Flutterwave
Fintech Funding Investment Venture Capital

Flutterwave Secures $250m Series D Funding to Become Most Valuable African Startup

Flutterwave, a leading technology company, announced today that it has raised USD $250 million in Series D funding, valuing the

Reliance Health
Funding Health Investment Venture Capital

Nigeria’s Reliance Health Raises $40M in Series B Led by General Atlantic

Reliance Health, an emerging markets-focused digital healthcare provider, has completed a $40M Series B funding round led by General Atlantic.

TradeDepot
Funding

African Startups That Raised $100m and Above in 2021

The African startup ecosystem bounced back in 2021 to raise a mind-blowing $4 billion. Briter Bridges says the total 2020

Vendease
Funding Investment Venture Capital

Online Food Marketplace For Restaurants, Vendease Secures $3.2m Funding Led by Global Founders Capital

Vendease, an online marketplace that allows restaurants and other food businesses to buy supplies from manufacturers and farms, has raised

Pezesha
Fintech Funding Investment Venture Capital

Pezesha Raises Seven-figure Seed Extension from GreenHouse Capital to Fuel Expansion

Pezesha, a pan-African fintech company building scalable lending infrastructure for SMEs and institutions, today announced the close of a seven-figure

Wave
Fintech Funding Investment Venture Capital

Senegal-based Wave Becomes Francophone Africa 1st Unicorn After Raising $200m Funding

Wave, the U.S., and Senegal-based mobile money startup, has become the first unicorn in francophone Africa after raising $200 million

e-commerce
Ecommerce Logistics

Higher Number of Package Delivery Shows Increase in E-commerce Adoption

When Jumia released its 2021 Q2 result, one of the interesting revelations was the upward trend of orders on the

Sabi
Ecommerce

B2B Platform Sabi Reaches 150,000 Merchants In Nigeria

Sabi, a B2B market place serving Africa’s informal sector, today announced the milestone of over 150,000 small business users on

Showlove
Funding Investment Venture Capital

Showlove.io, a Nigerian Gifting Startup, Secures $300k in Pre-seed Funding

Showlove, a Nigerian social platform for gifting, has closed a $300,000 pre-seed round from Fedha Capital, as well as other angel

Ecommerce Health

Revisiting Online Shopping, Food Ordering Culture of the Pandemic Era

The CoV-2 Virus, known as the Delta Variant, is rapidly sweeping across the globe. This new variant appears to spread