Egypt-based marketing CRM platform Gameball, has closed a $3.5 million Seed round led by 500 Global, Africa-focused funds P1 Ventures […]
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uqudo in partnership with TECH5 supports countries in organizing free and fair elections
GCC, 2nd Feb 2023: uqudo’s leading digital identity platform combined with TECH5’s top-tier facial authentication and liveness technologies provides a smooth […]
Egypt’s Sideup raises $1.2m to grow its e-commerce platform
Sideup, the MENA region’s platform for e-commerce services has announced the completion of a $1.2m seed round. This round saw […]
MarketForce: Building an Operating System for Merchants in Africa
By Stephen Ciesinski, Lucy Montgomery 2022 | Case No. E809 | Length 21 pgs. Tesh Mbaabu started MarketForce to help bring technology to the thousands of […]
Consumer finance app Djamo eyes Francophone Africa expansion, backed by new $14M round
Last February, Djamo announced that it got accepted into Y Combinator, the first from Ivory Coast. Months later, the two-year-old fintech has raised […]
Tanzania’s YC alum Ramani raises $32M to digitize CPG supply chains, lend resellers
Ramani, a Tanzanian startup focused on consumer-packaged goods (CPG) supply chains, plans to introduce new financial services as it expands […]
Nigerian Money App Kuda Launches in UK
The Nigerian money app Kuda, announced Wednesday (Nov. 9) that it is launching in the U.K. as part of a […]
Spleet secures $2.6M seed to scale its residential rent-focused products in Africa
The urban population of Nigeria constituted 48% of the country’s population, according to the United Nations. This indicates that 73.92 […]
YC-backed fintech Numida raises $12.3M led by Serena Ventures to extend loans to MSMEs beyond Uganda
Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) across Africa make up the bulk — over 90% — of businesses in the […]
Ivorian fintech Julaya gets $5M to become banking partner for businesses in Francophone Africa
Ivorian payments-led fintech startup Julaya has extended its pre-Series A round by $5 million. The company, which facilitates B2B payments for businesses in Francophone […]