Aviation, Transport & Logistics LATEST NEWS New Markets & Products Kenyan mobility startup QuickBus to expand to West Africa after securing funding 2 days ago WEST AFRICA – QuickBus, a Kenyan mobility startup, is planning to expand to Nigeria and…
LATEST NEWS Sustainability & Renewable Energy World Bank, Bamboo Capital launch US$40m energy access fund for Madagascar 4 days ago MADAGASCAR – Government of Madagascar and the World Bank have appointed the impact investing platform,…
Investments, Financials & Economy LATEST NEWS Telecoms, ICT & Media Remgro controlled CIVH plans to raise US$389m 5 days ago SOUTH AFRICA – CIVH, the Remgro-controlled telecommunications infrastructure holding company that owns both Vumatel and Dark…
Financial Services LATEST NEWS Telecoms, ICT & Media Fintech Chipper Cash raises US$30m series B funding for new products and markets 6 days ago AFRICA – African fintech Chipper Cash, has raised a US$30 million series B funding round…
DealStreet Africa LATEST NEWS Telecoms, ICT & Media MetroFibre Networx raises US$97.6m in funding round 1 week ago SOUTH AFRICA – Broadband provider MetroFibre Networx, which is led by former Absa CEO Steve…
LATEST NEWS Start-ups Orange Ventures backs 6 African tech startups in seed challenge 1 week ago AFRICA – Six African tech startups have banked funding from Orange Ventures Africa and Middle…
Industry Reports LATEST NEWS Start-ups Kenyan start-ups raise US$174m in spite of COVID-19 pandemic 1 week ago KENYA – Kenyan startups have outshone their Nigeria and South Africa counterparts to attract the…
Investments, Financials & Economy LATEST NEWS Start-ups Data marketplace firm CARMA secures Microtraction funding to launch in Nigeria 2 weeks ago KENYA – Kenya-based data marketplace startup CARMA, a provider of real-time credit data to lending…
Financial Services LATEST NEWS Start-ups Kenyan insurtech startup Turaco raises US$2m seed funding round 2 weeks ago KENYA – Kenyan micro-insurtech startup Turaco has announced the close of a US$2 million seed…
LATEST NEWS Start-ups Telecoms, ICT & Media Fintech startup FinChatBot raises US$1.6m to expand into Europe, West Africa 2 weeks ago SOUTH AFRICA – South African startup FinChatBot, a creator of conversational artificial intelligence (AI) solutions…
Agriculture & Agribusiness LATEST NEWS Start-ups Agritech startup swiftVEE secures US$1.5m in funding for expansion 3 weeks ago SOUTH AFRICA – South African agritecth startup, swiftVEE has secured US$1.5 million in an investment…
Agriculture & Agribusiness LATEST NEWS Start-ups Kenyan agri-tech startup Farmers Pride raises $220k from Gray Matters Capital’s coLABS 3 weeks ago KENYA – Kenyan startup Farmers Pride, a one-stop e-commerce platform that connects village level farmers…
DealStreet Africa Infrastructure, Construction & Real Estate LATEST NEWS Rent payment startup Kwaba secures funding from Ingressive Capital to expand its business 3 weeks ago NIGERIA – Kwaba, a startup that helps low and middle income earners to split their…
DealStreet Africa LATEST NEWS Payroll tech startup SeamlessHR raises new funding to drive pan-African expansion 3 weeks ago NIGERIA – SeamlessHR, Lagos-based HR and payroll tech startup, has closed a Venture Capital-led round…
