The U.S. government’s decision to ban TikTok, the immensely popular short-form video app owned by China’s ByteDance, has sent shockwaves through the tech industry,…
CompariSure raises R15M in Pre-Series A round lead by local VC firms
South African startup, CompariSure, has raised R15 million ($980 000) from Cape Town based HAVAÍC and 4Di in a Pre-Series A funding round lead…
South African fintech raises R47M funding in Series A
TallOrder, the South African fintech developer of cloud-based point of sale (POS) solutions for the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) market, has raised R47m…
South African HR software startup, Wamly, secures second round investment
Wamly, the video interview software startup founded by Francois de Wet in 2018, has secured a 2nd round investment from South African venture capital…
Partech launches accelerator to help European startups expand to Africa
Paris-based tech investment firm Partech has launched Chapter54, an accelerator programme to support European startups wanting to expand into Africa, via its innovation division,…
Sengalese logistics company, PAPS, raises $4.5M in Series A funding
Many global companies like Amazon, Alibaba and JD have built massive companies by leveraging strong logistics infrastructure. The biggest problem for many companies, especially…
Local delivery-as-a-service company raises R70M
Orderin, South Africa’s Delivery-as-a-Service (DaaS) business which currently provides delivery services for the likes of McDonald’s and Pick n Pay, has raised $4.7 million…
Kenyan fintech secures $1M in seed funding, eyes expansion
Zanifu, the Kenyan fintech that enables access to working capital for Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) by providing short-term stock financing, has secured…
Periculum launches in Nigeria to build credit assessment infrastructure
Canadian fintech startup and credit assessment company, Periculum, has launched in Nigeria to tackle the challenge of domestic credit in underserved markets. The company…
Shell Foundation’s EEGF receives $13M injection to accelerate access to clean energy in Sub-Saharan Africa
Energy Entrepreneurs Growth Fund (EEGF) — founded in 2019 by the Shell Foundation and co-funded with UK aid from the UK government and FMO,…
Accelerators helping women-led startups in emerging markets can win up to $25,000 in IFC ScaleX initiative
International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi) have launched a call for applications for the IFC ScaleX, a performance-based initiative that will…
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