BasiGo
Grants

E-Mobility Startup, BasiGo Gets $1.5m to Expand to Rwanda

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded BasiGo a $1.5 Million grant through its Development Innovation Ventures

Partnership Payment

Fawry Partners with MoneyHash to Revolutionise Payment Experiences in Egypt

Fawry, the Egypt provider of electronic payment and digital financial services, has partnered with MoneyHash, an all-in-one payment and revenue

Almouneer
Funding Investment Venture Capital

Almouneer, an Egyptian Healthtech Startup, Secures $3.6m Funding

Almouneer, the Egyptian healthtech startup, has raised $3.6 million seed round led by Dubai-based Global Ventures, with participation from other

AgricTech Funding Investment Venture Capital

BII Commits $26.5m to AFEX to Address Food Security in Nigeria, Kenya and Uganda

British International Investment (BII), the UK’s development finance institution (DFI) and impact investor, announced a US$26.5 million commitment to AFEX,

Circadian
Technology

Circadian Gets €1.25m to Boost Energy Transition for Telecom Towers in Frontier Markets

Circadian, a tech company that enables frontier markets to adopt renewable energy, has raised €1.25m round led by BayWa r.e.

Ukheshe
Banking Fintech Partnership

Ukheshe and Komuniti SA Partner to Make Digital Banking Services More Accessible

Komuniti in collaboration with banking as a service (BaaS) and embedded finance enabler, Ukheshe is bringing digital banking to more people in South

Leapfrog Ventures
Funding Investment Venture Capital

LeapFrog Investments Plans to Hold Final Close of its $1bn Fund in Feb 2024

LeapFrog Investments, the Profit with Purpose firm, has raised a significant share of its Emerging Consumer Fund IV targeting $1

Ukheshe
Fintech Payment

Scan to Pay Powered by Ukheshe – More Than Just Another Way to Pay

Since the brand evolution of Masterpass to Scan to Pay, Powered by Ukheshe, earlier this year, South Africa’s appetite for mobile QR

Ecobank
Fintech

Koree, a Cameroonian Fintech Emerges as Winner of the 2023 Ecobank Fintech Challenge

Koree, a fintech company based in Cameroon, has been named the overall winner of the 2023 Ecobank Fintech Challenge. The

Revio
Funding Investment Venture Capital

Revio Closes $5.2m Investment Led by QED Ventures

‍Revio, the payment orchestration platform helping merchants optimize their order to cash lifecycle, announced a seed investment round of $5.2