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Ventures Platform Announces First Close of its $40m Fund

Musa Suleiman 12/16/2021

Alitheia IDF Announces Final Close at $100m to Fund African Female-led Startups

Musa Suleiman 12/16/2021

Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council Approves Startup Bill

Musa Suleiman 12/16/2021

Flutterwave Names Wizkid as Global Brand Ambassador For its New Remittance Solution, Send

Ester Adams 12/15/2021

African-focused Venture Capital Firm, 4DX Ventures Closes Second Fund at $60m

Oluwasegun 12/15/2021

Goodwell Invests in OmniRetail to Fuell Opportunities for Informal Retailers Across Africa

By Adebayo Trevor / 04/17/2024

Goodwell Investments, an impact investor focused on innovative businesses in emerging markets, has announced its recent investment in OmniRetail – a B2B...

Goodwell Invests in OmniRetail to Fuell Opportunities for Informal Retailers Across Africa

SME Growth Lab Africa Announces Application for COHORT 2 of Its 2024 Digital Accelerator Program

By Oluwasegun / 04/17/2024

Applications are open for the second cohort of the 2024 Digital Accelerator Program brought to you by SME Growth Lab...

SME Growth Lab Africa Announces Application for COHORT 2 of Its 2024 Digital Accelerator Program

Pula Closes $20m Series B Funding Round to Finance Smallholder Farmers Across Africa

By Adebayo Trevor / 04/15/2024

Pula, an agricultural insurance and technology company, has closed a USD 20 million series B fundraising round that will help...

Pula Closes $20m Series B Funding Round to Finance Smallholder Farmers Across Africa

Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures (VKAV) Closes its first fund at $60m

By Mohammed Mane / 04/09/2024

Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures (VKAV) has announced that it has closed its first fund at $60 million. Key institutional investors in...

Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures (VKAV) Closes its first fund at $60m

Remedial Health Launches New App with Digital POS and Barcode Scanner

By Oluwasegun / 04/08/2024

Remedial Health, a health tech startup that develops solutions to make Africa’s pharmaceutical value chain more efficient, has unveiled an...

Remedial Health Launches New App with Digital POS and Barcode Scanner

Ghanaian Fintech Company, Zeepay Secures Equity to Support its Ongoing Expansion

By Musa Suleiman / 04/05/2024

Zeepay, the Ghanaian fintech company, has announced the completion of an equity investment by pan-African investment firms Africa50, Oikocredit, Injaro,...

Ghanaian Fintech Company, Zeepay Secures Equity to Support its Ongoing Expansion

Baobab Network Acquires Reflector Marketing

By Ester Adams / 04/02/2024

Baobab Network, an early-stage investor that backs startups across Africa, has announced the acquisition of Reflector Marketing, a strategy and branding...

Baobab Network Acquires Reflector Marketing

BURN Secures Over USD 12 Million Investment to Expand Clean Cooking Across Africa

By Musa Suleiman / 04/02/2024

BURN Manufacturing, the clean cookstove manufacturer, distributor, and carbon project developer, has announced completion of a follow-on-carbon project investment from...

BURN Secures Over USD 12 Million Investment to Expand Clean Cooking Across Africa

BasiGo Secures $3m from CFAO For Scale-up

By Adebayo Trevor / 03/31/2024

BasiGo, an electric bus company, has secured $3 million in equity funding from the CFAO Group. This investment aims to...

BasiGo Secures $3m from CFAO For Scale-up

IFC Invests in New 4DX Ventures Fund to Support Tech Startups in Africa

By Oluwasegun / 03/26/2024

IFC has disclosed that it is investing $10.5 million in a new fund by 4DX Ventures, a New York-based venture...

IFC Invests in New 4DX Ventures Fund to Support Tech Startups in Africa

Pula Closes $20m Series B Funding Round to Finance Smallholder Farmers Across Africa

Adebayo Trevor 04/15/2024

Goodwell Invests in OmniRetail to Fuell Opportunities for Informal Retailers Across Africa

Adebayo Trevor 04/17/2024

SME Growth Lab Africa Announces Application for COHORT 2 of Its 2024 Digital Accelerator Program

Oluwasegun 04/17/2024

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This year seem to be going well for Nigeria’s digital publishing startup, Publiseer. It recently declared a profit of 3
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