Jumia
Ecommerce

Jumia Shuts Down Jumia Food

Jumia, the African ecommerce platform, will shut down Jumia Food, its digital food delivery arm, at the end of December

TUNL
Funding Investment Venture Capital

South African Parcel Shipping Platform, TUNL, Secures $1m Funding

TUNL, a South African parcel shipping platform, has secured $1 million in pre-seed funding from investors including Founders Factory Africa,

Flutterwave
Fintech Payment

Flutterwave Secures 13 New Money Transmission Licenses in the U.S.

Flutterwave, the African payments technology company, has announced its acquisition of money transfer licenses for 13 U.S. states to enable

Bitmama
Acquisition

Bitmama Announces Acquisition of Payday

Bitmama Inc., the blockchain payments platform, has announced the acquisition of Payday, a virtual card service provider. This acquisition comes

NoOnes
Appointment

NoOnes Appoints Ray Youssef as CEO

NoOnes, the financial communication super app connecting people of the Global South to the world’s financial systems, has announced its

GoMetro
Funding Investment Mobility Venture Capital

GoMetro Secures £9m Funding from Zenobē, FutureGrowth and Existing Investors

GoMetro, a South African tech company that operates in the fleet management space, has announced the completion of a £9

EchoVC
Climate Change Venture Capital

EchoVC Raises $2.5m for its Climate, Energy & Sustainability Pilot Fund

EchoVC, a seed and early-stage technology venture capital firm, has announced the launch of its EchoVC Eco Pilot Fund I

Payment

Why Scan to Pay Quick Response Beats Cash, Cards and Transfers

Quick response (QR) codes have become part of everyday life in recent years. From leaflets and billboards to menus and

Shekel Mobility
Funding Investment Mobility Startup

Shekel Mobility Secures $7m Led By Ventures Platform And MaC VC

Shekel Mobility, a Nigerian B2B mobility startup, has raised $7 million in investment co-led by Ventures Platform and MaC Ventures. The

Husk Power
Clean Energy

Husk Power Secures $100m in Equity and Debt Power Growth of Community Solar Minigrids in Africa

Husk Power Systems, the solar electric power generation company, has announced that it has closed $43 million in Series D