Asaak
Financial Services Funding Venture Capital

Ugandan Asset Financing Startup, Asaak Closes $30m Pre-Series A Funding

Asaak, a Ugandan asset financing startup, has secured $30 million in pre-Series A equity and debt funding. The round saw

Float
Fintech Funding Investment Venture Capital

Ghanaian Fintech Startup, Float Secures $17m to Support Expansion

Float, a Ghanaian cash management startup, has raised a $17 million seed round in equity and debt funding. The $10 million debt

Orcas
Edtech Funding

Egyptian Edtech Startup Orcas Secures $2.1m pre-Series A Funding

Orcas, an Egyptian edtech startup, has raised a $2.1 million pre-Series A funding round co-led by CIRA’s NFX Ventures, and

Afrikrea
Ecommerce

Ivorian E-commerce Platform, Afrikrea Secures $6.2m in Pre-series A Round, Rebrands to “ANKA”

Afrikrea, an Ivorian e-commerce platform, has closed a US$6.2M pre-Series A round led by Investisseurs & Partenaires and has also

ThankUCash
Funding Investment Startup Venture Capital

ThankUCash Bags $5.3m Funding to Build Infrastructure For Cashback

ThankUCash, a Nigerian rewards platform, has secured a $5.3 million seed round to expand its services across Africa and to

mPharma
Health Investment

Ghana’s mPharma Secures $35m Series D Funding

mPharma, the Ghanaian healthtech startup, has raised a $35 million Series D funding. The investment is made up of $30

Teraco
Acquisition

Digital Realty to Acquire 55% Stake in South Africa’s Teraco

Digital Realty, the largest global provider of cloud and carrier-neutral data centre, colocation and interconnection solutions, has entered into a

TradeDepot
Funding

African Startups That Raised $100m and Above in 2021

The African startup ecosystem bounced back in 2021 to raise a mind-blowing $4 billion. Briter Bridges says the total 2020

Endeavor
AgricTech

APPLY: African Agri-Tech Scale Up Program by Endeavor and FMO

Endeavor SA and FMO have partnered to launch the African Agri-Tech Scale Up program. This program provides entrepreneurs with highly-tailored,

Education
Edtech Education

How uLesson is Restoring Confidence in Nigeria’s Crippling Education System

Ramshackle primary and secondary schools, low-quality teachers, ill-equipped libraries, and laboratories dominate the education system in Nigeria today. Unfortunately, successive