity buyers and

Kwik Delivery
Funding Investment Logistics Startup Technology Venture Capital

Kwik Delivery Closes $1.7m Pre-Series A Financing Round

Kwik Delivery has announced that it has closed its pre-Series A financing round. The company successfully raised $ 1.7 million

Kuda
Fintech Funding Investment Startup Venture Capital

Kuda Raises $25m Series A Round Led by Valar Ventures

Nigeria’s fintech startup, Kuda has raised $25 million in a Series A funding round led by Valar Ventures with participation from Target

Accelerator Ride-hailing

Plentywaka Joins Techstars Toronto, Launches Interstate Services

Plentywaka has announced a new investment from Techstars as it sets its sights on global expansion after a successful one year of moving

Music Partnership

Universal Music Group and Boomplay Expand License to Cover 47 Countries Across Africa

Boomplay and Universal Music Group (UMG) have announced a new landmark licensing agreement that will extend licensing of UMG’s global

FBNQuest
Economy Feature Health

COVID and the Growth of Technology in Nigeria – FBNQuest

It is often said that the COVID-19 virus has brought an irreversible change in working practices and lifestyle, and that