StarNews Mobile
Competition

StarNews, Global Black Economic Forum Launch Business Competition 

StarNews Mobile, the African video streaming platform and the Global Black Economic Forum (GBEF), have announced a call for applications to launch their Business Competition

ThriveAgric
AgricTech

ThriveAgric Supports 500,000 Smallholder Farmers to Boost Food Production in Africa

ThriveAgric, an agritech company in Nigeria, has today released its 2022 Impact Report reiterating its mission to build the largest

M-KOPA
News

Fintech M-KOPA Raises $250m to Scale High-impact Business Across Africa

M-KOPA, a fintech platform, has announced that it has closed over $250 mill in new debt and equity funding to

Moni
Product Launch

Moni unveils new community-powered business loans to drive growth for African SMEs 

Moni, a digital platform that delivers financial services in Africa, has launched a new range of business loans that enables

Africa’s Business Heroes Prize
Africa Competition

Applications Open for 2023 Africa’s Business Heroes Prize Competition

Africa’s Business Heroes, a philanthropic initiative sponsored by the Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Philanthropy, has launched its fifth annual

Visa
Women

Visa Announces Grant to Help African Women Fund Managers Grow Their Businesses

Visa has announced a grant towards the African Women Impact Fund (AWIF), a collaboration between Standard Bank and the United

Mobility for Africa
News

Zimbabwe’s Mobility for Africa Secures $2m Funding to Scale its Electric Vehicles Business

Mobility for Africa, an electric mobility company, has secured $2 million in funding from InfraCo Africa, part of the Private

Yabx
Fintech

Yabx Launches in Nigeria to Double and Diversify Business Growth in Africa

Yabx, a Fintech venture headquartered in the Netherlands, has launched in Nigeria to democratise credit across the country with its

SmallSmall
PropertyTech

Nigerian Propertytech Startup, SmallSmall Closes $3m Funding

SmallSmall, formerly RentSmallSmall, has raised $3 million ($2 million equity and $1m) in seed funding to expand into other main

Bumpa
Social Commerce

Nigeria’s Bumpa, Raises $4m in Seed Funding to Help Underserved SMEs Grow and Manage Their Business 

Bumpa, an emerging e-commerce startup, has announced a $4 million raise in its just-completed seed funding round.  This round was