Investment

Meaningful Gigs Bags $6m to Connect Africans With Remote Gigs

Meaningful Gigs has raised $6 million seed funding to connect Africans with international remote jobs. The seed round was led

Funding Investment Venture Capital

Rwanda’s Hence Technologies Secures $1.8M Funding

Hence Technologies, a Rwandan online marketplace for lawyers, has closed a $1.8 million seed funding. This takes the total amount

Fintech Funding Investment Venture Capital

African Neobank, 4G Capital Closes $18.5m Series C Funding Round

4G Capital, the African neobank, has secured $18.5 milliom Series C funding round from private equity fund Lightrock. Since its

Cryptocurrency Funding Investment

South African Crypto Exchange Firm, VALR Secures $50m Funding

VALR, a cryptocurrency exchange headquartered in South Africa, has raised $50 million (over R750 million) in Africa’s largest ever crypto

Fintech Payment

OPay Announces Launch of its First Store in Egypt

OPay, the fintech and electronic payments company, has announced the opening of its first “OPay” store in Egypt, to offer

LEO
Banking

Four Years on UBA’s Leo Continues to Lead the Pack in Nigeria, Africa

All over the world, the buzz around Artificial Intelligence keeps accelerating as the end goal is to simplify conversations and

Nawy
PropertyTech

Egyptian Proptech Company, Nawy Bags $5m Seed Investment

Nawy, an Egyptian proptech startup, has secured a $5m seed funding round led by the Sawiris family office. Founded in

Fawry
Fintech Payment

Fawry Microfinance Reaches $63.7m in Total Disbursals Since Inception

Fawry, the Egyptian e-payments solutions and banking services provider, has announced that the total value of loans disbursed since inception

Technology

South Africa’s Carscan Secures $1.3m to Help it Further Expand Operations

Carscan, the South African augmented reality app with an embedded visual recognition AI to track the visual condition of every

Acquisition Insurtech

Lami Acquires Kenya’s Bluewave Insurance Agency to Expand Access to Insurance Across Africa

Lami, Kenya’s insurance technology company, has acquired Bluewave Insurance Agency, a Kenyan-based insurtech startup that leverages mobile technology to reach