Ecobank
Banking Fintech

Ecobank Group Launches 2021 Edition of its Fintech Challenge

The pan-African banking group, Ecobank group, is inviting African Fintech entrepreneurs to join the 4th edition of the Ecobank Fintech

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

FirstCheck Africa
Funding Investment Venture Capital Women

Meet the Four Female-led African Startups That Just Received Investment From FirstCheck Africa

Six months ago, Eloho Omame, the Managing Director of Endeavor Nigeria and Odunayo Eweniyi, the Co-founder/Chief Operations Officer of Piggyvest launched FirstCheck

Moove
Funding Investment Mobility Startup Venture Capital

Moove Raises $23 Million Series A Funding to Democratize Vehicle Ownership in Africa

Moove, an African mobility fintech, today announced that it has raised $23 million in Series A funding. The round was

MTN
Telecom

MTN Thanks Nigerians on 20th Anniversary

MTN has extended its gratitude towards Nigerians as the telecoms and ICT company celebrates its 20th anniversary. The company began

Zowasel
AgricTech Funding Investment

Zowasel Receives $100k Financing From Guinness and Promasidor

Zowasel, Africa’s frontline sustainable marketplace for crops, has received $100,000 USD investment from Guinness Nigeria Plc (a subsidiary of Diageo)

Mastercard
Payment

Mastercard Brings Egyptians Closer to Their Passions as it Expands Priceless Platform

In line with its ongoing commitment to Egypt, Mastercard has announced the expansion of its globally-renowned Priceless platform in the

Funding Investment Training Venture Capital

Nigeria’s Decagon Secures Funding to Train and Finance Software Engineers

Decagon, a Nigerian startup that helps leading companies build faster with vetted remote software engineering talents, has raised a $1.5

Investment Partnership

Chaka Partners TradingView to Enable Borderless Investments For African Pro-traders

Following securing SEC’s first Fintech license and a $1.5M pre-seed funding round, digital investment platform, Chaka, has partnered with TradingView, the world’s leading online

Ecommerce Health

Revisiting Online Shopping, Food Ordering Culture of the Pandemic Era

The CoV-2 Virus, known as the Delta Variant, is rapidly sweeping across the globe. This new variant appears to spread