DiDi Chuxing, the Chinese ride-hailing company, has shut down its operations in South Africa just a year after it started
ImaliPay, a financial platform for African freelancers, has secured $3 million in an equity and debt seed funding round. Participating
Platform Capital, a provider of advisory services, has officially launched operations in South Africa to provide strategically driven investments with
Churpy, a Kenyan fintech startup, has secured a $1 million seed round led by Unicorn Growth Capital. Also participating were
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has committed $5 million in Egyptian venture capital fund Disruptech Ventures to support development in
The participants joining Google for Startups Accelerator Africa Class 7 have been announced. The selected startups are developing solutions in
Flapmax has announced the twelve companies selected for the first cohort of the FAST startup accelerator, created to help strengthen and
M-Pesa, Africa’s largest fintech provider, which was in March 2007; is celebrating 15 years today. The Kenyan-headquartered firm initially allowed
Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia will be the first countries on the African continent to receive the
Fawry, Egypt’s e-payments solutions provider, has announced that it has signed an agreement with Samer Gharaibeh, Softec Technologies, and Ammar