South African point of sale (PoS) payments provider Yoco has raised a Series B round of US$16 million, which it…
Month: September 2018
Africa-based investors and entrepreneurs are increasingly being attracted towards marketplace and on-demand models as opposed to more traditional jobs boards,…
Applications are open to the Kinshasa leg of the Seedstars World pitching competition, with up to 12 startups to be…
Nine women-run startups have been chosen for the GreenHouse Lab accelerator in Nigeria, which has also announced it has teamed…
Nigerian ISP startup Tizeti has raised a US$3 million Series A round to expand its consumer-facing brand Wifi.com.ng into Ghana.…
Nine startups have been selected to pitch at the Dakar leg of the Seedstars World early stage startup competition, with…
Tanzanian payments startup Nala has been named winner of the annual Ecobank Fintech Challenge, walking away with US$10,000 in prize…
South African startup Skynamo, which has developed field sales management software and a mobile sales app, has expanded to the…
Kenyan logistics startup Bwala Africa has raised KES24 million (US$238,000) in debt financing as it launches BwalaPay to meet the…
South African entrepreneurs are not thriving and more needs to be done to improve the country’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. That is…