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iProcure
AgricTech Agro-tech Funding Investment Venture Capital

iProcure Closes $10.2m Series B Funding to Led by Investisseurs & Partenaires

iProcure, a Kenyan startup offering agricultural inputs and digital supply chain solutions in rural Africa, has secured a $10.2 million

Pastel
Fintech Funding Investment Startup Venture Capital

Nigeria’s Pastel Secures 5.5m Seed Funding Led by TLcom

Pastel, a Nigerian digital bookkeeping platform for traders, has raised a $5.5 million seed round led by pan-African venture capital

Teamapt
Fintech Funding Investment Venture Capital

Nigeria’s TeamApt Raises Funding Led by QED Investors

TeamApt, a Nigerian fintech startup that operates a business payment and banking platform, has secured an undisclosed round of financing

HAVAÍC
Financial Inclusion Financial Services Fintech Funding Investment Venture Capital

Kenya’s FinAccess Secures $500k Funding From HAVAÍC to Grow Across Africa

FinAccess, the Kenya software solutions provider that digitises community banks or SACCOs (Savings & Credit Cooperative Organisations) and farming co-operatives

future of work
Tech Tips Tips

Six Tips For Ramping Up Your Work Culture For Tomorrow 

The future of work is definitely changing, accelerated by the current pandemic. There is always the next generation of workers coming of

Scams
Cyber security Security

Phishing and Scams Rises in Kenya, Nigeria With a 438% and 174% Increase in the Number of Detections in Each Country Respectively in Q2 2022

Kaspersky analysis has revealed that attacks related to data loss threats (phishing and scams/social engineering) increased significantly in Africa in

Lami Technologies
Funding Insurtech Investment Venture Capital

Lami Technologies Raises US$3.7mn Seed Extension 

Lami Technologies, a Kenyan insurtech startup, has raised a US$ 3.7m seed extension to expand its insurtech product across Africa.

COVID
Feature Health

Rethinking Leadership in the post-COVID Era

Being a good boss is hard. In fact, a study by Gallup revealed that only 10 per cent of people

Orchestrate
Acquisition Fintech Payment

Getwallets Becomes Orchestrate After Acquisition by Bloc

Getwallets, the wallet-as-a-service provider that has now recently pivoted to become a payments orchestration company, Orchestrate after it was acquired

Scam
Fraud

Protect Less Tech-savvy Elderly From Online Fraudsters

Estimates suggest that the elderly worldwide lose more than USD$3 billion (around R48 billion) each year to online fraudsters. In a world