SweepSouth
Startup

South Africa Home Services Platform, SweepSouth Ends Operations in Nigeria and Kenya

SweepSouth, a South African cleaning service platform, has shut down operations in Nigeria and Kenya due to the unfavourable global

CV Labs
News

Polygon and CV Labs Partners to Drive Adoption of Blockchain Technology in Africa

Polygon has partnered with CV Labs to drive the adoption of blockchain technology throughout Africa. According to a CV Labs statement, the partnership

Ukheshe
Payment

Ukheshe and Coinvest Partner to Facilitate Payments to Students in Need

With the national unemployment rate hovering at around 40%, it’s clear quality education is a necessity in South Africa, but despite the

Africa’s Business Heroes
Competition

Africa’s Business Heroes Prize Competition Announces 2022 Winners

The Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) Prize Competition, a philanthropic initiative sponsored by the Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Philanthropy, announced this

Grinta
Funding Investment Venture Capital

Egypt’s Grinta Raises $8m Investment Led by Raed Ventures and Nclude

Grinta, an Egyptian fintech-enabled B2B tech platform digitising the pharmaceutical supply chain, has raised $8 million seed round co-led by

Nestcoin
Cryptocurrency

Nestcoin Announces Layoffs Due to FTX Collapse

Nestcoin, a company building, operating, and investing in web3 applications, has announced that it plans to cut a large proportion

Modus Africa
Africa Funding Venture Capital

Modus Announces Expansion to Sub-Saharan Africa With Launch of $75M Africa-focused Fund

Modus, a Venture Platform operating in MENA comprising VC funds, Venture Builders, and a Corporate Innovation arm, has announced the

Future Africa
Interview

The Best Bet to Unicorn Status is to Build a Great Startup That Solves a Big Problem-Iyinoluwa Aboyeji

In this interview, co-founder of Flutterwave and Andela, and founder/CEO of Future Africa, Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, speaks to Temitayo Jaiyeola of

Blnk
Fintech Funding Venture Capital

Blnk Raises $32m to Power Instant Inclusive Consumer Credit in Egypt

Blnk, a fintech startup that enables instant consumer credit in Egypt, has raised $23.7 million in equity and debt funding, and

Kuda
Product Launch

Kuda Launches in the UK to Offer Remittance Services to Africans

Kuda Bank, the Nigerian neobank, has expanded to the United Kingdom to offer remittance services to Nigerians in the diaspora.