ChapChap, a Ugandan fintech startup that creates reliable financial profiles for MSMEs, has secured a funding round from Nordic Impact…
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.
Africa’s fintech sector is a funding magnet, with just shy of half the more than US$2 billion raised by tech…
Nigerian e-health startup Reliance Health has announced the completion of a US$40 million Series B funding round to help it…
Kenyan e-health startup Afya Rekod has closed a US$2 million seed round to help it scale across the continent. Launched…
Ugandan moto-taxi app SafeBoda has become the latest startup in the African mobility space to transition towards becoming a multi-purpose…
South African startup Carscan, a leading AI and AR app active in the auto-insurance space, Augmented reality app, has raised…
Kenya’s Lami has acquired fellow Nairobi-based insurtech startup Bluewave in order to drive rapid growth and expand its presence to…
Nigerian ed-tech startup AltSchool Africa has raised a US$1 million pre-seed funding round as it plans to solve the lingering…
Cloud computing firm Oracle has launched a ZAR15 million (US$982,000) programme aimed at helping African startups across different industries implement…
2021 was the best year ever for tech startup funding in Africa, with more startups raising more money from more…