Chipper Cash
Fintech Funding Investment Venture Capital

Chipper Cash Officially a Unicorn As it Raises $150m Extension Round at $2bn Valuation

Chipper Cash, an African cross-border payments company, has raised $150 million in a Series C extension round led by cryptocurrency

Ampersand
Funding Investment Renewable Energy

Ampersand Secures $9m Funding From International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) to Scale Operations

Ampersand, Africa’s first electric motorcycle company, has just secured a $9 million loan facility from the U.S. International Development Finance

Catalyst Fund
Accelerator Funding Startup

Four Ghanaian Startups Receive Funding and Acceleration Support Through Catalyst Fund Inclusive Digital Commerce Accelerator program

The Catalyst Fund Inclusive Digital Commerce Accelerator welcomed four Ghanaian digital commerce companies, OZÉ, Shopa, Swoove, and Tendo,  as the

RecoMed
Funding Health Investment Venture Capital

SA’s RecoMed Secures $1.5m Funding Led by Vurani Fintech Fund

RecoMed, a South African online healthcare marketplace, has raised a $1.5 million financing round led by Vunani Fintech Fund. The

Brass
Funding

Nigerian Fintech Startup, Brass Secures $1.7m to Provide Premium Banking Services to SMEs

Brass, a Nigerian fintech startup, has secured a $1.7 million investment to address the banking needs of local entrepreneurs, traders,

VertoFX
Funding Investment Payment Venture Capital

VertoFX Raises $10m Series A Led by Quona Capital

VertoFX, a global B2B payments platform that provides a fast, simple, and reliable way for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)

Flat6Labs
Venture Capital

Flat6Labs Announces Second Close of its Tunisia Seed Fund at $10m

Flat6Labs, a regional seed and early-stage VC firm has announced the second close, and increase of its Tunisia-based Anava Seed

Pezesha
Fintech Funding Investment Venture Capital

Pezesha Raises Seven-figure Seed Extension from GreenHouse Capital to Fuel Expansion

Pezesha, a pan-African fintech company building scalable lending infrastructure for SMEs and institutions, today announced the close of a seven-figure

Bumpa
Funding Investment SMEs Startup Venture Capital

Nigerian Online Store Builder, Bumpa Raises $200,000 Pre-seed Funding

Bumpa, a Nigerian mobile-based inventory management and online store builder has closed a $200, 000 pre-seed funding from a host of

MarketForce
Ecommerce Funding Investment

Kenyan Retail Distribution Startup, MarketForce Secures Additional $100k Funding

MarketForce, the Kenyan-based end-to-end retail distribution platform for consumer brands in Africa, has raised a $100,000 investment from the Harambeans Prosperity Fund,