Mono
Funding Investment

Nigerian Fintech Startup, Mono Selected For Y Combinator’s Winter 2021 Batch

Mono, a Nigerian fintech startup, has been selected for Y Combinator’s W21 startup accelerator program. Launched less than 3 months

Fintech
Fintech Funding Startup

6 African Startups Selected For 8th Cohort of Catalyst Fund’s Inclusive Fintech

Six African startups have been selected for the 8th cohort of the Catalyst Fund’s Inclusive Fintech. The fund is managed

Cowrywise
Fintech Funding Investment Startup

Nigerian Fintech Startup Cowrywise Secures $3m Pre-series A Investment to Grow Number of Nigerians Investing in Mutual Funds

Cowrywise, a Nigerian fintech startup, has raised $3 million in pre-Series A funding led by Quona Capital. Tsadik Foundation, Gumroad CEO Sahil Lavingia,

Calendly
Funding Investment Startup

Nigerian Founded US-Based Scheduling Startup, Calendly raises $350M, Now Worth Over $3B

Calendly, a US-based cloud scheduling platform founded by Nigerian, Tope Awotana, has raised a $350 million investment, which now values

Innovex
Funding Investment Renewable Energy Venture Capital

Ugandan-based Innovex Closes Equity Investment With Gaia Impact Fund

Innovex, an Uganda-based startup enabling pay-as-you-go and remote monitoring for solar companies, closed a Series Seed Round with an equity

FirstCheck Africa
Funding Venture Capital Women

Eloho Omame and Odunayo Eweniyi Launch FirstCheck Africa to Invest in Early Stage Female-African Startup

Eloho Omame, the Managing Director of Endeavor Nigeria and Odunayo Eweniyi, the Co-founder/Chief Operations Officer of Piggyvest, have launched FirstCheck

Pula
Funding Insurtech Investment Startup

Kenyan Insurtech Startup, Pula Secures $6M Series A Led by TLcom Capital

Pula, a Kenyan insurtech startup that specialises in digital and agricultural insurance across Africa, has closed a Series A investment

Startup
Funding Investment

CDC Group Again Targets Over US$1bn Annual Investment in African Businesses

CDC will invest over $1 billion in Africa in 2021, maintaining its strong investment pace Provides much needed countercyclical funding

AMSP FUNDED BY AFREXIMBANK OPENS $2 BILLION COVID-19 VACCINES PRE-ORDERS FOR 55 AFRICAN UNION MEMBER STATES
Africa Banking Funding Health

AMSP Funded by AfreximBank Opens $2bn COVID-19 Vaccines Pre-Orders For 55 African Union Member States

Following the announcement by the African Union Chairperson, President Cyril Ramaphosa on the 14th of January 2021 that the African

uLesson
Edtech Education Funding

African Edtech Startup uLesson Closes $7.5mn Series A Funding

uLesson, the African learning technology platform, has closed a $7.5mn Series A round led by Owl Ventures, with inclusion from