Funding Investment Logistics Venture Capital

African Cross- border Trade Logistics Startup, Jetstream Raises $3m Funding

Jetstream, a supply chain platform that powers global trade logistics for African suppliers, has closed a $3 million seed round.

Fintech Partnership

Carbon Partners With Visa to Enable Payments Across Africa

Carbon, a pan-African fintech company providing access to basic financial services for Africans, has today announced a strategic five-year partnership

Jiji
Merger

Jiji Merges With Cars45 to Create the Largest Cars Marketplace in Africa

Jiji, supported by Lemma.Group, and Cars45 today announced that both companies had reached an agreement, under which they will merge their

Ed Partners Africa
Edtech Education Funding Investment Startup Venture Capital

Kenyan Edtech Startup Ed Partners Africa Raises $1.9m to Fund Affordable Private Schools

Kenyan edtech startup, Ed Partners Africa, an affordable private schools financing company, has raised $1.9 million to expand its presence

NINJA
Entrepreneurship Startup

APPLY: NINJA Startup Gateway in Abuja Powered by JICA and NITDA

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) in partnership with Aiivon Innovation Hub have

Telecel Group
Accelerator

Top 10 startups Selected For 2021 Cohort of Telecel Group ASIP Accelerator

Telecel Group Africa Startup Initiative Program (ASIP), with Africa’s top early-stage tech Accelerator, Startupbootcamp Afritech, has selected the 10 tech

Husk Power
Funding Investment Renewable Energy

FSD Africa Investments Invests US$4.5m in Nithio FI to Support Scale-up of Off-grid Energy Access in African Markets

FSD Africa Investments (FSDAi), the investing arm of  FSD Africa, has today invested US$4.5m in Nithio FI, a renewable energy financing

RiseVest
Fintech Regulation

Chaka Becomes First Investment Startup to Bag SEC License in Nigeria

In line with the order by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for investment startups to register on or before

Giraffe
Job News

Giraffe’s Automated Recruitment Platform Moves to SA Youth National Initiative Managed by Harambee

The Giraffe recruitment platform is moving to the South Africa Youth National Initiative managed by Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator. Giraffe’s

Apollo Agriculture
AgricTech Funding Investment Startup

Kenyan Agritech Startup, Apollo Agriculture Secures $1m Debt Funding

Apollo Agriculture, a Kenyan ag-tech startup, has secured a $1 million credit facility from Bamboo Capital Partners’ Agri-Business Capital Fund