Competition Health

Founder of WellaHealth Named 2023 Winner of Africa’s Business Heroes Prize Competition

Ikpeme Neto, the founder of WellaHealth, a Nigerian digital health insurance company, has been named winner of Africa’s Business Heroes

Africa’s Business Heroes
Africa Competition

Africa’s Business Heroes Announces Top 10 Finalists for 2023

The Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) Prize Competition, a philanthropic program sponsored by the Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Philanthropy, now

M-KOPA
News

Fintech M-KOPA Raises $250m to Scale High-impact Business Across Africa

M-KOPA, a fintech platform, has announced that it has closed over $250 mill in new debt and equity funding to

Africa’s Business Heroes
Startup

Africa’s Business Heroes Prize Competition 2023 Extends Application Deadline to May 17

Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) Prize Competition, a philanthropic initiative sponsored by the Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Philanthropy, has extended

Nomba
Funding Investment Venture Capital

Nomba Raises $30m Pre-Series B to Deliver Bespoke Payment Solutions for African Businesses

Nomba, a payment service provider for African businesses, has raised a $30 million Pre-Series B funding round to support the

Moni
Product Launch

Moni unveils new community-powered business loans to drive growth for African SMEs 

Moni, a digital platform that delivers financial services in Africa, has launched a new range of business loans that enables

Africa’s Business Heroes Prize
Africa Competition

Applications Open for 2023 Africa’s Business Heroes Prize Competition

Africa’s Business Heroes, a philanthropic initiative sponsored by the Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Philanthropy, has launched its fifth annual

Businesses
Business

How Small Businesses Can Go Digital – and Why They Have no Choice

Today, businesses of all sizes, from roadside traders to large businesses, can no longer afford to not accept digital payments,

Visa
Women

Visa Announces Grant to Help African Women Fund Managers Grow Their Businesses

Visa has announced a grant towards the African Women Impact Fund (AWIF), a collaboration between Standard Bank and the United

Mobility for Africa
News

Zimbabwe’s Mobility for Africa Secures $2m Funding to Scale its Electric Vehicles Business

Mobility for Africa, an electric mobility company, has secured $2 million in funding from InfraCo Africa, part of the Private