Funding Investment

South African NFT Collateral Startup, NFTfi Raises $5m Seed Round

NFTfi, a South African NFT collateral startup, has raised a $5 million seed round to continue pioneering the financialization of

Yellow Card
Cryptocurrency Funding Investment Venture Capital

Yellow Card Raises $15m Series A, the Largest by an African Crypto Exchange

Yellow Card, an African cryptocurrency exchange, has announced a $15 million Series A, the largest ever by an African cryptocurrency exchange, to

HelloChoice
AgricTech Fintech Funding Investment

South African Agri-fintech HelloChoice Secures Investment From Standard Bank

HelloChoice, the South African agri-fintech startup, has closed a major investment from Standard Bank following several partnerships. The 25% equity

Pravica
Blockchain Funding Investment Venture Capital

Egypt’s Pravica Secures Funding From Crypto Valley Venture Capital

Pravica, a communication platform using blockchain technology to empower user privacy and security, has announced a direct investment from Crypto

cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrency Report

Cryptocurrency Adoption in Africa Surges to 1200% Over the Past Year in Africa-Chainalysis

The adoption of cryptocurrency in Africa surged to a whopping 1200% this past year according to a report by Chainalysis.

Chekkit
Funding Investment Venture Capital

Chekkit Closes $500k Pre-seed Round To Save More Lives and Secure The Pharmaceutical & FMCG Industries

Chekkit, Nigerian Anti-counterfeiting Solution, has closed a $500,000 pre-seed investment from Launch Africa, Japan Strategic Capital, Blockchain Founders Fund, and two syndicate groups

AiDEMONEY
Money Transfer

AiDEMONEY Launches Money Remittance Service for African Diaspora

Each year, the diaspora sends upwards of $40 billion back home to Africa. Yet according to the World Bank, the world’s poorest continent remains

Nestcoin
Cryptocurrency

Yele Bademosi Names New Bundle Africa CEO As He Steps Down

Yele Bademosi has stepped down as the CEO of Bundle Africa, a social payments app for cash or cryptocurrency. Bademosi

Startup

Seedstars and FDFA Announce MENA and African Startup Winners of Migration Entrepreneurship Prize 2021

Seedstars and The Peace and Human Rights Division of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) has announced 20 global startup

SAIS
AgricTech Startup

APPLY: GIZ-SAIS Investment Readiness Programme 2022 For African AgriTech and FoodTech Startups

Scaling Digital Agriculture Innovations through Startups’ (SAIS) is a project implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH