Search results for "commerce"
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1.3KInnovationTwiga Foods invests $10M in commercial farming subsidiary, Twiga Fresh
Twiga Food CEO, Peter Njonjo has announced that the B2B E-Commerce company, Twiga Foods, has launched Twiga Fresh, a new subsidiary that is focused...
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874E-CommerceAfrica-based B2B marketplace, Kwely, raises close to US$1million Seed Round of Funding
Kwely Inc. announced a new round of funding of $700,000 to complete its US$1 million Series Seed round. This round of funding...
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1.5KDigital TransformationSilicon Valley setting sails for Kenya – Google is now hiring
Alphabet Inc’s Google has announced the first ever Africa Product Development Centre in Nairobi, positioning itself to effectively serve a growing base of...
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1.0KDigital TransformationForest Interactive Partners with Orange to Power the Digital Voucher Economy
Forest Interactive, have announced a partnership with Orange, a leading telecommunication operator, with the aim of accelerating the digital economy forward to...
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2.3KInnovationTushop Raises $3M to Scale Community Group-Buying in Kenya
Tushop, the Kenyan social-commerce platform that enables communities in Nairobi to buy groceries more cheaply with free delivery, has secured $3M in...
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1.1KFundingSokowatch secures $125M Series B Round, launches in West Africa, and rebrands to Wasoko
Sokowatch, the African e-commerce company leveraging innovative technology to transform the informal retail supply chain, has today announced the close of a...
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1.6KDigital TransformationVerifyMe Unveils Nigeria’s 1st Digital ID and KYC Industry Report
A shift towards digital identities could add an estimated 7% in real GDP to the Nigerian economy by 2030. This was one...
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1.8KFinTechScaling across Africa with cross border payments
The rapid growth of fintech is transforming Africa’s financial landscape and Verto pride themselves on being at the forefront of this much-needed...
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1.6KFundingAfrican tech startup funding trebles to pass $2bn mark in 2021
Investment into the African tech startup ecosystem trebled over the course of a record-breaking 2021 that saw total funding pass the US$2...
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6.4KAppsCarry1st Raises $20M From Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Avenir to Scale Interactive Content Across Africa
Carry1st, Africa’s leading mobile games publisher, has announced a $20M Series A extension led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Avenir and...
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4.4KApps3 trends set to dominate African mobile apps in 2022
In 2021, the mobile industry in sub-saharan Africa continued to show incredible resilience against the impacts of Covid-19 and experienced high growth....
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2.2KE-CommerceAfrikrea Secures US$6.2M in pre-Series A Round and Rebrands to “ANKA” to Export Africa
Afrikrea, the e-commerce platform for “all things made of Africa”, has announced the successful completion of a US$6.2M pre-Series A round led...
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4.6KE-CommerceAirtel Africa developer portal aims to expand digital payments through API’s
Airtel Money, the mobile money platform, is driving better efficiency for businesses to engage in seamless mobile money activity with its upgraded...
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4.7KFinTechFlutterwave and Standard Bank partner to expand digital payments across Africa
Standard Bank, Africa’s largest bank by assets, has partnered with Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company, to enhance digital payments across Africa....
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2.6KAppsAutochek raises $13.1mn to scale its motor financing technology across Africa
Autochek, the automotive technology company facilitating auto financing across Africa, has today secured $13.1mn in seed funding. Co-led by follow-on investors, TLcom...
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2.6KInnovationNigerian fintech Brass raises $1.7mn to expand SME banking
Brass, a Nigerian fintech delivering easy access to affordable premium banking services for small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs), has today secured $1.7mn...
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2.6KFundingSendbox Raises $1.8 Million to Digitise Deliveries For African SMEs
Sendbox, the Nigeria-based e-commerce fulfillment platform for merchants in Africa, has today announced the completion of a $1.8 million seed round from...
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2.4KCryptocurrency AfricaCrypto start-up Bitmama closes pre-seed round
African blockchain company Bitmama has closed a $350,000 pre-Seed round, led by Flori Ventures, with participation from Nigeria-based investment fund Emergence Capital, Fedha Capital, and a host...
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2.2KBlockchainEMURGO Africa to Support 100 Local Startups Within 3 Years
EMURGO – the official commercial arm and a founding entity of the Cardano blockchain – previously announced the launch of a new...
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2.0KAdvisory NewsOpen banking in Africa after COVID-19
Open banking is a system where banks allow or authorize third parties, such as financial technology or fintech companies, to access their...
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2.7KEast AfricaLami Technologies and Sendy announce new partnership in Kenya
Kenyan insurance technology company, Lami Technologies and Sendy Limited, a tech-logistics company, has announced a partnership that will enable transporters in Kenya...
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2.3KInnovationEgyptian fintech MNT-Halan attracts $120M from global investors
MNT-Halan, Egypt’s leading fintech ecosystem, announced today a circa US$120 million investment by major global and regional growth investors: Apis Growth Fund...
