The Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that cooperative-driven fintech product, Crowdyvest Halal Fund, is an “unregistered entity purporting to operate as a corporative society” and has issued
Dream-VC, a remote Venture Capital Upskilling institute has launched a new fellowship program aimed at providing increased access and opportunities to underrepresented individuals in the African VC space.
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There are indications that the recent move by the US government to lift its sanctions on the Iranian economy may significantly benefit the MTN Group, the largest telecom operator in
Gokada, the Lagos-based logistics, transportation, and last-mile delivery startup have announced the launch of a ‘Super App’, where customers can access a range of services including food delivery, eCommerce, and
Egyptian E-commerce SaaS solution provider, zVendo has announced the close of a seven-figure Pre-Series A funding round from Mobica and Gratus Holding.
Founded by Sameh Abdel Fattah and Tarek Bakry
Almentor, a video-based online learning platform for the Middle East and North Africa, has raised $6.5m in a Series B round led by San Francisco and Paris-based VC firm,
Chipper Cash, an African fintech startup that facilitates cross-border payments has raised $100 million in a Series C round.
This latest raise brings the start-up’s valuation to between $1
Fintech companies in Nigeria have been getting a lot of government attention lately. This might be connected to the rapid development in the fintech space, which has brought the need
Mali-based solar energy startup, SolarX Africa, has announced the close of additional funding from Energy Access Ventures (EAV), an early-stage fund investing in decentralized energy companies across sub-Saharan Africa.
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Nigeria-based escrow fintech company, Escrowlock has secured an undisclosed amount of funding from Facebook.
Escrowlock is one of 30,000 tech companies that secured a portion of the $100 million
Tech giant, Facebook has today released its industry-leading Community Standards Enforcement Report (CSER) for the first quarter of 2021. The new report showcases data on how Facebook is performing in
Fireflies.ai, an AI voice assistant that joins video conferencing meetings to take notes has announced the raise of $14 million in a Series A funding round, led by Khosla
