Seedstars
AgricTech Competition Entrepreneurship

Crop2Cash Emerges Winner of Lagos Seedstars Pitch Competition 2019

Crop2Cash, a Nigerian agritech startup has emerged winner of the Lagos leg of the Seedstars Pitch Competition. The Lagos pitch

AppsAfrica
Africa Apps Awards

AppsAfrica Awards 2019 Finalists Announced

The final shortlist for the 5th AppsAfrica.com Innovation Awards have been announced. The Awards celebrate the best in mobile and

AfricaCom
Africa Entrepreneurship Event

Meet 5 Startups Selected For AHub Pitch and Win Powered by AfricaCom

AfricaCom has announced the five startups shortlisted for the AHub Pitch and Win competition which it holds in partnership with GSMA. AfricaCom

Adenia Partners
Acquisition

Adenia Partners Acquires The Courier Guy to Enhance Last-mile Delivery Services in South Africa

Adenia Partners, a private equity firm focused on growth opportunities in Africa, has acquired 100% of The Courier Guy, a

Startup

Nigeria’s Kudi Changes Name to Nomba

Kudi, an African fintech startup, has announced that it is changing its name to Nomba as it transitions into an

SME
Fintech Funding Venture Capital

Nigeria’s Bookkeeping and Finance App, Kippa Raises $3.2m Led by Target Global

Kippa, a Nigerian bookkeeping and finance app for SMEs, has raised $3.2 million in pre-seed funding led by Target Global. Entrée

Tyme
News

South African Digital Bank, TymeBank Secures $109m Investment

South African digital bank TymeBank has secured an investment amounting to $109 million, attracting new investors from the UK and

Nomanini
Fintech Funding Venture Capital

Nomanini Raises Undisclosed Investment From FMO to Boost Pan-African expansion

Nomanini, a fintech platform that supports the development and deployment of business banking products for informal retail merchants in Africa,

Shago Payments
Ecommerce Financial Inclusion Fintech Product Launch

Shago Payments Launches Fintech and eCommerce Platform to Promote Financial Inclusion

Shago Payments, a Nigerian fintech startup has launched its bill payment and e-commerce platform to serve the banked and unbanked.

Fawry
Africa Fintech Payment

Egyptian Electronic Payment Company Fawry is Now Worth Over $1 billion

Fawry, an Egyptian electronic payments company is now a unicorn after reaching a valuation of over $1 billion. With this,