Samurai Incubate
Venture Capital

Samurai Incubate Closes its Oversubscribed Fund At $18.6m

Samurai Incubate Inc. has officially closed its second Africa fund “Samurai Africa 2nd General Partnership” after successfully having raised 2.026

Termii
Entrepreneurship Funding Startup Venture Capital

Nigerian YC-Backed CPaaS startup Termii secures $1.4m Seed Capital

Termii, an African communications-as-a-service startup has raised $1.4 Million in seed funds. 50% of the round was co-led by Kepple

Flutterwave
Partnership Payment

Flutterwave Partners With PayPal to Enable African Merchants Receive Payment

Flutterwave, the African payment firm has announced it is partnering with PayPal to allow PayPal customers globally to pay African

Publiseer
Partnership

Publiseer Gets New Distribution Partner, Flamingo Fiction

Publiseer, a digital distribution platform, has secured a new distribution partner for its ebooks and audiobooks. The digital aggregator will start

Anzisha Prize
Entrepreneurship

Apply: 2021 Anzisha Prize For Young African Entrepreneurs

The Anzisha Prize has launched the 2021 call for young entrepreneurs between, 15 and 22. Applications for the latest cohort

Partech Africa
Report

2020 Partech Africa Report: African Tech Ecosystem is Still Growing Despite the Global Pandemic

347 African tech start-ups raised a total of US$ 1.43 Billion in 359 equity rounds. Nigeria remains the leader with

Stitch
Fintech Payment

Checkout Five of the Best Payment Gateways out of Africa

As e-commerce on the continent continues to grow in leaps and bounds, payments, side by side with logistics, is something

Mastercard
Partnership Payment

Faisal Islamic Bank Becomes First Sudanese Bank to Obtain Mastercard License Through Network International partnership

Faisal Islamic Bank (FIB) in collaboration with Network International, has become the first indigenous Sudanese bank to obtain a card

Mastercard
Edtech Partnership Payment

Mastercard Partners With UNICAF to Offer Cardholders 75% Scholarships For Internationally Recognized Degrees

Unicaf, the leading online and on-campus learning platform has entered into a two-year partnership with Mastercard to offer its premium

Startup
Funding Investment

CDC Group Again Targets Over US$1bn Annual Investment in African Businesses

CDC will invest over $1 billion in Africa in 2021, maintaining its strong investment pace Provides much needed countercyclical funding