Venture Capital

Luno Unveils Venture Capital Arm Luno Expeditions

Luno, a cryptocurrency exchange, has launched its venture capital arm tagged Luno Expeditions to support innovative fintech and crypto/web3 founders

Edtech

How an Edtech Startup Ran out of Money & Shut Down

Lido Learning, an Indian edtech startup, made $1.5M last year. This year, all of a sudden, it was completely shut

People

Google Honours Nigeria’s Pottery Ace Ladi Kwali with Doodle

Google has honoured the life of Nigerian educator, ceramicist, glassworker, and potter Ladi Kwali with a doodle on its search

Women

TeamApt Partners Ingressive for Good For Cohort 2 of Women in Tech Internship Program

TeamApt, a Nigerian fintech startup, applications for its 2022 Women in Tech internship program tagged ‘The Apt 5’. This year,

Fintech Funding Investment Venture Capital

African Neobank, 4G Capital Closes $18.5m Series C Funding Round

4G Capital, the African neobank, has secured $18.5 milliom Series C funding round from private equity fund Lightrock. Since its

Ecommerce Funding Investment Startup

Sokowatch Secures $125M Series B Round, Rebrands to Wasoko

Sokowatch, the African e-commerce company leveraging innovative technology to transform the informal retail supply chain, has closed a $125 million

Spleet
PropertyTech

Nigerian Propertytech Startup, Spleet Secures $625k Funding

Spleet, a Nigerian propertytech startup, has raised $625,000 in a pre-seed round led by MetaProp VC. The oversubscribed round was

Google
News

Meet 15 Startups Joining Google for Startups Accelerator Africa Class 7

The participants joining Google for Startups Accelerator Africa Class 7 have been announced. The selected startups are developing solutions in