Funding Investment

Rabawa, Africa’s First Social And Video Commerce Platform Raises $163,000

Rabawa, Africa’s first social and video commerce platform, has raised $163,000 from Aptive Capital, a VC firm in USA that is

Flextock
Funding Investment Logistics Venture Capital

Fresh Out of Y Combinator, Egyptian Startup Flextock Secures $3.25m

Flextock, an Egyptian on-demand logistics platform, has raised $3.25 million just two months after graduating from Y Combinator’s Winter 2021

Facebook
Accelerator Facebook

Apply: $50,000 Facebook Community Accelerator Programme 2021

Facebook is inviting community leaders from South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria to apply for the 2021 Facebook Community Accelerator Programme.

Expensya
Funding Investment Venture Capital

Tunisian SaaS Startup, Expensya Raises $20m Series B Fund For European Expansion

Expensya, a Tunisian SaaS startup that provides software to businesses for managing expenses, has raised $20 million in Series B

Aza Finance
Acquisition

AZA Finance Expands into South Africa With Acquisition of Exchange4Free

AZA Finance (formerly BitPesa) has agreed to acquire cross-border payments specialist Exchange4Free, marking the latest in a wave of consolidation

Goodwell Investments
Funding SMEs Venture Capital

Goodwell Investments Launches New €50m Fund to Support High-growth African SMEs

Goodwell Investments, an impact investment firm, has launched Goodwell V. Following on from predecessor funds, Goodwell V aims to channel

Google
Accelerator Entrepreneurship Startup

APPLY: Google for Startups Accelerator Africa 6th Cohort

Google for Startups Accelerator Africa is a three-month accelerator program for seed to series A technology startups across the African

Justice
Accelerator

Last Call For Innovative Southern African Startups To Join Justice Accelerator

Game-changing justice startups looking for the opportunity to take their business to new heights have until 30 April 2021 to

Flutterwave
Fintech News Payment

Flutterwave Named in First-ever List of TIME100 Most Influential Companies in the World

Flutterwave, the billion-dollar Nigerian fintech company, has been recognised as a Pioneer in the first-ever list of the TIME100 most

venture capitalist firms
Venture Capital

Top Venture Capitalist Firms in Nigeria

Nigeria’s fast-growing tech ecosystem now features venture capitalist firms that are continuously in search of innovative and scalable startups to