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
South African celebrity engagement startup myFanPark has announced it secured an undisclosed amount of investment from new local VC firm Seed South to help it further expand.
myFanPark was launched