Cameroonian fintech startup IWOMI Technologies is best known for its Softeller product, but is in the process of diversifying its…
Month: June 2019
Nigerian transport startup MAX.ng has raised US$7 million in funding to expand across West Africa and add to its product…
South African online cleaning services platform SweepSouth has become the first startup backed by Naspers Foundry, securing ZAR30 million (US$2.1…
Ten South African tech startups have been selected to take part in the first Johannesburg edition of the Grindstone accelerator…
Egyptian app-based mass transit system Swvl has raised a US$42 million Series B-2 round for further expansion, taking its total…
South African insurance comparison platform CompareGuru has been acquired by insurance distribution company SureStart from Silvertree Internet Holdings. Founded in…
Nigerian lending startup Kudimoney has rebranded to Kuda and received a banking licence from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)…
Boldewijn Sloet has built up quite a track record of angel investments in Kenya, having been an early backer of…
Africa’s fintech sector is growing at a fast pace, with the number of startups operating in the space growing by…
Applications have opened for this year’s edition of the Outlier Venture Lab, a bootcamp programme for Nigerian clean-tech startups that…