Yellow Card
Cryptocurrency Funding Investment Venture Capital

Pan-African Crypto Exchange, Yellow Card Secures $40m in Series B Funding Round

Yellow Card Financial, the Pan-African cryptocurrency exchange, has announced the close of its $40M Series B funding. The round was led by

Celo Foundation
Partnership

Unicorn Growth Capital and EchoVC Join the Celo Foundation’s Efforts To Strengthen Celo’s Africa Ecosystem

Unicorn Growth Capital, an Africa-focused venture fund investing at the intersection of traditional finance (TradFi) and decentralized finance (DeFi), and EchoVC,

mPharma
Acquisition

mPharma Acquires Majority Stake in Nigeria’s HealthPlus

mPharma, a pan-African healthcare technology company, has acquired the majority stake in HealthPlus, the Nigerian pharmacy chain. mPharma and the

Turaco
Funding Insurtech Investment Venture Capital

Kenyan Insurtech, Turaco Gets $10m Series A Backing

Turaco, the Kenyan insurtech startup, has announced the close of a $10 million Series A equity round led by AfricInvest,

Pitch AgriHack
AgricTech Competition

Meet Pitch AgriHack 2022 Announces Winners

African agritech innovators from all four corners of the continent claimed victory in the 8th edition of Pitch AgriHack. The 2022

Kippa
Fintech Funding Investment Payment Startup

Nigeria’s Kippa Announces $8.4m Investment to Build its Financial Management Platform for Merchants

Kippa, the financial management and payments platform for Nigerian small businesses, has announced that it has raised $8.4M in a new

Capiter
Ecommerce Leadership

Board of Egyptian B2B Ecommerce Startup, Capiter Sacks Founders For Mismanagement

On 6 September 2022, the board of directors of the parent holding company of Capiter Egypt LLC, a Cairo-based B2B

Janngo Capital
Venture Capital

Janngo Capital Startup Fund Reaches First Close of its €60m New Fund

Janngo Capital Startup Fund (JCSF) has announced its first close at EUR34 million (approximately US$36 million) in capital commitments on the eve of

Sanari Capital
Funding Investment Startup

Sanari Capital Announces $27.4m First Close For its New Fund

Sanari Capital has announced a $28 million first close on its Sanari 3S Growth Fund (Sanari 3SG). The private equity firm

Bitmama
Cryptocurrency

Bitmama, an African Blockchain $2m Pre-seed to Grow its Operation in New Markets 

Bitmama, a the US and African-based blockchain payments startup, has raised an additional $1.65 million, bringing its total pre-seed round to