Acquisition

Weaver Fintech Acquires South Africa’s PayJustNow

Weaver Fintech, a South African fintech startup, has acquired an 85% stake in PayJustNow to drive its ongoing growth in

Funding Investment Venture Capital

Lipa Payments Secures $650k Funding For Contactless Payments Platform For Informal Sector

Lipa Payments, a South African fintech startup, has secured a R10 million ($650, 000) funding to build a contactless payments

TradeDepot
Acquisition

Nigerian B2B Marketplace TradeDepot Expands to Ghana With Acquisition of Green Lion

TradeDepot has acquired Green Lion, a Ghanaian B2B eCommerce platform to accelerate its growth, boosting its service delivery across the

Canza Finance
Fintech Funding Investment Venture Capital

Nigeria’s Canza Finance Secures $3.27m in Seed Funding

Canza Finance, a Nigerian neobank building a non-institutional-based financial system, announced the completion of its $3.27M seed round. The fundraising

MarketForce
Ecommerce Funding Investment Venture Capital

MarketForce Raises $40M Series A to Scale up The Super App for Africa’s Informal Merchants

MarketForce, the Nairobi-headquartered B2B platform for retail distribution of consumer goods and digital financial services in Africa, has closed a

Logistics Venture Capital

Freterium Closes $4m Seed round to Disrupt Trucking Industry

Freterium, a Moroccan transport management software provider, has raised $4m in its latest funding round closed in December. The Seed

Remedial Health
Health

Remedial Health Nabs $1m to Digitise Pharmaceutical Industry in Nigeria

Remedial Health, a YC backed Nigerian healthtech startup, has closed a $1 million pre-seed investment. The round was led by Global

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

Swvl
Funding Investment Ride-hailing

Egypt’s Swvl Gets $10m From European Bank

Swvl, the Egyptian on-demand bus-hailing firm, has secured a $10m investment from The European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Stitch
Funding Venture Capital

SA API Fintech, Stitch Secures $21m Series A Round Led by The Spruce House Partnership

Stitch, a South African API fintech startup, has raised a $21 million Series A funding round led by The Spruce