TLcom Capital
Funding Investment Venture Capital

TLcom Capital Closes its Tide Africa Fund at $71M

TLcom Capital has closed its Tide Africa Fund at $71 million and has also disclosed plans to invest in about

TLcom Capital
Funding Investment Venture Capital

TLcom TIDE Africa Fund Gets $15m Investment From CDC Group

TLcom TIDE Africa Fund, a sub-Saharan African VC fund that supports businesses that leverage technology and innovation has received a

uLesson
Funding Investment

uLesson, an EdTech Startup Founded by Sim Shagaya Has Raised $3.1m Led by TLcom

uLesson, a Nigerian EdTech startup founded by Sim Shagaya has raised a $3.1 million funding round led by TLcom Capital.

Liquid Telecom
Africa Agro-tech Business Entrepreneurship Funding Investment Startup

Kenya’s Twiga Foods Secures $10 Million Investment From The IFC & TLcom

Twiga Foods has announced a $10 million investment led by the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Global

Zone
Funding Investment Venture Capital

Zone Secures $8.5m in Seed Funding to Scale its Decentralized Payment Infrastructure

Zone, the African payment infrastructure company, has raised $8.5 million in an oversubscribed seed funding round led by venture capital firms Flourish Ventures and TLcom Capital.

Talstack
Acquisition Investment Venture Capital

Talstack Launches With $850k Pre-seed Funding to Upskill Africa’s Workforce

Talstack, a platform for employee growth and development on a mission to power Africa’s workforce, has announced its pre-seed round,

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

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

SeamlessHR
Funding Investment Startup Venture Capital

Nigerian HR Startup, SeamlessHR Secures $10m Series A Investment

SeamlessHR, a Nigerian startup that offers payroll and HR software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions, has raised a $10 million Series A investment. The funding

Education
Edtech Education

How uLesson is Restoring Confidence in Nigeria’s Crippling Education System

Ramshackle primary and secondary schools, low-quality teachers, ill-equipped libraries, and laboratories dominate the education system in Nigeria today. Unfortunately, successive