Egyptian startup CreditGO has launched a B2B payment aggregator and merchant wallet for small businesses, enabling unbanked merchants to sell…
Author: Tom Jackson
Nigerian startup VerifyMe, which offers customers such as banks and retailers access to trusted KYC data via API and portal,…
Malian fintech startup OKO Finance has distributed XOF38 million (US$70,000) in payouts to farmers affected by floods through its new…
South African startup Nile has launched a tech-enabled sourcing platform that facilitates the wholesale trade of fresh produce, connecting farmers…
Egyptian telemedicine startup Docspert Health has closed a six-figure US dollar seed funding round to help it expand its services…
Egyptian fintech startup Cassbana, which utilises artificial intelligence (AI) to run a behaviour-based credit-scoring system, has raised a US$1 million…
Nigerian startup InstaNovella has launched a social community to help African writers connect with readers and opportunities to monetise their…
The Kenya-founded data analytics company Gro Intelligence has raised a US$85 million Series B funding round, by some way the…
Disrupt Podcast offers listeners a fortnightly wrap-up of all the developments in the African tech startup ecosystem, interviews with key…
Early-stage funding has proven a problematic gap within Africa’s startup space, but developments in 2020 went some way to addressing…