Jumia
Ecommerce

Zipline and Jumia join forces to Launch Drone Delivery in Ghana

Jumia and Zipline have announced today a collaboration to deploy automated, on-demand delivery for e-commerce in Africa. The pilot program

Moove
Partnership

Moove Partners Uber UK to Bring Electric Vehicles to London

Moove, an African startup with a growing global customer base of mobility entrepreneurs, has launched in Europe with a 100%

Funding Investment Payment Venture Capital

Duplo Secures $4.3m Seed Funding to Transform Business-to-Business Payments in Nigeria

 Duplo, a business-to-business payment platform that makes it easier for African businesses of all sizes to pay each other, has

Moove
Partnership

Moove Signs MoU With MUFG and Suzuki to Promote Financial Inclusion for Mobility Gig Workers

Moove, the world’s first mobility fintech, has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding [MoU] with MUFG, one of the

Pezesha
Funding Investment Startup Venture Capital

Pezesha Secures $11m Pre-series A Funding to Grow its Embedded Finance Platform

Pezesha, a pan-African embedded finance fintech, has raised $11 million in pre-series A investment. The round was a mix of $6

Grey
Funding Investment Payment Venture Capital

Grey Raises $2M to Simplify Cross-border Payments Across Africa

Grey, a fintech for sending and receiving foreign payments for Africans, has raised $2 million in seed funding. The service

Subsbase
Funding Investment Startup

Egypt’s SubsBase, a Subscription Management Platform, Secures $2.4m Seed Round

SubsBase, an Egyptian subscription and recurring revenue management platform catering to the MENA region, has successfully closed its seed round

Ecobank
Fintech

2022 Ecobank Fintech Challenge Opens For Application

Ecobank has launched the fifth edition of the Fintech Challenge and it is inviting African Fintech founders to stand a

MTN
Internet

MTN Kicks off 5G Pilot in Nigeria

MTN has kicked off an open 5G pilot in the lead-up to its commercial launch. The Company, which intends to launch

valU
Acquisition

Egyptian BNPL, valU Acquires Fintech Company Paynas

valU, an Egyptian Buy-Now, Pay-Later (BNPL) fintech startup, has acquired 100% of Paynas, a full-fledged employee management and benefits company