Itana
Funding Investment Startup Venture Capital

Iyin’s Itana Secures $2m Pre-seed Funding to Launch Africa’s First Digital Free Zone

Itana (formerly Talent City) has raised $2 million in a pre-seed round led by global venture capitalists LocalGlobe, Amplo, Pronomos

DAAYTA
Startup

ARM Wraps Up DAAYTA 2023 Announces Winner Of ₦12m Grant

The fifth edition of the Deji Alli ARM Young Talent Award (DAAYTA) program has come to a successful conclusion through

Africa’s Business Heroes
Startup

Africa’s Business Heroes Prize Competition 2023 Extends Application Deadline to May 17

Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) Prize Competition, a philanthropic initiative sponsored by the Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Philanthropy, has extended

Qualcomm
Startup

Meet Teams Shortlisted For the Inaugural Qualcomm Make in Africa Mentorship Program

Qualcomm Technologies has announced the selection of 10 startups to participate in the inaugural Qualcomm Make in Africa startup mentorship

Funding Investment Venture Capital

Kenya’s CrewHR Becomes FaidiHR After Securing Undisclosed Funding From SprintX

Crew HR & Payroll, a Kenyan HR and paytoll startup, has rebranded to FaidiHR after it received an undisclosed amount

EGYPT’S ON-DEMAND DIGITAL WAREHOUSING PLATFORM KHAZENLY SECURES $2.5 MILLION SEED FUND
Digital Funding Logistics

Egypt’s On-Demand Digital Warehousing Platform Khazenly Secures $2.5 Million Seed Fund

Khazenly, the Cairo-based on-demand digital warehousing and fulfilment platform, announces its successful seed fundraise of $2.5 million.  The funding round

Hackaholics
Technology

FUTA Students Showcase Technology At ALAT Hackaholics 3.0

ALAT by Wema, a Nigerian digital bank recently announced the 2022 edition of its Hackathon programme tagged Hackaholics 3.0 –

Accelerator

Japan NINJA Accelerator Program 2021 For Kenyan Startups

NINJA Kenya is a 12-week acceleration program aimed at enhancing the ability to secure strategic partnerships and investment for high-growth

PayQin
Funding Investment Payment Startup Venture Capital

African Cross-border Payment Startup PayQin Closes $350000 to Scale its e-wallet Service

PayQin, a cross-border payment startup that operates a comprehensive e-wallet service for the underbanked in West Africa, has announced that

Africa Fintech Foundry
Event Fintech Technology Women

Africa Fintech Foundry Partners Access Bank to Promote ‘Women In Tech’

Driven by the goal to improve diversity in the technology industry while revolutionising the fintech ecosystem in Africa and beyond,