Omnibiz Africa
Ecommerce Funding Investment Venture Capital

African B2B E-commerce Platform, Omnibiz Raises $3m Investment

Omnibiz, a B2B e-commerce platform connecting manufacturers and distributors of fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) to retailers, has raised $3 million

Ecobank
Banking Fintech

Ecobank Group Launches 2021 Edition of its Fintech Challenge

The pan-African banking group, Ecobank group, is inviting African Fintech entrepreneurs to join the 4th edition of the Ecobank Fintech

Chekkit
Funding Investment Venture Capital

Chekkit Closes $500k Pre-seed Round To Save More Lives and Secure The Pharmaceutical & FMCG Industries

Chekkit, Nigerian Anti-counterfeiting Solution, has closed a $500,000 pre-seed investment from Launch Africa, Japan Strategic Capital, Blockchain Founders Fund, and two syndicate groups

Zowasel
AgricTech Funding Investment

Zowasel Receives $100k Financing From Guinness and Promasidor

Zowasel, Africa’s frontline sustainable marketplace for crops, has received $100,000 USD investment from Guinness Nigeria Plc (a subsidiary of Diageo)

Health

How Nigeria’s HelpMum Won $50k at 2021 Waislitz Global Citizen Awards

HelpMum, a Nigerian healthtech startup, has been named winner of the 2021 Waislitz Global Citizen COVID–19 Response Award and would

Funding Investment Training Venture Capital

Nigeria’s Decagon Secures Funding to Train and Finance Software Engineers

Decagon, a Nigerian startup that helps leading companies build faster with vetted remote software engineering talents, has raised a $1.5

Investment Partnership

Chaka Partners TradingView to Enable Borderless Investments For African Pro-traders

Following securing SEC’s first Fintech license and a $1.5M pre-seed funding round, digital investment platform, Chaka, has partnered with TradingView, the world’s leading online

Appointment

Oluyomi Ojo Steps Down As Printivo CEO

Oluyomi Ojo has stepped down as the CEO of Printivo. Temitope Ekundayo and Ibukun Oloyede who alongside Ojo co-founded Printivo

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

Catalyst Fund
Fintech

Catalyst Fund Announces its Latest Cohort of Companies Bringing Inclusive Fintech Solutions to Underserved Communities

PayPal joins as a new supporter as Catalyst Fund explores connections between digital finance and climate resilience Catalyst Fund, a