Leapfrog Ventures
Funding Investment Venture Capital

LeapFrog Investments Plans to Hold Final Close of its $1bn Fund in Feb 2024

LeapFrog Investments, the Profit with Purpose firm, has raised a significant share of its Emerging Consumer Fund IV targeting $1

Orda
Funding Investment Venture Capital

Orda Raises $3.4m Seed Round to Digitise African Restaurants

Orda, an African restaurant cloud operating system provider, has raised a $3.4 million seed round to further digitize food businesses

FlapKap
Ecommerce Funding Investment Venture Capital

Egypt’s FlapKap Raises $3.6m to Maximise Potentials of eCommerce Businesses in MENA

FlapKap, an Egyptian revenue-based financing platform, has closed $3.6 million seed round. The latest funding included participation from investors Bolt by

Didi Chuxing
Ride-hailing

Chinese Ride-hailing Startup, DiDi Shuts Down South African Operations

DiDi Chuxing, the Chinese ride-hailing company, has shut down its operations in South Africa just a year after it started

ImaliPay
Fintech Funding Venture Capital

ImaliPay Closes $3m Seed Funding Round

ImaliPay, a financial platform for African freelancers, has secured $3 million in an equity and debt seed funding round. Participating

Mobile
Apps News

3 Trends Set to Dominate African mobile Apps in 2022

In 2021, the mobile industry in sub-Saharan Africa continued to show incredible resilience against the impacts of Covid-19 and experienced

Startup Wise Guys
Accelerator Partnership

Startup Wise Guys Partners Aleph Group For New African SaaS Accelerator

Aleph has partnered with Startup Wise Guys that will see experts from Httpool and Ad Dynamo, both  Aleph Group companies,

motorcycle
Feature Ride-hailing

A Year After The Okada Ban in Lagos, How Has Ex-Motorcycle Ride-hailing Startups Fared?

Late January last year, the Lagos State Government banned the operations of motorcycles and tricycles on major highways in the

Didi Chuxing
Ride-hailing

Chinese Ride-hailing Firm Didi Chuxing Launches in South Africa

Didi Chuxing, the Chinese ride-hailing firm is set to take on Uber and Bolt in Africa as it has launched in

Fintech Funding Investment Venture Capital

ImaliPay Secures Pre-seed Funding to Service Gig Economy

ImaliPay, an African fintech startup, has raised an undisclosed pre-seed funding from the Australian venture capital firm TEN13. Other investors