Klasha
Payment

Klasha Partners With Squarespace to Help International Businesses Accept Payments From Africa

Klasha, a cross-border fintech start up, has announced a partnership with Squarespace, the all-in-one website building and e-commerce platform. Klasha

Funding Investment

Kenya’s Cartnshop Closes $400k Investment

Cartnshop, a Kenyan company that helps African small businesses build up internet storefronts quickly and inexpensively, has raised a $400,000

Fintech Payment

OPay Announces Launch of its First Store in Egypt

OPay, the fintech and electronic payments company, has announced the opening of its first “OPay” store in Egypt, to offer

Acquisition

Weaver Fintech Acquires South Africa’s PayJustNow

Weaver Fintech, a South African fintech startup, has acquired an 85% stake in PayJustNow to drive its ongoing growth in

TradeDepot
Acquisition

Nigerian B2B Marketplace TradeDepot Expands to Ghana With Acquisition of Green Lion

TradeDepot has acquired Green Lion, a Ghanaian B2B eCommerce platform to accelerate its growth, boosting its service delivery across the

MarketForce
Ecommerce Funding Investment Venture Capital

MarketForce Raises $40M Series A to Scale up The Super App for Africa’s Informal Merchants

MarketForce, the Nairobi-headquartered B2B platform for retail distribution of consumer goods and digital financial services in Africa, has closed a

Fawry
Logistics Product Launch

Fawry, Partners Establish ‘Roaderz’, A Digital Mobility Platform for Last-Mile Delivery

Fawry, Egypt’s e-payments solutions provider, has announced that it has signed an agreement with Samer Gharaibeh, Softec Technologies, and Ammar

Logistics Venture Capital

Freterium Closes $4m Seed round to Disrupt Trucking Industry

Freterium, a Moroccan transport management software provider, has raised $4m in its latest funding round closed in December. The Seed

Ecommerce Funding Retail

ProXalys Secures $150k Pre-seed From Haskè Ventures

ProXalys, a Senegalese B2B eCommerce company, has secured a $150,000 pre-seed funding from Haskè Ventures, the venture builder for Francophone

Duplo
Fintech Funding

Nigeria’s Duplo Closes $1.3m Pre-seed Round to Build Payment Infrastructure For B2B Business

Duplo, a Y Combinator backed Nigerian fintech, has raised $1.3 million to digitise payment flows for B2B companies. The pre-seed