The LHoFT Foundation has announced 14 startups that will take part in the Catapult: Inclusion Africa. Among the 14 startups
South Africa-based financial technology firm JUMO plans to expand in high-growth Asian markets after securing $52M investment from led by
The MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy has announced the four regional winners for their 2018 global economic prize, the MIT
Nigeria’s RecyclePoints has won $30k at the 2018 Zambezi Prize for innovation in financial inclusion while South Africa’s Wala was
As part of its efforts to educate and enable Nigerians to reduce their reliance on cash, Visa, the global leader
Lagos Startup Week, the annual week-long celebration of startups in Lagos, now in its fourth year, will take place from
In Nigeria, a country of nearly 200 million people, 61% of the adult population is un- or underbanked. Fintech companies
Sokowatch, the Kenyan B2B e-commerce startup has raised $2 million seed funding led by 4DX Ventures. Others to join the round were
Apollo Agriculture, an Agro-tech startup based in Kenya has raised US$500,000 in funding from Dutch Development Bank FMO and the
Three Nigerian startups Bankly Technologies, CredPal and Kudimoney Bank are among the 10 startups that will participate in Startupbootcamp (SBC) AfriTech. The Nigerian startups