Jiji, one of Africa’s largest online marketplace has announced the acquisition of Cars45, an online marketplace for people to buy, sell or swap used cars, for an undisclosed amount.
Egypt-based creator economy platform Minly has announced it closed a $3.6m seed round to accelerate its growth process. The round which is described as oversubscribed was co-led by 4DX
Villgro Africa, a venture capitalist firm supporting early-stage social entrepreneurs in Africa, has disbursed funding to four health-focused startups amounting to a total of $170k.
Villgro Africa expanded to Africa
Kenyan Edtech startup Ed Partners has announced it raised $1.9m in funding. The round was secured by global social impact investors Acumen, I&P, Zephyr, and other existing
Johannesburg based visitor management startup WizzPass has been acquired by US digital workplace solutions firm FM:Systems.
WizzPass was founded in 2015, the startup focuses on improving the often manual
Cape Town-headquartered Edtech startup HyperionDev has announced it raised $3.5m in Series A funding to help it expand its offering to thousands of students globally. The majority of which
Cape Town-based Fintech startup Finch Technologies has made a large investment to become the majority stakeholder in South Africa’s premier business financing marketplace, FundingHub. This investment round follows an
Airtel one of Nigeria’s telecommunication company has announced a partnership with AXA Mansard, a leading healthcare service provider, to launch a new service that gives access to health insurance
Nigeria’s largest mobile network operator, MTN, has announced that it has now reached an extensive nationwide network coverage of 88.9%.
Nairametrics reports that this information was disclosed during
Zimbabwean startup Bhala has launched a mobile virtual keyboard that uses machine learning and state-of-the-art deep learning models to improve the experience of writing in African languages.
Bhala that started
MTN Nigeria has provided clarification on the widespread reportage that the company’s services will be disrupted in Nigeria. The telecom giant has described the reports as misleading.
This clarification
Egyptian fashion and e-commerce startup DressCode has announced it secured $250k in funding to help it expand its offering, mostly in the home décor space.
DressCode was founded in 2018
