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OnePipe
Fintech Funding Investment Venture Capital

Nigerian API Startup, OnePipe Raises $3.5m Seed Round

OnePipe, a Nigerian fintech API startup, has raised a $3.5 million seed round co-led by Atlantica Ventures, Tribe Capital and V&R

Funding Investment Venture Capital

Nigerian KYC Verification Startup, Identitypass Raises $360K Pre-seed Funding

Identitypass, a Nigerian KYC verification startup, has raised a $360,000 pre-seed funding from CCHub, Midlothian Angel Network, D Global Ventures Fund, and

Mobiz
Funding Investment Venture Capital

South African SaaS Mobile marketing, Mobiz Platform Closes $4m pre-Series A Funding

Mobiz, a South African SaaS Mobile marketing Platform, has raised a $4 million pre-Series A HAVAÍC, Futuregrowth, Launch Africa, Allan

Jamlab
Accelerator

Seven African Media Startups Join Jamlab Accelerator Programme

Seven African media startups have been selected for the latest cohort of the Jamlab Accelerator Programme. These startups will participate

Swvl
Acquisition

Swvl To Expand Into Argentina And Chile With Acquisition Of Mass Transit Platform Viapool

Swvl, the Egyptian-founder global provider of transformative tech-enabled mass transit solutions, announced a definitive agreement to acquire a controlling interest

Competition Entrepreneurship

Khadija Elbedweihy, Founder of PraxiLabs Named Winner of 2021 Africa’s Business Heroes

Khadija Mohamed Elbedweihy, founder of PraxiLabs (Egypt), has been named winner of the 2021 Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) . Elbedweihy

Funding Investment Venture Capital

SA Risk Analytics Scaleup, VoxCroft Analytics Closes $2m Funding From Knife Capital

VoxCroft Analytics, a South African open-source intelligence and risk analytics scaleup, has closed a $2 million Series-A funding from Knife

Black Friday
Cyber security Security

Deal or no Deal? Online Security Safety Tips For Black Friday

“Gucci bags 80% off!” screams the email that lands in your inbox on Black Friday. It seems like an impossibly

Publiseer
Digital Partnership

Publiseer Adds Voxa As Distribution Partner

Publiseer, the digital content distribution company, has added Voxa, a Romanian subscription mobile reading app for ebooks and audiobooks, as a

Airtel
Financial Services Regulation Telecom

Airtel Receives Approval in Principle to Operate As a Superagent in Nigeria

Airtel Mobile Commerce Nigeria Ltd., a subsidiary of Airtel Africa, has been granted approval in principle by the Central Bank