Nigerian startup VerifyMe, which offers customers such as banks and retailers access to trusted KYC data via API and portal,…
Month: January 2021
Malian fintech startup OKO Finance has distributed XOF38 million (US$70,000) in payouts to farmers affected by floods through its new…
South African startup Nile has launched a tech-enabled sourcing platform that facilitates the wholesale trade of fresh produce, connecting farmers…
Egyptian telemedicine startup Docspert Health has closed a six-figure US dollar seed funding round to help it expand its services…
Egyptian fintech startup Cassbana, which utilises artificial intelligence (AI) to run a behaviour-based credit-scoring system, has raised a US$1 million…
Nigerian startup InstaNovella has launched a social community to help African writers connect with readers and opportunities to monetise their…
The Kenya-founded data analytics company Gro Intelligence has raised a US$85 million Series B funding round, by some way the…
Disrupt Podcast offers listeners a fortnightly wrap-up of all the developments in the African tech startup ecosystem, interviews with key…
Early-stage funding has proven a problematic gap within Africa’s startup space, but developments in 2020 went some way to addressing…
Cameroonian startup Taaply is focused on digitising business cards in a bid to cut down on carbon emissions in Africa.…