Ampersand
Funding Investment Renewable Energy

Ampersand Secures $9m Funding From International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) to Scale Operations

Ampersand, Africa’s first electric motorcycle company, has just secured a $9 million loan facility from the U.S. International Development Finance

Savvy
Entrepreneurship Funding

Savvy Secures New Funding From ITU and United Nations

Savvy, an entrepreneurial support organization, has secured an extra $25,000 in grant funding, which is their second grant for this

Flat6Labs
Accelerator Health

Organon and Flat6labs Launch Accelerator For Female Founders Operating in Digital Healthcare in Mena

Organon, in partnership with Flat6Labs has launched the Femtech Accelerator Program to support female-led start-ups operating in the digital healthcare

Stitch
Fintech Funding Investment Venture Capital

South African API Fintech, Stitch Raises $2m, Expands to Nigeria

Stitch, a South Africa API fintech startup, has announced that it has raised a $2 million seed extension and expanded

Catalyst Fund
Accelerator Funding Startup

Four Ghanaian Startups Receive Funding and Acceleration Support Through Catalyst Fund Inclusive Digital Commerce Accelerator program

The Catalyst Fund Inclusive Digital Commerce Accelerator welcomed four Ghanaian digital commerce companies, OZÉ, Shopa, Swoove, and Tendo,  as the

Union54
Fintech Funding Investment Venture Capital

Zambian Fintech Startup, Union54 Raises $3m to Scale its Team and Expand Customer Base

Union54, a Zambian fintech startup, backed by Y Combinator, has closed a $3 million seed round led by Tiger Global.

Releaf
Partnership

Releaf Partners With IITA to Improve Growth and Sustainability in Oil Palm Production

Releaf, an agtech startup that develops proprietary hardware and software solutions that make African farmers and food factories more efficient

Risevest
Legal Regulation

Court Unfreezes Risevest Accounts Weeks After it Was Blocked by CBN

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered with immediate effect the unfreezing of the bank accounts of Risevest,

Flutterwave
Fintech Money Transfer Partnership Payment

Flutterwave Enables New Europe-Africa Payment Corridors via Stellar

Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) announced that Flutterwave has launched two new remittance corridors between Europe and Africa on the Stellar network. Working with TEMPO, Flutterwave is leveraging

eNaira
Cryptocurrency Regulation

CBN to Formally Launch eNaira on Monday

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has disclosed that it will formally launch the Nigerian Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC),