IFC

Ride-hailing start-up Gozem signs $10m deal with IFC

Six-thousand moto-taxi drivers in Togo and Benin can now access vehicle financing after the West African super app Gozem and the International Finance Corporation…

IFC participates in $13.5M Antler East Africa Fund

Early-stage investor Antler closed its oversubscribed East Africa investment fund at USD 13.5 Mn to continue to support early-stage tech start-ups in the region. The bumper…

IFC, Novastar and Arcadia Funds star in $110m TradeDepot funding round

African retail and ecommerce marketplace TradeDepot raised $110 million in a Series B equity funding round led by Novastar, CDC Group, Endeavour Catalyst and…

MTN SA partners with IFC to expand MoMo network

MTN SA has entered into a $2-million partnership with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to expand the company’s Mobile Money (MoMo) business. The company…

SA fintech group secures $15-million in funding

Joburg-based fintech group Adumo has received $15-million in funding from IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and the IFC Financial Institutions Growth…

IFC to invest up to $20m in SPE Capital to target firms in Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia

The World Bank’s International Financial Corporation (IFC) plans to invest up to $20-million in a new fund that will in turn invest in small…

IFC in call for East African healthtech startups to apply for TechEmerge programme

The World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) has launched a call for healthtech startups in East Africa to apply for its TechEmerge Health East…

Kenyan startup Twiga Foods closes $30m Series-B round

Nairobi-based mobile-based B2B distribution platform Twiga Foods announced today that it has secured almost $30-million in a new round led by Goldman Sachs. It follows the $5-million…

SA’s JUMO, Retail Capital, Mauritius-based 4G Capital honoured at Global SME Finance Forum Awards [Updated]

UPDATE (16 October): We forgot to include another African company, SA fintech Retail Capital, which was placed second in the for its innovation in…

BECO Capital closes $100m MENA-focused tech startup fund

Dubai-based early-stage venture capital (VC) firm BECO Capital has announced it has closed a capital raise for a $100-million Middle East and North Africa…

IFC invests $1m in Flat6Labs Tunisia’s Anava Seed Fund to support women entrepreneurs

The World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) has announced that it is investing $1-million in Flat6Labs Tunisia’s Anava Seed Fund. IFC said in a…

SA fintech LulaLend raises $6.5m from the IFC, Quona Capital

Cape Town based fintech startup Lulalend has closed a $6.5-million (R92-million) Series-A round led by the World Bank’s IFC and Quona Capital. The startup, which was…

Kenya’s Twiga Foods secures $5m from French investor Creadev

Nairobi-based mobile-based B2B distribution platform Twiga Foods has secured a $5-million investment from French investor Creadev. Citing a statement it had received, Kenyan radio station KassFM said in an…

Startupbootcamp-Pride Fintech Cairo programme to accelerate 40 Egyptian fintechs

Cairo-based fintech focused venture capital (VC) and early stage fund Pride Capital has partnered with accelerator network Startupbootcamp to nurture 40 Egyptian fintech startups over the next four years through the Startupbootcamp-Pride Fintech Cairo programme.

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IFC

Ride-hailing start-up Gozem signs $10m deal with IFC

IFC participates in $13.5M Antler East Africa Fund

IFC, Novastar and Arcadia Funds star in $110m TradeDepot funding round

MTN SA partners with IFC to expand MoMo network

SA fintech group secures $15-million in funding

IFC to invest up to $20m in SPE Capital to target firms in Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia

IFC in call for East African healthtech startups to apply for TechEmerge programme

Kenyan startup Twiga Foods closes $30m Series-B round

SA’s JUMO, Retail Capital, Mauritius-based 4G Capital honoured at Global SME Finance Forum Awards [Updated]

BECO Capital closes $100m MENA-focused tech startup fund

IFC invests $1m in Flat6Labs Tunisia’s Anava Seed Fund to support women entrepreneurs

SA fintech LulaLend raises $6.5m from the IFC, Quona Capital

Kenya’s Twiga Foods secures $5m from French investor Creadev

Startupbootcamp-Pride Fintech Cairo programme to accelerate 40 Egyptian fintechs

Inclusive Fintech 50 initiative launched to identify top financial inclusion startups

Egyptian healthtech Vezeeta does it again with $1-million raise from the IFC [Updated]

Kobo360 lands $6-million equity investment from World Bank’s IFC

IFC announces firms selected for The Next 100 African Startups Initiative

Kenya’s Twiga Foods secures $10m investment from IFC, TLcom

IFC, Egyptian govt initiative to help 100 startups participate at Africa 2018 Forum

Partech Ventures announces launch of Africa fund, having secured €57m so far

All sunshine for Mobisol after €14m in investments

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