Africa Entrepreneurship Events Fintech Startup

And The Winner of MEST Africa Challenge 2018 Is…Accounteerđź‘Źđź‘Źđź‘Ź

Accounteer has been declared the winner of the MEST Africa Challenge 2018 taking home the grand prize of US$50,000 equity investment.

Zone
Funding Investment Venture Capital

Zone Secures $8.5m in Seed Funding to Scale its Decentralized Payment Infrastructure

Zone, the African payment infrastructure company, has raised $8.5 million in an oversubscribed seed funding round led by venture capital firms Flourish Ventures and TLcom Capital.

Ecobank
Fintech

Koree, a Cameroonian Fintech Emerges as Winner of the 2023 Ecobank Fintech Challenge

Koree, a fintech company based in Cameroon, has been named the overall winner of the 2023 Ecobank Fintech Challenge. The

Autochek
Acquisition

Autochek Acquires Majority Stake in Egypt’s AutoTager to Strengthen Pan-African Footprint

Autochek, the automotive technology company, has acquired a majority stake in AutoTager, an Egyptian automotive technology company that makes it

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

DLM Trust
Investment

DLM Capital Group Raises N5.304bn In 106% Oversubscribed Commercial Paper Issue

Three weeks after DLM Capital Group announced the issuance of its N5Billion Series 10 and 11 commercial Paper Notes under

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

Travel
Travel

How a Startup Studio is Tackling Travel Innovation in Africa

The travel startup ecosystem in Nigeria, and Africa more widely, is a lonely place currently. According to Phocuswright which has been

Purple Elephant Ventures
Funding Investment Startup Venture Capital

Kenyan Tourism-focused Venture Studio, Purple Elephant Ventures Secures $1m Funding

Purple Elephant Ventures (PEV), the Kenyan tourism-focused venture studio, has closed a $1 million pre-seed to build the next generation of

SweepSouth
Funding Investment Venture Capital

Online Home Services Platform SweepSouth Gets $11m Funding Led by Alitheia IDF

SweepSouth, an online home services platform with a presence across Africa, today announced that it has completed an $11m investment