Lack of financing options, access to financing, and knowledge of alternative financing channels are the key challenges faced by social…
Month: December 2015
Tanzanian startup BimaAfya, a mobile micro-health insurance product specifically targeted at the poor and the informal sector, has been selected…
South Africa’s curated marketplace for adventures Gummie.co.za has raised an undisclosed funding round from angel investors, enabling it to relaunch…
Mobile recruitment startup Giraffe hit 70,000 users last week only 10 months after launching, prompting the release of a new…
Nigerian online furniture marketplace Showroom.ng Nigeria’s has secured seed funding, saying it would not disclose the exact figure but putting…
South African mobile shopping application startup MySidekick has secured a ZAR4 million (US$280,000) staged investment from Stellenbosch-based technology funder and developer…
Kenyan startup Kopo Kopo, which launched in February 2012 and enables merchants to accept payments through a variety of electronic…
Rwandan remittance startup Mergims has closed a US$50,000 investment round from a local angel investor, which it will use it…
It’s been quite a week for funding rounds for African solar startups, wrapping up another excellent year that has made…
Nigerian employer-employee matchmaking startup PushCV is in the process of raising a funding round that will see it accelerate user…