MFS Africa
Money Transfer Payment

MFS Africa Partners Afrimoney to Launch Mobile Money Remittance Services in Sierra Leone

MFS Africa, the pan-African cross-border payments startup, has partnered with Afrimoney to enable mobile money users in Sierra Leone to

RiseVest
Fintech Funding Investment Venture Capital

Chaka Raises $1.5m Pre-seed Funding to Drive Digital Investments in Africa

Chaka Technologies, a SEC-licensed digital broker and digital investment platform, has raised $1.5m in a pre-seed funding round led by

Funding Investment Venture Capital

Kenya’s Artificial Intelligence-driven Influencer Marketing Platform, AIfluence Raises $1m

AIfluence, a Kenyan artificial Intelligence-driven marketing platform, has raised $1 million in seed investment led by Dubai-based EQ2 Ventures.  Other

GNI
News

22 media innovators selected for the second GNI Innovation Challenge in Africa, the Middle East, and Turkey

Google has announced the names of 22 media innovators set to receive $2.1 million in funding through the second Google News

Fintech Technology

Klasha Launches Payment Links – a no-code Option to Accept Payments From Africa

Klasha, a fintech startup building borderless payments for e-commerce in Africa, has announced a new no-code option to accept payments

Nigerians
Edtech Education

Do Young Nigerians Really Need to Go to University to Become an IT Professional?

Nigerians attach so much importance to getting a university degree. This is probably a result of the outdated mentality or

M-KOPA
Appointment Business People

M-KOPA Expands to Nigeria, Appoints Ex-Safeboda Boss Babajide Duroshola as New Country General Manager

M-KOPA, the leading connected asset financing platform, has officially expanded to Nigeria. To lead the Nigeria team, M-KOPA has named

Smile Identity
Fintech Funding Investment Venture Capital

Smile Identity Raises $7m Series A Funding to Simplify KYC For Africans

Smile Identity, the provider of ID verification, document verification, and digital KYC compliance solutions in Africa, has secured a $7 million

Tix.Africa
Funding Investment

Tix Africa Closes Six-figure Pre-seed Investment to Scale Events Products

Tix.Africa, a self-service ticketing platform for event creators in Nigeria, has secured six-figure pre-seed funding. The funding round was led

Accelerator Fintech

APPLY: GreenHouse Lab Fintech Accelerator 2021

GreenHouse Capital (GHC) is a leading African Fintech investment fund focused on supporting early-stage companies, and world-class emerging market entrepreneurs,