Payhippo
Fintech Funding Investment Startup Venture Capital

Nigerian Fintech Startup, PayHippo Secures $1m Pre-seed Funding to Boost Access to Finance For African SMEs

PayHippo, a Nigerian fintech startup that provides loans to small businesses in Africa, has secured a $1 million pre-seed funding round

WizzPass
Acquisition

South Africa’s Visitor Management Startup, WizzPass Acquired by FM:Systems

WizzPass, a South African visitor management system, and workplace management market, FM:Systems, a provider of digital workplace solutions globally. Earlier

Mastercard
Report

74% of SMEs in Sub-Saharan Africa Optimistic About Future Growth: Mastercard MEA SME Confidence Index

After facing unprecedented changes in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) confidence in Sub-Saharan Africa

Netflix
Video Streaming

Netflix Launches Affordable Mobile Plan in Sub Saharan Africa Including Nigeria

Netflix introduced a Mobile plan across 43 countries in sub-Saharan Africa region, including Nigeria on 29th June 2021. The Mobile

Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation
Entrepreneurship

Nigeria’s Social Lender, Three Others Emerge Finalists of Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation 2021

Nigerian startup, Social Lender, and three others have been selected as finalists for the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation 2021.

Funding Investment Logistics Venture Capital

African Cross- border Trade Logistics Startup, Jetstream Raises $3m Funding

Jetstream, a supply chain platform that powers global trade logistics for African suppliers, has closed a $3 million seed round.

Fintech Partnership

Carbon Partners With Visa to Enable Payments Across Africa

Carbon, a pan-African fintech company providing access to basic financial services for Africans, has today announced a strategic five-year partnership

Jiji
Merger

Jiji Merges With Cars45 to Create the Largest Cars Marketplace in Africa

Jiji, supported by Lemma.Group, and Cars45 today announced that both companies had reached an agreement, under which they will merge their

Ed Partners Africa
Edtech Education Funding Investment Startup Venture Capital

Kenyan Edtech Startup Ed Partners Africa Raises $1.9m to Fund Affordable Private Schools

Kenyan edtech startup, Ed Partners Africa, an affordable private schools financing company, has raised $1.9 million to expand its presence

Film

Triggerfish, Netflix Partner to Launch Story Artist Lab For African Creatives

Sponsored by Netflix and produced by Triggerfish, the Story Artist Lab builds on the success of their Mama K’s Team