Safetech

South African Emergency Marketplace, AURA Closes $4m Series A Funding Round

AURA, the African-based security and medical response marketplace, has secured $4 million (R62 million) in a Series A funding round, which

AURA
Appointment

David Myers Appointed as COO of Security Marketplace AURA

AURA, the South African security and medical response marketplace, has appointed David Myers as its Chief Operations Officer. Previously a

Kuzlo
Funding Investment

Egyptian B2B Marketplace, Kuzlo Secures Undisclosed Pre-Seed Funding

Kuzlo, a B2B marketplace that connects FMCG small retailers with wholesalers available in their area, has raised an undisclosed amount

Talabeyah
Ecommerce Funding Investment Venture Capital

Egyptian B2B eCommerce Marketplace, Talabeyah Secures Seven-figure Pre-Seed Funding

Talabeyah, an Egyptian food and grocery B2B e-commerce startup, has raised a seven-figure pre-Seed round from angel investors. The startup

Automobile Product Launch

Fixit45 Set to Redefine Auto Aftermarket Experience Across Nigeria

Fixit45, a tech enabled automotive aftermarket platform, has launched to redefine service experience and enable value-creating interactions across stakeholders within

Entrepreneurship Startup

Apply: FTxSDG Challenge For Startups in Emerging Markets

The Financial Times has partnered with Seedstars, a Swiss-based company that invests and supports startups from emerging markets, to host

Beem
customer service Partnership

Superfluid Labs, Beem Partner to Deliver Data-Driven Marketing & Communications for Businesses Across Africa

Marketing communication remains foremost for business growth across multiple industries, especially for B2C companies. With the global growth in data

AppsFlyer
Report

Nigeria Leads Mobile App Market Growth for Africa, According to AppsFlyer & Google Report

AppsFlyer, the global marketing measurement leader, has launched a report with Google that reveals a booming African mobile app market,

Jiji
Merger

Jiji Merges With Cars45 to Create the Largest Cars Marketplace in Africa

Jiji, supported by Lemma.Group, and Cars45 today announced that both companies had reached an agreement, under which they will merge their

MarketForce
Acquisition

MarketForce Acquires Digiduka to Consolidate Distribution of Consumer Goods With Digital Financial Services

MarketForce, the Kenyan-based end-to-end retail distribution platform for consumer brands in Africa, has acquired Digiduka, a startup on a mission