Tag: African

Startups
Norebase raises $1M to allow companies start, scale, and operate in any African country

Norebase raises $1M to allow companies start, scale, an...

Startup pitches with promises to provide various services to Africans — across d...

Startups
Pangea to unlock diaspora remittances as funding source for African startups

Pangea to unlock diaspora remittances as funding source...

Norway’s Pangea Trust, through its equity crowdfunding platform Connect, is unlo...

Startups
Mercury restricted a number of accounts linked to African startups and didn’t exactly say why

Mercury restricted a number of accounts linked to Afric...

Yesterday, Mercury, which describes itself as a bank for startups, restricted se...

Funding
M-KOPA raises $75M as it clocks 2 million customers across four African markets

M-KOPA raises $75M as it clocks 2 million customers acr...

A 2019 World Bank report says 85% of Africans live on less than $5.50 per day. A...

Funding
African fintech Flutterwave triples valuation to over $3B after $250M Series D

African fintech Flutterwave triples valuation to over $...

African fintech Flutterwave has raised $250 million in a Series D round that tri...

Startups
Reports say African startups raised record-smashing $4.3B to $5B in 2021

Reports say African startups raised record-smashing $4....

Last year was record-breaking for African startups. I know I’m probably starting...

Startups
Daily Crunch: With $4M pre-seed round, Casava sets new funding record for African insurtech

Daily Crunch: With $4M pre-seed round, Casava sets new ...

Hello friends and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important start...

Funding
a16z, Avenir and Google back South African mobile games publisher Carry1st in $20M round

a16z, Avenir and Google back South African mobile games...

Carry1st, a South African publisher of social games and interactive content acro...

Startups
African tech took center stage in 2021

African tech took center stage in 2021

Two years ago, the African tech ecosystem saw newfound attention from global pla...

Startups
African edtech startup uLesson raises $15M, backed by Nielsen Ventures and Tencent

African edtech startup uLesson raises $15M, backed by N...

As many edtech companies benefited from the disruption of the pandemic, attracti...