Mastercard
Funding Investment Mobile Money Payment

Mastercard to Invest $100m in Airtel Africa’s Mobile Money Business

Mastercard is to invest $100 million into Airtel Africa’s mobile

Daystar Power
Funding Renewable Energy Startup

South African Startup Raises $1.4m in Crowd Sale of Zimbabwe Solar Project

South African energy start-up Sun Exchange raised $1.4 million in a crowd

Tugende
Funding Investment Venture Capital

Tugende Secures $3.6M Investment to Help Meet Intense Demand For Productive Asset Finance

Tugende, a technology-enabled asset finance company, in East Africa has

Curacel
Funding Insurtech Investment Venture Capital

Nigerian Insurtech Startup, Curacel Secures $450k Pre-seed Investment

Curacel, a Nigerian startup that aims to fast-track claims processing

Africa’s Business Heroes
Africa Competition Funding Startup

Applications Open For 2021 Africa’s Business Heroes Prize Competition

The “Africa’s Business Heroes” (ABH) prize competition, the Jack Ma

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,

Funding Investment Messaging

Telegram Raises $150 Million from Mubadala and Abu Dhabi CP

Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Company and Abu Dhabi Catalyst Partners invest

Funding

CardinalStone Capital Advisers Closes Maiden Private Equity Fund at $64m, Makes First Fund Investments

CardinalStone Capital Advisers (CCA), a Lagos-based private equity fund manager,

AECF
Funding Investment Renewable Energy Venture Capital

US$1.2m Innovation Fund Launched to Unearth Emerging Technologies

The African Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF) has launched a US$1.2