Global eCommerce startup WooCommerce has selected Nigeria’s Paystack as its preferred payment partner in Africa. The partnership will WooCommerce’s merchants to accept payments via Paystack.
Since its acquisition
Nigeria’s Cleantech startup providing off-grid renewable energy OneWattSolar has announced it issuing a $24m bond to deploy clean energy across Africa. The bond issuance was led by Comercio Partners,
Having established its presence in the eCommerce space in Kenya, Kenyan eCommerce startup, Copia Global, has announced its expansion into Uganda.
Copia Global was founded by Tracey Turner. The startup’
South African haircare startup Brown and Ayo have announced it raised $276k in funding from female-focused VC firm Enygma Ventures.
Brown and Ayo were founded in 2019 by Acanda Jaswa,
TeamApt, a Nigerian fintech startup that offers agent banking services to Nigerians with intentions to launch a digital bank soon, has successfully secured an undisclosed amount in a Series B
Six months after its previous publication, US seed-stage accelerator Y Combinator (YC) released its YC Top Companies list which contains startups valued at over $150m or more, featuring 163 companies,
Nigerian micro-lending Fintech startup, Fairmoney has announced it raised $42m in a Series B funding round led by US hedge fund and investment firm Tiger Global. Existing investors that participated
Nigerian Fintech startup PayHippo has announced it raised $1m in a pre-seed funding round to help scale its business. Ventures Platform, Future Africa, Launch Africa, Sherpa Ventures, Hustle Fund and
Egyptian e-Commerce automotive spare parts startup Odiggo has announced its expansion to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) having clocked up to one million users over the course of last year.
Zipline, an African drone delivery startup, has secured $250 million in new funding to expand its logistics networks across Africa and the United States.
The round was led by Baillie
Yalla Xash has announced it raised a $675k investment from Maroc Numeric Fund II as it bids to expand across Africa.
Founded by Emir Lallouche and Cedric Tamavond in the
Mubadala Investment Company and BPIfrance have partnered to form a new co-investment venture focused on African private equity to support high-growth African startups and SMEs. The two firms have agreed
