Ecobank
Competition Fintech

Nigeria’s Touch and Pay wins $50,000 Ecobank Fintech Challenge 2022

Ecobank Group has announced that Touch and Pay, a Nigeria-based fintech, has won the 2022 edition of the Ecobank Fintech

Bumpa
Social Commerce

Nigeria’s Bumpa, Raises $4m in Seed Funding to Help Underserved SMEs Grow and Manage Their Business 

Bumpa, an emerging e-commerce startup, has announced a $4 million raise in its just-completed seed funding round.  This round was

Financial Inclusion Fintech Funding Investment

Nigeria’s Bankly Secures $2M Funding Led by Vault and Flutterwave

Bankly, a Nigerian fintech startup digitizing cash for the unbanked, announced that it has closed a $2 million seed round.

ARM
Accelerator Fintech

APPLY: ARM Holding Company, Ventures Platform Foundation Launch 3rd Cohort of Labs by ARM

Asset and Resource Management Holding Company (ARM), and  Ventures Platform Foundation have launched the third cohort of Labs by ARM. The fintech-focused accelerator programme

Spleet
PropertyTech

Nigerian Propertytech Startup, Spleet Raises $2.6m to scale its Residential Rent-focused Products

Spleet, a Nigerian propertytech startup, has raised a $2.6 milliion investment to scale its residential rent management and rent financing

Odiggo
Automobile Funding Venture Capital

Egyptian Auto Tech Startup, Odiggo Raises $2.2ml From Top VCs

Odiggo, an Egypt auto tech startup, has raised a $2.2 million investment from top investors including Y Combinator, 500 Startups,

Egyptian Startups
Funding Investment Startup

10 Egyptian Startups Raise $55.3mln in 2021

A total of 10 Egyptian startups have raised about $55.3m since the beginning of 2021, according to online startup platform

Bosta
Funding Logistics Venture Capital

Egyptian Ecommerce Delivery Startup, Bosta Secures $6.7M in Series A Funding Round Led by Silicon Badia

Bosta, an Egyptian ecommerce delivery startup, has announced the closing of a $6.7M Series A round led by global VC

Amitruck
Logistics

Kenyan Trucking Logistics Marketplace Amitruck Raises Pre-Seed Funding Led By Supply Chain Investor Dynamo

Amitruck has announced an undisclosed investment led by US- based Dynamo Ventures with participation from Plug and Play Ventures and

Madica
Startup

Pre-seed Investment Programme, Madica Announces First Set Of African Tech Portfolio Companies

Madica, a structured investment program designed for pre-seed stage startups in Africa, announced its first set of investments in three