OPay
News

OPay Set to Establish Digital Bank in Egypt

OPay, the financial technology and electronic payments solutions, has announced plans to apply for a license to establish a digital

Remedial Health
Funding Investment Venture Capital

Remedial Health Raises $12m to Deliver Financial Services For Neighbourhood Pharmacies and Drive Deeper Growth in Nigeria

Remedial Health, a healthtech startup that develops solutions to make Africa’s pharmaceutical value chain more efficient, has secured $12 million

e-commerce
Ecommerce

Embedded Finance in the Age of e-commerce 

The African online e-commerce market has grown rapidly in recent years and is estimated to be worth approximately $40 billion – a figure that

OmniRetail
Funding Investment Retail Venture Capital

Aruwa Capital Management Invests in OmniRetail

Aruwa Capital Management, an early-stage growth equity and gender lens fund investing in Nigeria and Ghana, has announced an investment

Fawry
News

Fawry Partners With Infobip to Enhance Electronic Payment Services

Fawry, Egypt’s payments and fintech company, has partnered with Infobip, a global cloud communications platform, to enable payments through META

M-KOPA
News

Fintech M-KOPA Raises $250m to Scale High-impact Business Across Africa

M-KOPA, a fintech platform, has announced that it has closed over $250 mill in new debt and equity funding to

Appointment

Linda Yaccarino Appointed New Twitter CEO

Linda Yaccarino, the ex-advertising chief at NBCUniversal, as the new chief executive of Twitter. The announcement was made by Elon

MEST Africa
Appointment

Eric Nsarkoh Joins MEST Africa as a Portfolio Advisor

MEST Africa, a pan-African training program, incubator, and seed fund for African entrepreneurs, has announced the appointment of Eric Nsarkoh

Nomba
Funding Investment Venture Capital

Nomba Raises $30m Pre-Series B to Deliver Bespoke Payment Solutions for African Businesses

Nomba, a payment service provider for African businesses, has raised a $30 million Pre-Series B funding round to support the

Jobtech Alliance
Accelerator

Jobtech Alliance Announces its First Cohort of Inclusive Jobtech Platforms

The Jobtech Alliance, steered by Mercy Corps and BFA Global, announced its first cohort of ten companies that are creating