Moove
Funding Investment Mobility Startup Venture Capital

Moove Raises $23 Million Series A Funding to Democratize Vehicle Ownership in Africa

Moove, an African mobility fintech, today announced that it has raised $23 million in Series A funding. The round was

Wapi Pay
Fintech Funding Investment Venture Capital

Wapi Pay Raises $2.2 million to Digitize Africa-Asia Trade Payments

Wapi Pay, a fintech startup, based in Singapore and headquartered in Kenya has raised $2.2 Million in pre-seed funding to

Airtel
Funding Investment Mobile Money Telecom Venture Capital

Airtel Africa Raises $200m For its Mobile Money Business

Airtel African has secured a $200 million investment for its mobile money business from Qatar Holding LLC, an affiliate of

Startup

Seedstars and FDFA Announce MENA and African Startup Winners of Migration Entrepreneurship Prize 2021

Seedstars and The Peace and Human Rights Division of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) has announced 20 global startup

PayQin
Funding Investment Payment Startup Venture Capital

African Cross-border Payment Startup PayQin Closes $350000 to Scale its e-wallet Service

PayQin, a cross-border payment startup that operates a comprehensive e-wallet service for the underbanked in West Africa, has announced that

Venture Capital

Convergence Partners Announces First Close of its Third Fund at $120m to Drive Digital Inclusion in Africa

Convergence Partners, a private equity investor focused on the technology sector across sub-Saharan Africa, announced the successful first close of

Ecobank
Digital SMEs

Ecobank and Microsoft Upskill Africa’s SMEs to Succeed in a Digital Economy

Ecobank Group in partnership with Microsoft, LinkedIn, GitHub and Ecobank Academy is set to provide training to equip Small and

Audiomack
Music Music Streaming

Audiomack Partners With Ziiki Media to Promote African Artistes

In line with its commitment to investing in and amplifying African music, Audiomack, an artist-first music streaming platform, has teamed

AppsFlyer
Report

Nigeria Leads Mobile App Market Growth for Africa, According to AppsFlyer & Google Report

AppsFlyer, the global marketing measurement leader, has launched a report with Google that reveals a booming African mobile app market,

Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation
Entrepreneurship Innovation

Noël N’guessan Wins the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation 2021

Chemical Engineer Noël N’guessan has won the Royal Academy of Engineering’s 2021 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation with a biowaste