Ukheshe
Fintech Funding Investment Payment Venture Capital

Ukheshe International Attracts Investment From DPI and Fireball Capital to Fuel International Expansion

Ukheshe International, the UK-headquartered division of leading digital-first, Banking as a Service (“BAAS”) enabler Ukheshe Group, today announced the conclusion

Lipa Later
Acquisition Ecommerce

Lipa Later ‘Rescues’ E-Commerce Startup Sky Garden

Lipa Later, a Kenyan Buy Now Paylater Startup (BNPL), has acquired e-commerce startup Sky Garden, which was on the brink

Zone
Startup

Appzone Rebrands to Zone, a Blockchain Payment Infrastructure Company

Appzone, an African Fintech Software Provider, has rebranded to “Zone”, a regulated blockchain Payment Infrastructure company. Zone will now enable

 Fawry
Payment

Fawry Opens its New HQ “Fawry Quantum Building” in Smart Village

Fawry, the Egyptian e-payment and Fintech service provider, has launched its new HQ “Fawry Quantum Building” located in the Smart

Orda
Funding Investment Venture Capital

Orda Raises $3.4m Seed Round to Digitise African Restaurants

Orda, an African restaurant cloud operating system provider, has raised a $3.4 million seed round to further digitize food businesses

Ramani
Funding Venture Capital

Ramani Raises $32m to Build Financial Infrastructure for Africa’s Supply Chains

Ramani, a Tanzanian startup building the financial infrastructure for Africa’s supply chain, has raised $32 million in a Series A

Grinta
Funding Investment Venture Capital

Egypt’s Grinta Raises $8m Investment Led by Raed Ventures and Nclude

Grinta, an Egyptian fintech-enabled B2B tech platform digitising the pharmaceutical supply chain, has raised $8 million seed round co-led by

Startup Wise Guys
Accelerator

Startup Wise Guys Selects Second Batch of Participants for Africa-Dedicated Fund 

Startup Wise Guys (SWG), Europe’s most experienced startup accelerator and one of its most active investment funds, has selected the

Travel
Travel

How a Startup Studio is Tackling Travel Innovation in Africa

The travel startup ecosystem in Nigeria, and Africa more widely, is a lonely place currently. According to Phocuswright which has been

Entrepreneur
Cyber security Security

Digital Security For The New Entrepreneur

The pandemic fundamentally changed the working world forever. Not only are more employees working remotely, but more people are starting