Venture Capital

Partech Africa II Fund Reaches $300m+ Final Close to Expand Team and Portfolio

Partech, the global technology investment firm, has announced the final closing of its second Africa fund, Partech Africa II, at

BasiGo
Grants

E-Mobility Startup, BasiGo Gets $1.5m to Expand to Rwanda

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded BasiGo a $1.5 Million grant through its Development Innovation Ventures

Women

TLcom Announces Africa Tech Female Founder Summit 2023

TLcom Capital, the Africa-focused venture capital firm, has officially announced its fifth annual Africa Tech Female Founder Summit, which will

Moniepoint
Acquisition Fintech

Moniepoint Gets Regulatory Approval to Acquire Kenyan’s Kopo Kopo

Moniepoint, a business banking and payments platform in Africa, has gotten regulatory approval from the Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK)

BasiGo
News

BasiGo Partners with AC Mobility to Launch Electric Buses in Rwanda

BasiGo, an electric bus manufacturer, has made a second entry into the African market with the launch of BasiGo Rwanda

Visa
Accelerator Fintech

Visa Announces Launch of Africa Fintech Accelerator Program

Visa has announced the launch of the new Visa Africa Fintech Accelerator program to help enable Africa’s expanding start-up community

Bolt
Mobility Ride-hailing

Bolt to Invest Over €500bn in Africa Over Next Two Years

Bolt, the mobility app in Africa, has announced plans to invest €500 million in its operations on the continent over

Partech Africa
Venture Capital

Partech Announces First Close of Partech Africa II at €245m

Partech, the global Venture Capital firm, has announced the first close of Partech Africa II at €245 million.  The investors in Partech

SunFi
Clean Energy CleanTech Funding Investment Startup

 Nigerian Clean Tech Startup, SunFi Secures $2.33m Seed Funding

SunFi, the Nigerian clean tech startup, has raised $2.33 million in seed funding from lead investors including Nairobi-based Factor[e] and

ThriveAgric
AgricTech

African Farmers, Heifer International Selects ThriveAgric, DigiCow and Brastorne as Winners of the 2022 AYuTe Africa Challenge

Heifer International has announced the 2022 winners of the AYuTe Africa Challenge that supports agritech innovators: ThriveAgric of Nigeria, Kenya’s