Moroccan fintech startup Yalla Xash, a money transfer platform operating between North America and Africa, has raised MAD6 million (US$675,000)…
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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.
Nigerian fintech startup Carbon, which provides access to basic financial services, has announced a strategic five-year partnership with Visa to…
Applications have opened for early-stage Ghanaian startups to scale their operations through the MEST Express accelerator programme. MEST Express is…
Nigeria-based credit-led neobank FairMoney, which aims to give underbanked people access to digital financial services, has raised US$42 million in…
Nigerian fintech startup TeamApt, which provides financial services for the underserved mass market in Africa, has announced the completion of…
Brown and Ayo, an aspirational lifestyle hair brand focused on natural hair styles and trends for black women in South…
Nigerian fintech startup Cowrywise has been granted a Fund/Portfolio Management License by the country’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), enabling…
Nigerian startup Ogelle is an an online video-sharing resource and entertainment platform entirely focused on African content, aiming to help…
The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI) and Norway-based accelerator Katapult have formed a partnership to support impact-tech startups…
Nigerian e-health startup MDaas Global has raised a US$2.3 million seed extension funding round to help it launch a new…