Catalyst Fund
Fintech

Four African Fintech Startups Selected For Catalyst Fund 10th Cohort

Global inclusive tech accelerator Catalyst Fund, managed by BFA Global, has selected four African fintech startups for its tenth cohort. They will

Hackaholics
Technology

FUTA Students Showcase Technology At ALAT Hackaholics 3.0

ALAT by Wema, a Nigerian digital bank recently announced the 2022 edition of its Hackathon programme tagged Hackaholics 3.0 –

TradeDepot
Acquisition

Nigerian B2B Marketplace TradeDepot Expands to Ghana With Acquisition of Green Lion

TradeDepot has acquired Green Lion, a Ghanaian B2B eCommerce platform to accelerate its growth, boosting its service delivery across the

Canza Finance
Fintech Funding Investment Venture Capital

Nigeria’s Canza Finance Secures $3.27m in Seed Funding

Canza Finance, a Nigerian neobank building a non-institutional-based financial system, announced the completion of its $3.27M seed round. The fundraising

UBA
Banking

UBA’s Leo Clocks 4, Set to Further Transform Digital Banking In Nigeria, Africa

Africa’s global bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) has said that it has concluded plans to commemorate the 4th year anniversary

MarketForce
Ecommerce Funding Investment Venture Capital

MarketForce Raises $40M Series A to Scale up The Super App for Africa’s Informal Merchants

MarketForce, the Nairobi-headquartered B2B platform for retail distribution of consumer goods and digital financial services in Africa, has closed a

LEO
Banking

Four Years on UBA’s Leo Continues to Lead the Pack in Nigeria, Africa

All over the world, the buzz around Artificial Intelligence keeps accelerating as the end goal is to simplify conversations and

Fawry
Logistics Product Launch

Fawry, Partners Establish ‘Roaderz’, A Digital Mobility Platform for Last-Mile Delivery

Fawry, Egypt’s e-payments solutions provider, has announced that it has signed an agreement with Samer Gharaibeh, Softec Technologies, and Ammar

Banking

JPMorgan Becomes First Bank to Officially Launch in the Metaverse

JPMorgan has become the first bank to officially launch in the metaverse with a virtual lounge in popular blockchain-based world

Venture Capital

African Tech Startup Fund Atlantica Ventures Gets $23.8m From EIB and Boost Capital

Atlantica Ventures, an African tech Startup Fund, has raised over $11.3 million (c. EUR 10m) in junior capital from Boost Africa