Kashat, an Egyptian microloans fintech startup, has announced that it has secured an undisclosed amount of funding from Cairo Angels, a global network of angel investors focused on supporting startup opportunities in Egypt, the Middle East, and Africa. Kashat plans to use this new investment to fuel its growth in

Kenya-based ed-tech startup for K-12 students, Kidato has secured $1.4 million in seed funding. Investors who participated in the round include Learn Start Capital, Launch Africa Ventures Fund, Graph Ventures, and Century Oak Capital, among other notable local and global angel investors. The YC backed startup intends to use

South African-based health-tech startup, Link Health Technology (Link) has raised R5-million in investment funding from an undisclosed investor. Link was founded in 2017 by two biomedical engineers Daniel Rimbault and Abrie Coertze. The health-tech startup utilizes unique software that provides a 360 view of a patient’s health status and

Africa’s population is set to double over the next 30 years, making access to reliable and affordable food sources essential to this growth. Despite this fact, agri-tech startups in the continent do not get much attention. Fintech and mobility seem to be the most attractive for investors, VCs and

Nedbank, a fintech banking platform in South Africa has launched a new feature for customers called Money Message on WhatsApp. This in-chat payment feature will allow users to make payments and get paid through WhatsApp. This new feature which was launched in collaboration with Mastercard and South African fintech startup

South Africa-based investment company, Founders Factory Africa (FFA) has announced a new partnership with Dublin-based philanthropic organization, Small Foundation. This partnership will see Founders Factory Africa select 18 agri-tech startups for an acceleration program. With this partnership, Small foundation is making an undisclosed investment in FFA to help build and

OKO, a Malian-based insuretech startup that aims to provide smallholder farmers with financial security, has raised $1.2m in its seed funding round to push its expansion to other African countries. The seed round was led by US-based VC firms Newfund and ResiliAnce. The round also saw participation from Mercy

A week after Twitter announced it would be setting up its first African office in Ghana. US retail giant, Amazon has also announced it would be opening its first African headquarters in South Africa with a real estate investment of over $280million. Authorities in Cape Town noted that Amazon would

Payflex, a South African fintech startup has announced that it has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Australian-listed multinational fintech firm, Zip Co Limited (ASX: Z1P). Commenting on the funding, Paul Behrmann, CEO, and founder of Payflex remarked that the investment and support by Zip Co is a vote

The cairo-based health-tech startup, Yodawy has announced its partnership with MedNet Egypt to offer its insured members easy and digital access to their prescribed medications. With this announcement, MedNet members will now be able to order their insured and prescribed medications for delivery from Yowdy’s easy-to-use online platform. This