TLcom
Venture Capital

TLcom Secures First Close of $150mn Pan-African Tech Fund

TLcom, the Africa-focused venture capital firm, has announced a first close of $70mn for its $150mn Africa-focused tech fund.  With

TradeDepot
Funding

African Startups That Raised $100m and Above in 2021

The African startup ecosystem bounced back in 2021 to raise a mind-blowing $4 billion. Briter Bridges says the total 2020

Tyme
Funding Investment Payment Venture Capital

South African Neobank, TymeBank Raises $70m Series B Extension

Earlier this year,  South Africa Neobank, TymeBank secured a $110 million Series B funding from Apis Growth Fund II and the

TradeDepot
Ecommerce Funding Investment Venture Capital

Nigerian B2B eCommerce Startup TradeDepot Raises $110m Series B Investment

TradeDepot, a Nigerian B2B eCommerce startup, has raised a $110 million Series B in an equity and debt funding round

Ecommerce

Top B2B Ecommerce Marketplaces Digitising Informal Trade in Nigeria

SMEs and Mom and Pop stores in Nigeria have basically operated offline over the years. They figuratively ran away from

Briware
Funding Investment Venture Capital

Tunisia-based Data Management Startup, Biware Raises $1.2m Seed Round

Biware, Tunisian data management, and analytics startup, has closed a $1.2 million seed round from CDC Gestion and Zitouna Capital. Developed in 2011

e-commerce
Ecommerce Logistics

Higher Number of Package Delivery Shows Increase in E-commerce Adoption

When Jumia released its 2021 Q2 result, one of the interesting revelations was the upward trend of orders on the

Tizeti
Internet

Tizeti launches NeXTGEN Connectivity Solutions to Address Post-Pandemic ‘New Normal’

To enable more Africans to take advantage of digital offerings in a new world defined by the Covid-19 pandemic, West

Ecommerce Health

Revisiting Online Shopping, Food Ordering Culture of the Pandemic Era

The CoV-2 Virus, known as the Delta Variant, is rapidly sweeping across the globe. This new variant appears to spread

AURA
Health Security

AURA’s Digital Marketplace Platform Geared to Drive Change in Access to South Africa’s Security and Medical Services

Platform technology has introduced something new and different to the market. In another wave of positive disruption, these platform-based businesses