Dash
Fintech Funding Investment

Ghana’s Dash Closes $32.8m Seed Round

Dash, a Ghanaian unified and accessible payments app, has raised $32.8 million in an oversubscribed seed round, one of the

M-Pesa
Fintech

M-Pesa Celebrates 15th Anniversary with 51m Customers in Seven Countries

M-Pesa, Africa’s largest fintech provider, which was in March 2007; is celebrating 15 years today. The Kenyan-headquartered firm initially allowed

Rocket Health
Health

Uganda’s Rocket Health Raises a $5m Series A Round To Accelerate Expansion In East Africa

Rocket Health, a Ugandan telemedicine and last-mile healthcare provider, has announced the close of a $5 million Series A funding

Catalyst Fund
Fintech

Four African Fintech Startups Selected For Catalyst Fund 10th Cohort

Global inclusive tech accelerator Catalyst Fund, managed by BFA Global, has selected four African fintech startups for its tenth cohort. They will

News

Four African Countries to Receive Tech to Produce COVID-19 Vaccine

Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia will be the first countries on the African continent to receive the

MarketForce
Ecommerce Funding Investment Venture Capital

MarketForce Raises $40M Series A to Scale up The Super App for Africa’s Informal Merchants

MarketForce, the Nairobi-headquartered B2B platform for retail distribution of consumer goods and digital financial services in Africa, has closed a

Stitch
Funding Venture Capital

SA API Fintech, Stitch Secures $21m Series A Round Led by The Spruce House Partnership

Stitch, a South African API fintech startup, has raised a $21 million Series A funding round led by The Spruce

Jiji
Acquisition

Jiji Acquires Tonaton, its Main Competitor in Ghana

Jiji, a Nigerian classified ecommerce platform, has acquired Ghanaian-based classifieds marketplace,Tonaton. Jiji already holds leadership positions in Ghana and Kenya. Additionally, the marketplace

BasiGO
Electric Vehicle Mobility

Electric Vehicle Startup BasiGo Bags $4.3m Seed Funding

BasiGo, a Kenyan Electric Vehicle startup, has raised $4.3 million in seed funding to provide clean-energy mass transit vehicles in

OLX
Ecommerce

Classified Ecommerce Platform OLX Closes Shop in South Africa

OLX, a classified ecommerce platform, has been shut down in South Africa. Visitors to the platform’s website were greeted with