Search results for "investment"
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7.1KAppsAfrican e-Logistics Start-up Kobo360 Secures $30M Funding
Kobo360, the digital technology platform disrupting African third-party logistics, today announced the completion of a $20M Series A equity round led by...
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4.8KAdvisory NewsAfrican Payment Service Provider DPO Acquires South African Fintech PayFast
DPO Group, the leading African Payment Service Provider (PSP) has today announced its acquisition of PayFast, one of the largest payment processors in South...
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5.3KInnovationWorld’s first African DNA biobank start-up – 54gene raises $4.5M
54gene, the African-focused healthtech genomics and AI start-up that is leading in the diagnosis and medical treatment of people in Africa, has...
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6.2KInnovationGoogle to build new sub sea cable from Portugal to South Africa
Google has announced the launch of a new private subsea cable that will connect Africa with Europe. Named Equiano, the new Google subsea...
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3.3KGhanaFbStart Accelerator deadline extended until July 7th
Facebook and Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB) have extended the deadline for Season 2 of the FbStart Accelerator. If you’re building a solution that...
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4.2KAppsSouth African digital lender Lulalend raises $6.5M Series A
Lulalend, South Africa’s first online automated provider of short-term funding for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), announced its Series A financing of...
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5.2KInnovationAfrica’s fintech sector grows by 60% in 2 years, reaches record funding levels
Africa’s fintech sector is growing at a fast pace, with the number of startups operating in the space growing by more than...
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4.2KAppsHealthtech venture MDaaS Global Closes on Seed Funding of $1 Million
Healthtech company MDaaS Global, which is building a network of tech-enabled diagnostic facilities in Nigeria, has closed on seed funding totaling US$1...
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6.9KInnovationAfrica Tech Summit London – Highlights
Africa Tech Summit London, a conference which convenes African tech ecosystem players, fintech, international investors, key decision makers and innovators, celebrated its...
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3.5KEast AfricaPayU launches operations in Kenya to expand payment services in East Africa
PayU a licensed operator in Kenya since February 2019, will launch payment services across East Africa from a new hub in Kenya. “Kenya...
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10.5KAdvisory NewsAfrican tech takes centre stage in London and opens trading on the London Stock Exchange
Africa Tech Summit and industry leaders from across the continent opened trading on the London Stock Exchange to celebrate the fourth annual...
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3.1KAppsWorldRemit raises $175M Series D to drive growth and diversify offerings
Leading mobile payments company WorldRemit has raised $175 million in a Series D funding round led by returning investors, TCV, Accel and...
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2.7KInnovationSeedstars applications open for African startups
Seedstars World, the largest early-stage startup competition for emerging markets and fast-growing startup scenes, is coming back to the continent for the...
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4.4KAppsGokada Secures Series A Funding of $5.3 Million
Gokada, the Lagos-based on-demand motorcycle taxi app, has secured a Series A fundraise of $5.3 million. Led by Rise Capital with participation...
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4.7KAppsWest Africa’s first online vessel chartering platform MVXchange closes funding round
West Africa’s first online vessel chartering platform MVXchange has announced the closing of their pre-seed funding round. The financing round believed to...
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5.0KAppsLeading African FinTechs To Take Center Stage At Africa Tech Summit London
Last year saw increased investment by local and international investors in African FinTech ventures with a total of $284.6 million invested in...
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4.6KInnovationKaiOS Technologies Secures $50M Series B Funding To Continue Operating System Roll-Out
KaiOS Technologies, maker of KaiOS, the leading mobile operating system for smart feature phones, announced today $50 million in a Series B...
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4.1KInnovationMainOne to commit $70 million to digitisation of Lagos
West Africa’s leading connectivity and data centre solutions provider, MainOne launches its “Digital Lagos: Broadband for All” campaign initiative to enable the...
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3.7KInnovationFacebook Celebrates One Year of NG_Hub
Celebrating exactly a year to the day since the doors of NG_Hub opened in Lagos, and Facebook further cemented its ambitions to train users...
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8.9KInnovationOrange launches its first “Orange Digital Centre” in Tunisia to support local start-ups
Orange has launched the “Orange Digital Centre” in Tunis, to provide wide-ranging support for startups. This will include training young people in coding,...
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African tech leaders and investors to connect at Africa Tech Summit London
African tech leaders are set to connect with global ventures, investors and business opportunities at the fourth Africa Tech Summit London, taking...
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4.7KInnovationSeedstars launches a pan-African venture fund to accompany its regional strategy
Seedstars is partnering with First Growth Ventures to launch Seedstars Africa Ventures, a sub-Saharan Africa fund targeting $100mn to make early-stage minority...
