P1 Ventures Announces $50M Institutional Fund Close. P1 Ventures – the early-stage, Pan-African VC – has completed the final byFatima OladunniFebruary 21, 2025
MANSA Raises $10M to Transform Cross-Border Payments with Stablecoins. MANSA, a global fintech innovator transforming cross-border payments, today byBolu BabalolaFebruary 21, 2025
Thirteen Winners Announced at Inaugural Africa Tech Summit Awards in Nairobi. Thirteen winners have been announced at the inaugural Africa Tech Summit Awards byFatima OladunniFebruary 20, 2025
Engineer Turned Entrepreneur: Ope Kufoniyi’s Path to Solving Identity Fraud. Opeyemi Kufoniyi is the Director of Product at Smile ID, Africa’s leading byNgozi EmekarohaFebruary 20, 2025
Africa NewsJune 20, 2024 Breega Goes Big on Africa: Parisian VC Firm Launches Dedicated $75 Million Fund. Two years after its launch, Africa Seed I, the Africa-focused fund of byMuhammed Mustapha
EventsJune 18, 2024 Timbuktoo Africa Fintech Accelerator Applications Ends This Week. Founders of fintech startups across Africa are invited to apply to the byMuhammed Mustapha
Africa NewsJune 11, 2024 Egyptian fintech startup Sahl secures $6 million to become a one-stop shop for financial services. Salh, a fintech startup based in Cairo, has secured $6 million in combined seed byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsJune 7, 2024 LAfricaMobile raises $4.6M series A to scale across francophone Africa. Ivory Coast-based cloud communication startup LAfricaMobile has successfully byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsMay 28, 2024 Applications are open for Obuntu Launchpad for Africa-focused fund managers. Africa-focused fund managers have been invited to apply for the Obuntu Launchpad byMuhammed Mustapha
Africa NewsMay 27, 2024 Egyptian e-commerce platform OneOrder secures $16 million series A. Egyptian startup OneOrder, a pioneering tech-enabled supplier and wholesale byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsMay 27, 2024 Anti-fraud startup Orca secures $550,000 pre-seed funding to tackle fraud in emerging markets. South African startup Orca Fraud has made waves with its recent announcement of byMuhammed Mustapha
News Rest of the WorldMay 24, 2024 David Cohen returns as Techstars CEO, after Maëlle Gavet’s departure. David Cohen, co-founder of Techstars, has announced his return as Chief byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsMay 21, 2024 OpenseedVC secures initial $10 million for its European-African investment fund. OpenseedVC, a newly launched, operator-led venture capital firm, has reached the byMuhammed Mustapha
Africa NewsMay 17, 2024 Senegalese B2B e-commerce platform Maad secures $3.2 million fund. Senegalese logistics platform Maad, which focuses on informal retailers, has byFatima Oladunni