VC firm Tofino Capital has completed a first close of US$5 million of a US$10 million fund focused on investing…
Month: April 2022
Kenyan electric vehicle company Opibus has changed its name to ROAM, with the rebrand coming after the company’s expansion led…
Ghanaian startup Farmerline, which describes itself as “Amazon for African farmers”, has secured a US$6.4 million pre-Series A investment plus…
South African fintech startup Stitch has launched LinkPay, allowing businesses in South Africa and Nigeria to enable users to link their financial accounts and pay securely via instant bank transfer, in seconds.
Egyptian e-commerce startup Kemitt has launched a new B2B platform as it diversifies its offering after strong growth in the…
Too few entrepreneurs – in Africa or elsewhere – truly understand venture capital and how it works, but even fewer…
When Angela Strange, General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, asserted in 2019 that “any company could become a fintech company”, Uber…
Nigerian fintech startup Syarpa has closed a US$500,000 pre-seed round of funding to help it expand across Europe and Africa.
Nigerian fintech startup Kudi has changed its name to Nomba as it transitions into an omni-channel payment platform providing tools…
Beyond Capital Ventures, a newly-launched women-led impact VC firm focused on seed and Series A stage companies in “need-to-have” sectors…