Andela, the global talent network that helps companies build remote engineering teams, has announced Tuesday, a new milestone for its developer learning community. Andela Learning Community (ALC) has now surpassed
Quro Medical, a Johannesburg-based health tech startup that offers accessible and affordable healthcare for South Africans has secured undisclosed financing (PDF) from Life Healthcare (LHC), a leading international healthcare organization,
Plentywaka, an African mobility startup with a presence in Lagos and Toronto has secured a $1.2 million seed round to scale its operations, after graduating from the Techstars accelerator
The government of DR Congo has announced a partnership with Schoolap to digitize the country’s entire education system.
Schoolap was founded in 2017 by Pascal Kanik and Guy Jose
Kenyan e-Commerce startup MarketForce has announced it raised an additional $100k in funding from the Harambeans Prosperity Fund to the $2m pre-Series A round it announced last month.
MarketForce is
Nigeria-based fintech company, Opay has raised $400 million in a funding round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, the venture capital arm of Japanese conglomerate, SoftBank. This investment signals the
Odiggo, an Egypt-based auto-tech startup, has announced the close of a $2.2 million seed round from global Venture Capital firms; 500 Startups, Y Combinator and PlugAndPlay. Regional VCs like
The Arab Bank has announced the launch of its fintech-focused corporate accelerator program “AB Accelerator” in Egypt.
The expansion into Egypt by the Arab Bank is coming 3years after it
Ibadan-based B2B e-Commerce startup Alerzo has announced it raised $10.5m in a Series A funding round to expand into northern Nigeria. The round was led by New York-based Nosara
Standard Bank Group, Africa’s largest lender by assets is set to outline its ‘2025 Ambition’ – which includes plans to ‘transform ‘client experience’ and provide guidance for future financial targets.
Everything seems to be falling in place for the Egyptian mobility space as Swvl, a provider of transformative mass transit and shared mobility solutions operating in Egypt and Saudi Arabia,
Renowned global financial operator JP Morgan has announced a partnership with the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition of South Africa (DTIC), to invest a $20m fund to help small
