Tugende
Funding Investment Venture Capital

Tugende Secures $3.6M Investment to Help Meet Intense Demand For Productive Asset Finance

Tugende, a technology-enabled asset finance company, in East Africa has closed $3.6M in additional equity financing.  The round was led

Bolt
Business Ride-hailing

Bolt Launches Food Delivery Services in Kenya

Bolt has launched its food delivery service in Nairobi, Kenya. Bolt Food will offer users access to a wide variety

Didi Chuxing
Ride-hailing

Chinese Ride-hailing Firm Didi Chuxing Launches in South Africa

Didi Chuxing, the Chinese ride-hailing firm is set to take on Uber and Bolt in Africa as it has launched in

Curacel
Funding Insurtech Investment Venture Capital

Nigerian Insurtech Startup, Curacel Secures $450k Pre-seed Investment

Curacel, a Nigerian startup that aims to fast-track claims processing and detects fraudulent claims for health insurance, has raised a

Accelerex
Fintech

Accelerex Offers Ghanaian Customers More Digital Payment Options

Accelerex Ghana has been granted an enhanced Payment Service Provider (PSP) licence from the Bank of Ghana (BoG), under the Payment

Entrepreneurship Social Entrepreneurship Startup

Women-led Kenyan Design House Wins Fashionomics Africa Sustainable Design Competition

The African Development Bank’s Fashionomics Africa initiative has named a women-led Kenya shoe design house as the winner of its

MFS Africa
Fintech Payment

MFS Africa now reaches over 320 million mobile money wallets, covering 60% of all mobile wallets in sub-Saharan Africa

MFS Africa has announced that it now reaches over 320 million mobile money wallets, enabling a range of banks, telcos,

Labs by ARM
Accelerator Fintech

Labs by ARM Announces Five Startups For 2021 Fintech Accelerator Program

Five startups have been accepted into the third cohort of the Labs by ARM Accelerator Program, designed to support the

Justice
Accelerator Startup

Justice Accelerator Calls on Innovative Southern African Startups Changing Lives And Creating Social Impact

The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law (HiiL) is calling on all game-changing justice startups that want to grow their social impact

Nokia
Internet Technology

Nokia and Safaricom Launch East Africa’s First Commercial 5G Services in Kenya

Nokia 5G radio and FastMile 5G gateways provide ultra-fast Fixed Wireless Access services to subscribers; Safaricom also showcased 5G hologram