Purple Elephant Ventures
Funding Investment Startup Venture Capital

Kenyan Tourism-focused Venture Studio, Purple Elephant Ventures Secures $1m Funding

Purple Elephant Ventures (PEV), the Kenyan tourism-focused venture studio, has closed a $1 million pre-seed to build the next generation of

Numida
Fintech Funding Investment Startup Venture Capital

Ugandan Fintech Startup, Numida Raises $12.3m Pre-series A Funding For Expansion

Numida, a Uganda-based fintech, has secured a $12.3 million pre-series A equity and debt funding led by Serena Ventures with

Vendease
Business Funding Investment Marketplace Startup

Vendease Raises $30m to Transform Procurement and Business Operations for Restaurants Across Africa

Vendease, a Y Combinator-backed digital platform that allows restaurants in Africa to for supplies and access financial services, has raised

Startup
Startup

Seven Valuable Product Development Tips For Startups

A startup is an organisation or project started by an entrepreneur to find, develop, and validate a scalable business model.

Kippa
Fintech Funding Investment Payment Startup

Nigeria’s Kippa Announces $8.4m Investment to Build its Financial Management Platform for Merchants

Kippa, the financial management and payments platform for Nigerian small businesses, has announced that it has raised $8.4M in a new

Sanari Capital
Funding Investment Startup

Sanari Capital Announces $27.4m First Close For its New Fund

Sanari Capital has announced a $28 million first close on its Sanari 3S Growth Fund (Sanari 3SG). The private equity firm

HelpMum
Health Startup

HelpMum Awarded $250k to Deploy its AI Vaccine Intervention

HelpMum, Nigeria’s maternal and infant mortality social health-tech startup, has been awarded a $250,000 grant by the United States’ Patrick J.

Shezlong
Product Launch Startup

Egyptian Psychotherapy Startup, Shezlong Launches its Operations in South Africa

As part of its strategic expansion plan abroad, the Egyptian startup Shezlong, the first and largest psychotherapy platform in the

Pezesha
Funding Investment Startup Venture Capital

Pezesha Secures $11m Pre-series A Funding to Grow its Embedded Finance Platform

Pezesha, a pan-African embedded finance fintech, has raised $11 million in pre-series A investment. The round was a mix of $6

Subsbase
Funding Investment Startup

Egypt’s SubsBase, a Subscription Management Platform, Secures $2.4m Seed Round

SubsBase, an Egyptian subscription and recurring revenue management platform catering to the MENA region, has successfully closed its seed round