Payment
Payment

Cash is King – But Digital Payments Are Coming For The Throne

Even with a high banked population and a multitude of electronic payment options available, the average South African still use

FirstCheck Africa
Funding Investment Venture Capital Women

Meet the Four Female-led African Startups That Just Received Investment From FirstCheck Africa

Six months ago, Eloho Omame, the Managing Director of Endeavor Nigeria and Odunayo Eweniyi, the Co-founder/Chief Operations Officer of Piggyvest launched FirstCheck

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

AiDEMONEY
Money Transfer

AiDEMONEY Launches Money Remittance Service for African Diaspora

Each year, the diaspora sends upwards of $40 billion back home to Africa. Yet according to the World Bank, the world’s poorest continent remains

MVX
Funding Investment Startup Venture Capital

Nigerian Digital Freight Startup, MVX Secures $1.3m Investment

MVX. a Nigerian-based digital freight startup, has raised a $1.3 million seed round to scale its services. The funding came

Nestcoin
Cryptocurrency

Yele Bademosi Names New Bundle Africa CEO As He Steps Down

Yele Bademosi has stepped down as the CEO of Bundle Africa, a social payments app for cash or cryptocurrency. Bademosi

Startup

Seedstars and FDFA Announce MENA and African Startup Winners of Migration Entrepreneurship Prize 2021

Seedstars and The Peace and Human Rights Division of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) has announced 20 global startup

AURA
Health Security

AURA’s Digital Marketplace Platform Geared to Drive Change in Access to South Africa’s Security and Medical Services

Platform technology has introduced something new and different to the market. In another wave of positive disruption, these platform-based businesses

Startup
Investment Startup

Top African Regions Set to Become Leading Startup and Investment Hubs

On the back of Cape Town being recognised as the tech capital of Africa, topping international rankings for foreign direct investment strategy,

Venture Capital

Convergence Partners Announces First Close of its Third Fund at $120m to Drive Digital Inclusion in Africa

Convergence Partners, a private equity investor focused on the technology sector across sub-Saharan Africa, announced the successful first close of