Funding Investment Logistics Venture Capital

African Supply Chain Startup, Sote Raises $4m Seed Extension Round

Sote, an African supply chain startup, has raised a $4 million seed extension round to expand its solution offering into

Netflix
Video Streaming

Netflix to Spend $1m to Support Africa’s Creative Industry Via Scholarships

Netflix, the global video streaming service, has announced that it plans to spend US$1 million towards the newly-established Netflix Creative

`MPOWER
Partnership Payment

MPOWER Financing and Flutterwave Partner to Promote Student Loans for International Students from Africa

MPOWER Financing, a fintech firm and provider of education loans, has partnered with Flutterwave, in order to make the student loan

Dojah
Accelerator

Nigeria’s Dojah Joins YC W22 Cohort on The Back of pan-African Expansion

Dojah, a Nigerian digital onboarding and KYC startup, has become the latest startup to join Silicon Valley accelerator—Y Combinator winter

Electric Vehicle Innovation Technology

Opibus Launches First-ever Electric Bus Designed and Developed in Africa

Opibus, the Kenyan-based electric vehicle manufacturer, has launched the first all-electric bus in Kenya as well as the first African

Fintech Funding Investment Venture Capital

Finclusion Group Raises Additional $20m to Build Out Neobank Offering Across Africa

Finclusion Group has secured US$20million in debt & equity funding from various prominent investors in its latest capital raise. Investors

Poa Internet
Investment Venture Capital

Poa Internet Closes $28m Funding to Grow its Reach Across Africa

Poa Internet, a Kenyan internet service provider (ISP), has bagged a $28 million Series C funding round led by Africa50 and

Mobile
Apps News

3 Trends Set to Dominate African mobile Apps in 2022

In 2021, the mobile industry in sub-Saharan Africa continued to show incredible resilience against the impacts of Covid-19 and experienced

Orda
Funding Investment Venture Capital

Nigeria’s Orda Secures $1.1m Pre-seed Funding to Build Infrastructure For African Restaurants

Orda has raised $1.1 million in pre-seed funding to build the infrastructure that powers orders for African restaurants. The round was

Machine Learning
Africa News Technology

Machine Learning Can Solve Some of Africa’s Biggest Challenges

From better healthcare access to improved food security, machine learning could tackle a wide range of challenges in developing countries.