Kenyan fintech startup Kwara has raised a US$3 million seed extension round that takes the company’s total funding to US$7…
Author: Tom Jackson
Tom Jackson
Passionate about the vibrant tech startups scene in Africa, Tom can usually be found sniffing out the continent's most exciting new companies and entrepreneurs, funding rounds and any other developments within the growing ecosystem.
Kenyan fintech startup Kwara has agreed to wholly acquire IRNET Coop Kenya, a software company which is a subsidiary of…
African startups have been invited to apply for the Earthshot Prize, a global environmental prize to discover, accelerate, and scale…
Ghanaian startup SecondSTAX has built a tech-driven smart order management and execution routing system for investment firms, aiming to facilitate…
Three Nigerian startups have been confirmed as participants in the W23 batch of the renowned Silicon Valley-based Y Combinator accelerator,…
South African fintech company Stitch has opened applications for its second startup showcase, which invites early-stage ventures from across the…
The Ethiopia-based Gebeya, a SaaS-enabled, pan-African talent marketplace, has announced an undisclosed pre-Series A investment from a Japanese VC firm…
Egypt-based solar power developer and electricity distributor KarmSolar has secured EGP83 million (US$3 million) in debt funding to support the…
Applications are open for cohort three of the AUDA-NEPAD Home Grown Solutions Accelerator, aimed at providing growing and mature-stage African…
Nigerian fintech startup Arteri helps African healthcare SMEs access multiple credit options to finance their assets, inventory and running costs…