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Lipa Later
Fintech Funding Investment Venture Capital

Kenyan BNPL Startup, Lipa Later Closes $12m Pre-series A

Lipa Later, a Kenyan Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) startup, has closed a $12 million in pre-Series A funding in

Bfree
Fintech Venture Capital

Nigerian Credit Management Fintech, Bfree Lands $1.7m Pre-Series A For Global Expansion

Bfree, a Nigerian credit management fintech, has raised $1.7 million in a pre-Series A round to fund its planned global

JABU
Ecommerce Funding Investment Startup Venture Capital

JABU, First Namibian Startup to Join YC Secures $3.2m Seed Round

JABU, a Namibian B2B e-commerce startup, has raised a $3.2 million seed financing round to expand into more countries in Southern

Tony Elumelu Foundation
Startup

Apply: Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship (TEF) Programme 2022

The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) has opened applications for the 2022 TEF Entrepreneurship Programme. African entrepreneurs with business ideas or

Entertainment Film

Spider-Man: No Way Home Becomes First Movie to Cross $1bn in the Pandemic Era

Spider-Man: No Way Home has crossed $1 billion dollar in earnings to become the first movie to hit the exclusive

TradeDepot
Funding

African Startups That Raised $100m and Above in 2021

The African startup ecosystem bounced back in 2021 to raise a mind-blowing $4 billion. Briter Bridges says the total 2020

Funding Startup

Janngo Capital Receives an Investment Approval of $12m For its Start-up Fund

Janngo Capital, an African social startup studio, has announced that it has received an investment approval of $12 million (€10.5m)

NIN
Technology

NIMC Introduces Digital Token to Ensure NIN Privacy

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has introduced digital token to ensure and guarantee the privacy of the National Identity

Fintech Investment Venture Capital

Kenyan Fintech Startup, Paylend Closes $2m Seed Round

Paylend, a Kenyan fintech startup, have today announced that it has raised $2 million dollars seed investment from Next Chymia

JumiaPay
Appointment Fintech Jumia

Adedamola Giwa Appointed to Lead JumiaPay

Adedamola Giwa has been appointed as the head of JumiaPay Nigeria, the digital payment platform Jumia. The new JumiaPay boss has over 17