OKO
Interview

OKO Finance: Helping Smallholder Farmers Secure Their Income Via Digital Insurance

African Farmers-80% of them smallholder farmers or family-run- are grimly exposed to drought, insect attacks, and flooding. They suffer huge

Thrive Agric
AgricTech Business

Thrive Agric Announces Completion of Pending Payments to ALL Crowd funders

Thrive Agric, the Nigerian digital agriculture/investment platform has announced that it has fully completed payments due to all the crowd

Paystack
Fintech Payment

Paystack Launches in South Africa After a Six-month Pilot

Paystack has launched in South Africa seven months after being acquired by Stripe for over $200 million. Before debuting in

Pangea
Accelerator

APPLY: Pangea Scale-up Program 2021 For East African Startups

Pangea Accelerator is launching the scale-up program across East Africa to find the best scale-ups and grow them from seed

Funding Investment

Rabawa, Africa’s First Social And Video Commerce Platform Raises $163,000

Rabawa, Africa’s first social and video commerce platform, has raised $163,000 from Aptive Capital, a VC firm in USA that is

Airtel
Appointment Telecom

Airtel Nigeria Appoints Surendran As Chief Executive Officer

Airtel Nigeria has announced the appointment of C. Surendran as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (MD and CEO) with

Flextock
Funding Investment Logistics Venture Capital

Fresh Out of Y Combinator, Egyptian Startup Flextock Secures $3.25m

Flextock, an Egyptian on-demand logistics platform, has raised $3.25 million just two months after graduating from Y Combinator’s Winter 2021

Ninja Accelerator
Accelerator

5 Kenyan Startups Selected For First Cohort of JICA Ninja Accelerator Africa

Five Kenya startups have been selected for the 1st cohort of The “NINJA Accelerator in Kenya” – powered by the

Lami Technologies
Funding Insurtech Investment Venture Capital

Lami Technologies Closes $1.8m Seed Funding to Accelerate Growth of Digital Insurance in Africa

Lami Technologies, a Kenyan insurance technology (insurtech) company that aims to democratize insurance products and services for low-income Kenyans, announced

Asante
Fintech

Africa-focused Fintech, Asante Financial Services Joins Mastercard Start Path

Asante Financial Services has been selected to join Mastercard Start Path, an award-winning startup engagement program. Asante is among a group of only 6 startups chosen from across the