The Johannesburg-based health-tech startup, Quro Medical, has just raised $1.1 million in seed funding. The round was led by Kenyan and South African venture capitalist firms Enza Capital and
Morocco-based Ed-tech startup, Kezakoo has secured $221K seed funding from Morocco-based investment firm, Witamax One. The round also saw participation from Morocco-based investment firms Southbridge A&I and AXXAM
The global e-commerce platform, Amazon has announced that it will be waiving all fees for new businesses wishing to benefit from its services in Egypt.
This is in furtherance of
Cairo-based dry-cleaning and laundry platform, Laverie has announced undisclosed six-figure funding round from A15.
With this latest funding, Laverie plans to expand its operations to provide premium laundry service to
Ugandan fintech startup, Numida has announced the close of its $2 million seed round led by MFS Africa.
The round also saw participation from DRK Foundation, Equilibria Capital and Segal
A week after winning the GSMA grant, Nigerian ed-tech startup, Scholar X has announced its partnership with Nigerian telecom operator, Airtel to launch LearnAM, a mobile learning platform that offers
Social networking platform, Twitter has today announced it will be setting up its presence in Africa.
In a blog post released by Twitter, the company said that to truly serve
MTN South Africa considers IPO, plans a $5 billion market valuation for its mobile money business
Africa’s largest telecom company by subscribers, MTN is considering valuing the mobile money
Lagos-based fintech software startup, Appzone has announced the raise of $10 million in Series A investment largely dominated by local investors. The round was led by Lagos-based investment firm CardinalStone
The Nigerian capital market regulator, SEC has released a circular declaring the activities of some fintech trading platforms that allow Nigerians to invest and trade in stocks listed on the
The global online payments company, Stripe, has chosen Dubai for its first expansion into the Middle East and North Africa. The launch comes after the introduction of its private beta
Cairo-based fintech, Paymob has announced today the close of a record-breaking $18.5 million Series A round led by Global Ventures, with participation from Egyptian investment fund A15 and the
