Moove Partners with SWVL for Electric Buses Financing
Egyptian ride-hailing firm, SWVL, has partnered with Nigeria's mobility fintech, Moove, to scale the latter's revenue-based vehicle financing model across the Middle East, North Africa, and Pakistan (MENAP) region, and [...]
Nigeria's ThriveAgric Raises $56.4 Million in Debt Funding
Nigerian agri-tech startup ThriveAgric has raised $56.4 million in debt funding from local commercial banks and institutional investors, seeking to grow its 200,000-strong farmer base and expand into new African [...]Kenya's Apollo Raises $40 Million in Series B Funding
Nairobi-based agri-tech startup, Apollo Agriculture has raised $40 million in its Series B round of funding. Investors who took part in the funding round included the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Yara [...]Big Cabal Media Raises $2.3 Million in Seed Funding
Big Cabal Media (BCM), a leading African digital media company, has raised $2.3 million in its Seed funding round. The seed round follows a $620,000 angel and pre-seed round the company [...]4G Capital Closes USD 18.5 Million Series C Funding Led by Lightrock
4G Capital, the award-winning African neobank, has completed its Series C funding round with Lightrock, the leading global private equity fund, investing $18.5 million dollars. Since its inception in 2013, [...]
Nigeria's Moove Raises $105 Million in Series A2 Funding
Nigeria's mobility fintech, Moove, has raised $105 million in an oversubscribed Series A2 round consisting of equity and debt. The round brings the total raised by Moove to $174.5 million [...]AfricaTech Awards invites applicants for its first edition
AfricaTech Awards, a pan-African initiative developed to recognize and support the most innovative and impactful tech start-ups across the continent, has announced a call for applications for its first edition. [...]
Antler East Africa Closes Oversubscribed Fund at $13.5 Million
Early-stage investor Antler has closed its oversubscribed East Africa investment fund at $13.5 million, seeking to continue to support early-stage tech startups in the region. The oversubscribed round — the [...]Uganda's Rocket Health Raises $5 Million in Series A Funding
Uganda’s Rocket Health, a telemedicine and last-mile healthcare startup, has raised $5 million in its Series A round of funding, bringing its total funding to $6.2 million. Investors who took [...]Google Unveils $1 Million Grant for Women Entrepreneurs
Google has announced a $1 million grant to support programs helping women entrepreneurs to grow their businesses. In addition to the funding announcement, Google has also announced #LookMeUp, a campaign [...]African Tech Startups Raise More than $1 Billion in First 2 Months of 2022
African tech startups raised more than $1 billion in the first two months of 2022, more than half the amount raised in the entirety of 2021. As of 1st March [...]Microsoft ,Venture Capital Launch Initiative to Aimed to Benefit 10,000 African Start-Ups
Microsoft ,the tech giant has announced new initiatives to accelerate the growth of 10,000 African start-ups and fast-track investment in Africa’s start-up ecosystem over the next five years. Recently, Microsoft [...]
