tappi
Funding Investment SMEs Venture Capital

tappi Raises $1.5m to Digitize and Build Online Trust  for Africa’s SMEs 

tappi, an end-to-end digital commerce SaaS solution for SMEs, has raised $1.5M in an oversubscribed Pre-Seed round led by Mercy Corps

Ecobank
Fintech

Koree, a Cameroonian Fintech Emerges as Winner of the 2023 Ecobank Fintech Challenge

Koree, a fintech company based in Cameroon, has been named the overall winner of the 2023 Ecobank Fintech Challenge. The

ShopZetu
Funding Investment Venture Capital

Shopzetu Raises $1.0m in Pre-seed Funding to Revolutionise Africa’s Fashion and Lifestyle ecommerce Landscape

ShopZetu, the fashion technology start-up, has announced the closure of its $1.0 million Pre-Seed funding round. The round was led

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

SunFi
Clean Energy CleanTech Funding Investment Startup

 Nigerian Clean Tech Startup, SunFi Secures $2.33m Seed Funding

SunFi, the Nigerian clean tech startup, has raised $2.33 million in seed funding from lead investors including Nairobi-based Factor[e] and

Zeraki
Edtech Funding Investment

Kenyan Edtech Startup, Zeraki Closes $1.8m Funding For Growth and Expansion

Zeraki, a Kenyan edtech startup, has raised $1.8 million in seed funding led by Acumen Fund, for product catalogue growth

SIDEUP
Ecommerce Funding Investment

Egypt’s SIDEUP Closes $1.2m Seed to Scale its eCommerce Services

SIDEUP, the Egyptian startup for e-commerce services, has raised a $1.2 million seed round. Global and regional investors in early-stage

Funding Investment PropertyTech Venture Capital

VENCO Secures $670,000 Pre-seed Funding to Deliver Digital Solutions for Residential and Commercial Properties in Africa

VENCO, a technology company that provides solutions to enhance living experiences in African residential and commercial communities, has secured $670,000

Revio
Payment

Revio Raises $1.1m to Solve Payments Failure Problem in Emerging Markets

Revio, a South African API payments and collections startup, has raised $1.1 million in seed funding led by SpeedInvest. The

Ecobank
Competition Fintech

Nigeria’s Touch and Pay wins $50,000 Ecobank Fintech Challenge 2022

Ecobank Group has announced that Touch and Pay, a Nigeria-based fintech, has won the 2022 edition of the Ecobank Fintech