workpay
Entrepreneurship Funding Venture Capital

Kenyan’s WorkPay Secures $2.1m Seed Funding to Scale its Services Across East Africa

WorkPay, a Kenyan cloud-based workforce management startup with human resource (HR) and payroll management has secured $2.1 million investment. WorkPay

Rise
Africa Interview Investment

How Rise is Enabling Nigerians Make Seemless Investment in Best Dollar-Denominated Assets Around The World

Rise was founded by Eleanya Eke, Bosun Olanrewaju, Mayowa Dami Lawal, and Anthony Odiba who are co-founders. The startup enables

LABS by ARM
Accelerator Entrepreneurship Startup

Three Tech Startups Pitch at Labs by Arm

The second edition of the Labs by ARM Programme Demo Day held last Friday, 26th June 2020 at 4 PM

Komaza
Feature Interview

Meet Komaza Founder, the Kenyan ‘Airbnb For African Forests’ That Just Raised $28 Million

In 2002, Tevis Howard, a high school grad at the time, took a gap year to work on malaria research

BitMEX
Bitcoin Investment Venture Capital

Why BitMEX Just Invested in VALR, a South African Bitcoin Exchange

100x Ventures, the venture arm of the parent company of BitMEX, invested in South Africa’s largest Bitcoin exchange, VALR. Two

Dara Owoyemi
Appointment Venture Capital

Dara Owoyemi Appointed Interim AVCA CEO

Dara Owoyemi has been appointed the interim CEO by the Board of Directors of the African Private Equity and Venture

SweepSouth
Funding Investment Venture Capital

SA’s SweepSouth Raises Undisclosed Investment From Futuregrowth

SweepSouth, a South African online platform providing on-demand and regular home cleaning services has raised undisclosed funding from Futuregrowth. SweepSouth,

Komaza
Climate Change Funding Investment

Komaza, a Kenyan Tech-Enabled Forestry Firm Raises $28M Series B

Komaza, a tech-enabled, sustainable forestry company that is revolutionizing the wood industry in Africa through its innovative smallholder platform, has

TradeDepot
Ecommerce Funding Investment SMEs

TradeDepot Secures Additional $10M to Transform Informal Retail Supply Chain in Nigeria

TradeDepot, the B2B eCommerce platform for consumer goods in Africa, has raised a further $10 million in a pre-Series B

Make-IT in Africa
Accelerator Africa Innovation Hub

Make-IT in Africa Names Winners of ‘Partners in Acceleration – Challenge Fund for Innovation Hubs’

Make-IT in Africa has selected the winners of the “Partners in Acceleration – Challenge Fund for Innovation Hubs“. Innohub Foundation