Dopay
Fintech Funding Investment Venture Capital

Egyptian Fintech Firm, Dopay Secures $18m Series A Round to Grow its Virtual Banking Platform

Dopay, the Egyptian fintech firm, has closed an $18 million Series A funding round led by Force Over Mass Capital,

Funding Investment

CDC to Boost Digital Infrastructure Across sub-Saharan Africa With Over $50m Investment

CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution (DFI) and impact investor, has announced commitments totalling US$50.9 million to expand digital

Chipper Cash
Fintech Product Launch

African Cross-border Fintech Startup Chipper Cash, Launches in South Africa

Chipper Cash, the African cross-border fintech startup, has launched its services in South African with a freemium peer-to-peer instant money

Acquisition

Days After Raising $20m, South Africa’s Finclusion Group Acquires Stake in HelloHR

Finclusion Group has announced the acquisition of a strategic stake in HelloHR, a South African payroll software startup. This comes

Funding Health Investment Startup Venture Capital

Egyptian Healthtech Startup, Sotech Secures $1m Pre-Seed Round

Sotech, an Egyptian healthtech and IoT solutions startup, raised $1 million pre-seed funding round led by Innlife investments and key

Fawry
Acquisition Fintech

Fawry Acquires Minority Stake in Social Commerce Platform Brimore

Fawry, the Egyptian e-payments solutions and banking services provider, has acquired a minority stake in Brimore, a social commerce platform

#StartupSouth
Entrepreneurship Funding Startup

APPLY: StartupBootCamp by #StartupSouth Worth $30K

StartupBootCamp by #StartupSouth is a 2-weeks Virtual acceleration program open to early-stage founders. The program is suitable for early-stage startups within the South-South and

Releaf
AgricTech Funding Investment Venture Capital

Nigerian agritech startup Releaf Raises $4.2m to Develop its Tech and Provide Finance For Smallholder Farmers

Releaf, a Nigerian agritech startup, has raised a $4.2 million funding to develop its technology and provide funding to smallholder

DLM Trust
Awards Banking

DLM Capital Group Attributes Global Finance Award to Teamwork, Dedication

DLM Capital Group, a leading developmental investment bank, has been awarded the ‘Best Development Finance Company Nigeria 2021’ by Global

Entrepreneurship Startup

Apply: FTxSDG Challenge For Startups in Emerging Markets

The Financial Times has partnered with Seedstars, a Swiss-based company that invests and supports startups from emerging markets, to host