Ivory Coast-based startup Babimo is helping small businesses overcome payment challenges by allowing them to receive customer payments via QR…
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.
South African recruitment startup JOBJACK has raised ZAR45 million (US$2.5 million) in pre-Series A funding to help it change the…
The Africa Online Safety Fund (AOSF) has announced the winners of this year’s grants, with between US$10,000 and US$50,000 given…
The Ivory Coast-based StarNews Mobile, Africa’s leading mobile video network, has secured US$3 million in funding from investors that include…
The Kigali-based Norrsken22 has closed its first African technology growth fund at US$205 million, surpassing its target of US$200 million. …
Pan-African VC firm Novastar Ventures has secured US$80 million in capital from Japan’s SBI Holdings. With offices in Nairobi and…
MNT-Halan, Egypt’s first unicorn and fastest-growing fintech startup, has raised a US$130 million securitisation, one of five tranches of securitised…
South African insurtech startup Inclusivity Solutions has raised a US$1.5 million Series A extension round to support its pan-African expansion…
Nigerian solar-based internet service provider Tizeti has secured long-term debt financing to roll out its state-of-the art broadband network across…
Ghanaian startup Hurupay is helping businesses and individuals across Africa overcome the negative impacts of fluctuating local currencies by allowing…