Kukua
Education Entertainment Funding

Kenyan Educational Entertainment Startup, Kukua Secures $6m Series A Funding

Kukua, a Nairobi and London-based educational entertainment company and the creators of “Super Sema,” the first African animated superhero franchise,

uLesson
Edtech Education Funding Investment Venture Capital

African Edtech Startup, uLesson Closes $15m Series B Funding Round

uLesson, an African edtech startup, has closed a $15 million Series B investment from Tencent, Nielsen Ventures, and existing investors

Tyme
Funding Investment Payment Venture Capital

South African Neobank, TymeBank Raises $70m Series B Extension

Earlier this year,  South Africa Neobank, TymeBank secured a $110 million Series B funding from Apis Growth Fund II and the

Business Technology Transport

Alibaba, Tencent and Others Establish $1.5 billion China Ride-hailing Company

Alibaba, Tencent, Suning, and car makers including Chongqing Changan Automobile have set up a $1.5 billion Chinese ride-hailing venture. Chongqing

Africa Entrepreneurship Investment Venture Capital

South Africa’s Naspers Leads $1 Billion Investment in Swiggy

Food delivery firm Swiggy has announced that its existing investor Naspers has led its fresh funding round of $1 billion

Paystack
Business Fintech Funding Investment Payment Startup Technology Venture Capital

Nigeria Fintech Startup, Paystack Secures $8 Million Series A Funding Led By Stripe

Nigeria Fintech startup, Paystack has raised $8 million in Series A funding led by Stripe. The new capital raised is