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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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As the world becomes increasingly digital, innovative, and interconnected, a country’s ability to generate ideas, turn technology into businesses, and...
Flend Becomes First Official Recipient of Egypt’s Startup Label
Flend, Egypt’s digital SME financing platform, proudly announces that it has become the first company to officially receive the Startup Label under Egypt’s National...
Chowdeck and MyCoverGenius to set new standard for rider protection in Nigeria
Chowdeck, Africa’s leading on-demand delivery platform, has partnered with MyCoverGenius, Nigeria’s Number 1 Insurance services provider, to provide personal accident insurance for more than 20,000...
Moroccan-Senegalese startup Weego raises $1.1M from Azur Innovation Fund
Moroccan-Senegalese startup Weego, founded by Saad Jittou and Mor Niane, today announced it has closed a $1.1 million funding round with Azur Innovation Fund. This...
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...
