SweepSouth, a Naspers-backed online home services platform, has acquired Egyptian startup FilKhedma to expand into the North African country. The
Uber has announced its partnership with Paymob, an Egyptian digital payment service provider, to expand payment options on the Uber app. This
Ecobank Group has named Trove Finance, a Nigerian stock investment startup, the winner of the fourth edition of the annual
SafeBoda, a Ugandan super app, has become the first startup to receive investment from Google’s Africa Investment Fund. The undisclosed
Ventures Platform, an African venture capital firm, has announced the first close of its $40 million pan-African fund. Though the
Alitheia IDF (AIF), Africa’s first women-led and women-focused private equity fund, has announced the final close of the $100 million fund with
4DX Ventures, a pan-African venture capital firm, has completed the final close of its second fund at $60 million. The
Wowzi, a Kenyan startup that connects brands with influencers to scale up their marketing, has raised $3.2 million funding from
54gene, the health technology firm advancing African genomics research for improved global health outcomes, has announced the launch of its
Mastercard and Jumia have partnered on a Black Friday promotion to enable Mastercard cardholders to support the forest restoration projects