Ninja Accelerator
Accelerator

5 Kenyan Startups Selected For First Cohort of JICA Ninja Accelerator Africa

Five Kenya startups have been selected for the 1st cohort of The “NINJA Accelerator in Kenya” – powered by the

Facebook
Accelerator Facebook

Apply: $50,000 Facebook Community Accelerator Programme 2021

Facebook is inviting community leaders from South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria to apply for the 2021 Facebook Community Accelerator Programme.

Lami Technologies
Funding Insurtech Investment Venture Capital

Lami Technologies Closes $1.8m Seed Funding to Accelerate Growth of Digital Insurance in Africa

Lami Technologies, a Kenyan insurance technology (insurtech) company that aims to democratize insurance products and services for low-income Kenyans, announced

Asante
Fintech

Africa-focused Fintech, Asante Financial Services Joins Mastercard Start Path

Asante Financial Services has been selected to join Mastercard Start Path, an award-winning startup engagement program. Asante is among a group of only 6 startups chosen from across the

Leapfrog Ventures
Funding Investment

GIZ Egypt Unveils $120m Funding Targeted at First-time Fund Managers

GIZ Egypt, in partnership with Egyptian Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency (MSMEDA), Endure Capital and Changelabs, has launched

Carry1st
Funding Game Gaming Investment Venture Capital

Carry1st Raises $6m Series A Funding to Scale its Mobile Games Portfolio in Africa

Carry1st, a South African mobile games publishing startup has raised $6 million in Series A funding led by Konvoy Ventures

NIN
Government Regulation

FG Extends NIN-SIM Linkage Deadline For The Fifth Time

The Federal Government has extended the deadline for the linkage of the National Identification Number (NIN) and subscriber identity module

One Kiosk
Ecommerce Retail

One Kiosk Partners With Verve to Deliver Groceries to Verve Card Users

One Kiosk, Africa’s online retail commerce solution, has announced that it has partnered with Verve International, a leading card solution

Messaging

2nd Anniversary: Ayoba Hits 5.5m MAU, Launches Voice, Video Calling and Web Access

Ayoba, the African messaging app, has announced the launch of a new version of its Android app (0.38) which offers

Expensya
Funding Investment Venture Capital

Tunisian SaaS Startup, Expensya Raises $20m Series B Fund For European Expansion

Expensya, a Tunisian SaaS startup that provides software to businesses for managing expenses, has raised $20 million in Series B