F5.5G Leap-forward Development of Broadband in Africa The Africa Broadband Forum 2024 (BBAF 2024) was successfully held in Cape Town, South Africa recently, under…
Finverity raises $5m to bridge global trade finance gap
London-based digital ecosystem for trade and supply chain finance, Finverity, raised $5 million in an oversubscribed equity funding round from both new and current…
Funding gap: Africa is rich with women entrepreneurs, but…
Despite being the continent with the highest proportion of women entrepreneurs globally, African women receive less than 7% of all venture capital investment. Jessica…
Savvy awards 3 impact-driven start-up founders
The 2023 Savvy prize for impact-driven entrepreneurs has come to a close, and three winners have been selected out of over 3 000 applications…
AWS announces funding boost for women founders in Africa
Tiffany Johnson, the global business development manager at AWS Startups, this afternoon launched the new Fem-Tech Startup Innovation Challenge aimed at empowering women founders…
Ramp secures $5m for game-changing forecasts
Ramp, a global decision science start-up with its head office in the United Kingdom, has closed a $5 million seed funding round. The company…
ABC Fund invests $4.5m in African agri-businesses
The Agri-Business Capital Fund (“ABC Fund”) has made a significant investment in the agri-tech industry across Africa, totaling €4.21 million (about $4.5 million). It…
These trends are shaping global payment processing
As the world moves towards a cashless society, the global payment processing industry is undergoing rapid changes. From the adoption of new technologies to…
Kora launches new USD card-acquiring product in Africa
Pan-African payments infrastructure, Kora, has launched USD card-acquiring to allow merchants on its platform to accept payments in US dollars. This move is aimed…
Fez Delivery raises $1m to revolutionise delivery in Nigeria
Fez Delivery, a Nigerian logistics and delivery start-up, has announced a $1 million seed round of funding, led by Ventures Platform. The funding round…
Côte d’Ivoire unveils Startup Act to boost tech sector
The Ivorian government is ramping up its efforts to support tech start-ups with the launch of the Startup Act, a new framework designed to…
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