Xend Finance
Cryptocurrency Funding

Xend Finance Raises $500k Funding, Partners TechFusion to Establish First Decentralised Finance Credit Union in Africa

 Xend Finance, the first decentralized finance (DeFi) platform for credit unions and cooperatives, has announced that it has raised an

PiggyVest
Fintech

PiggyVest Assures of Funds Safety As it Opens New Virtual Accounts For Customers

Amidst the uncertainties caused by the CBN directive to banks to close all crypto accounts in their systems, one of

CBN
Cryptocurrency

CBN’s Order To Banks To Immediately Close All Crypto Accounts Shows That Nigeria Is Being Governed By Technophobic Leaders

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in a rather surprising and shocking move has ordered banks, non-bank institutions, and other

Apollo Agriculture
AgricTech Funding Venture Capital

AgroCenta Secures $790k Pre-Series A Funding to Scale its Agri-tech Ecosystem and Secure Crop Purchases From Smallholder Farmers

AgroCenta, an agritech startup that blends cutting edge digital innovation with traditional on the ground operations to transform the lives

Union Bank
Banking Innovation

Apply For #UnionX Innovation Challenge 2021

Union Bank is hosting the fourth edition of the Innovation Challenge, UnionX, themed A New Discovery. So, if you are an entrepreneur in

Google
Economy Technology

Google Commits $10M to Support Kenya’s Economic Recovery

Google has announced that it is committing $10 million to help drive economic recovery in Kenya. This was disclosed at

Innovex
Funding Investment Renewable Energy Venture Capital

Ugandan-based Innovex Closes Equity Investment With Gaia Impact Fund

Innovex, an Uganda-based startup enabling pay-as-you-go and remote monitoring for solar companies, closed a Series Seed Round with an equity

Arewa
Competition Entrepreneurship Financial Inclusion Fintech Startup Women

Apply: Arewa Femtech Fest For Female Entrepreneurs in Northern Nigeria

Financial Services Innovators (FSI) has partnered with Startup Arewa to launch a fintech challenge tagged Arewa Femtech Fest. The programme

Africa Fintech Foundry
Fintech

Access Bank African Fintech Foundry Accelerator Program 2021

Africa Fintech Foundry (AFF) is an Access Bank initiative that aims to nurture, fund, and accelerate the growth of Fintech

Pineapple
Insurtech

South African Insurtech Pineapple Plans to Setup its US-Base in Hartford

South African insurtech Pineapple is planning to open an office in Hartford where it will base its U.S. operations in