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,
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.
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
Malagasy Edtech startup Sayna has announced it secured an undisclosed round of funding to help it expand access and launch new products. The funding was secured from I&P
Nigeria’s Wealth management startup, Cowrywise has secured an asset management license from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
The license gives the startup the right to manage funds and
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
South African Agritech startup Omniolytics has announced a partnership with IBM. The partnership will enable the startup to use IBM Watson running in the IBM Cloud to develop a suite
