Homzmart
Funding Investment Venture Capital

Egyptian Furniture Marketplace, Homzmart closes $15m Series A Round

Homzmart, the Egyptian furniture & home goods marketplace, has announced that it has successfully closed its $15 million Series A

Flutterwave
Partnership

Flutterwave, Basketball Africa League Announces Multi-year Partnership

Flutterwave and The Basketball Africa League (BAL) have announced a multi-year partnership that makes the payments technology company an associate

Mastercard
Business Payment SMEs

Mastercard Launches SME Dining Series Campaign “Start Something Priceless”

Mastercard has announced the launch of its SME Dining Series in support of small businesses in Abuja and Lagos. The

Bosta
Funding Logistics Venture Capital

Egyptian Ecommerce Delivery Startup, Bosta Secures $6.7M in Series A Funding Round Led by Silicon Badia

Bosta, an Egyptian ecommerce delivery startup, has announced the closing of a $6.7M Series A round led by global VC

Telda
Fintech Funding Investment Venture Capital

Egyptian Fintech Startup Telda Secures $5m in Pre-seed Funding Led by Sequoia

Telda, an Egyptian fintech startup, has raised $5 million in pre-seed funding led by Sequoia Capital, with participation from Global

Pick N Pay
Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin Price Tumbles After Tesla Halts Car Purchases With Crypto

The price of bitcoin crashed after Elon Musk’s Tesla suspended the use of the crypto as payment over environmental concerns.

Clubhouse
Report

Clubhouse Gets Thumbs Up on Android, but Thumbs Down on Social Media [Analysis]

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, new social media platforms, such as Clubhouse, have been welcomed with open arms

Startup
Feature Technology Venture Capital

Why a Wave of Technology Giants Will Come From Africa

Ian Lessem, Managing Partner at HAVAÍC, investors in early-stage, high-growth technology businesses, notes a significant increase in investment demand for African

MyMedicines
Entrepreneurship Startup

MyMedicines’ Abimbola Adebakin Named Winner in Inaugural Bayer Foundation Women Empowerment Award

The founder and CEO of MyMedicines, Abimbola Adebakin has been named among the winners of the inaugural Bayer Foundation Women

Chekkit
Health Technology

Chekkit’s Drug Verification Project Goes National in Aghanistan After Successful Pilot

After a successful pilot of Chekkit’s drug verification solution in collaboration with blockchain partner, Fantom Foundation, the Afghanistan Ministry of Health