Leapfrog Ventures
Funding Venture Capital

Convergence Partners Raises $296m to Drive Digital Inclusion Across Africa

Convergence Partners, a private equity investor dedicated to the technology sector across sub-Saharan Africa, has announced the closing of its

MyHealth Africa
Health

Kenyan Healthtech Startup, MyHealth Africa Secured $1m Seed Funding

MyHealth Africa, a Kenyan healthcare startup, has raised $1.3 million in a seed funding round led by GIIG Africa Fund,

Visa
News

Visa Pledges to Invest $1 billion in Africa to Accelerate Digital Transformation

Visa has announced a pledge to invest $1 billion in Africa over the next five years to advance resilient, innovative,

Visa
Women

Visa Announces Grant to Help African Women Fund Managers Grow Their Businesses

Visa has announced a grant towards the African Women Impact Fund (AWIF), a collaboration between Standard Bank and the United

Omnisient
Data Funding Investment Startup Venture Capital

South African Data Collaboration Startup Omnisient Secures $3.5m Funding Led by Buffet Investments

Omnisient, a provider of consumer privacy-protecting data collaboration platform in emerging markets, has closed $3.5 million in expansion capital led

Mastercard
Partnership

Mastercard, Cellulant Partner to Empower Millions of Consumers Across Africa to Join the Global Digital Commerce Market

Mastercard and Cellulant have partnered to allow millions of Cellulant customers across Africa to shop and pay online with global

Nithio
Report

Nithio F.I. Releases Inaugural Impact Report Focused on Improved Energy Access in Africa

Nithio, the AI-enabled energy financing platform that directly finances clean energy companies in Africa, has released its 2022 Impact Report.

iiDENTIFii
Funding

South African Biometrics Startup, iiDENTIFii Secures $15m Series A Round Led by Arise

iiDENTIFii, the South African biometrics company, has raised USD15 million in growth capital, with the round led by African investment

Channel
Feature Security

How South Africa’s Cloud Market is Finally Maturing

In 1999, CNN published an article with the headline: “Is the internet maturing?” The author referred to the first airline tickets being

Auto24
Business

Stellantis Invest in Africar Group to Create Auto24, an African Used Vehicle Startup

Africar Group and Stellantis have announced the launch of Auto24 activities in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Auto24 is a direct-to-consumer used