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Luno launches early stage investment arm
Luno, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Digital Currency Group (“DCG”), announces the launch of Luno Expeditions, a global, early-stage investment arm to support the best...
Fintech digitises SA’s R300 billion in Krugerrands
Cape Town — Monday, 21 February 2022: South Africans have an estimated R300 billion in Krugerrands hidden in drawers and safes, unaware that they could be using...
Fawry Microfinance Reaches EGP 1 Billion in Total Disbursals Since Inception
Fawry Microfinance serves a client base of micro-entrepreneurs across Egypt, expanding access to affordable financial services.
14 February 2022 – (Cairo, Egypt) Fawry on the Egyptian...
Remedial Health joins Y Combinator, raises $1 million in pre-seed
Lagos, Nigeria. 14 February 2022 - Remedial Health, a health-tech startup that develops solutions to make Africa’s pharmaceutical sector more efficient, has raised $1 million in...
Meet CRYSTAL, changing the way SMEs recruit
With the global pandemic roiling labour markets across the world for the past two years, the recruitment industry has a particularly vital role to...
Casava secures $4 million pre-seed funding
Lagos, Nigeria. 2 February 2022 - Casava, Nigeria’s first 100% digital insurance company, has secured $4 million in pre-seed funding to provide affordable and accessible insurance...
IBEForuM Hosts the Digital Learning Africa Summit
The COVID-19 pandemic has proven to be the driving force to boost e-learning. This conference is designed to bring together the digital learning solution...
Innovative Merchant Platform for African Merchants
TradeDepot, Africa’s leading B2B eCommerce and embedded finance platform, has just raised $110 million in an equity and debt funding round to support the...
A kenyan digital platform formalises payments
A Nairobi-based fintech startup providing the financial infrastructure needed to connect Africa’s 150 million micro, medium and small-sized enterprises (MSMEs) to the formal financial...
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DR Congo’s €8B Digital Plan: Telecom, Data Centers and 700,000 Jobs by 2030
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has unveiled an ambitious €8 billion ($8.8 billion) digital transformation plan for 2026–2030, aimed at expanding connectivity, modernising...
Kenya dominates Africa Entrepreneurship Awards 2026
The awards ceremony took place during the 13th Sankalp Africa Summit, organised by Aavishkaar Group, Intellecap and Sankalp Forum. The summit convened more than...
Moroccan Fintech WafR Secures $4M to Digitise 20,000 Corner Stores
Morocco-based fintech WafR has raised $4 million in an oversubscribed seed round to accelerate its expansion of last-mile financial services across the country. The...
Only four african countries absorbed 72% of $4.1B startup funding in 2025
Africa’s startup ecosystem raised $4.1 billion in 2025, marking a 25% increase from the previous year. After two years of declining venture flows, the...
Northern Mozambique Gets $2 Million Boost for Small Business Growth
Northern Mozambique has received a fresh economic stimulus with the launch of a US$2 million financing line aimed at supporting micro and small enterprises...
