Search results for "funding"
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4.8K1AppsBitPesa Reaches $10 Million In Total Funding After New Round Led By Greycroft
BitPesa, the first and largest blockchain payments platform for Africa, with offices in Nairobi, Lagos, and London, has announced Greycroft as its lead investor...
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6.6KInnovationAfrican Edtech Company Mwabu Concludes Series B Funding Round
Mwabu, the African focusedEdtech company, has concluded a significant Series B investment round led by Elma Investments to expand its education solutions and academy services in...
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10.5K2East AfricaCrowdfunding in Africa is gaining momentum
Africa is now home to over 57 active crowdfunding platforms with projects raising over $126.9 million in 2015, reveals the Afrikstart Crowdfunding...
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4.0KInnovationHow Can Crowdfunding Scale In Sub-Saharan Africa?
It will have been difficult to ignore the exponential growth in crowdfunding over the past five years. In a relatively short period...
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3.6K1InnovationAndela raises $24M series B funding led by Zuckerberg initiative
Andela has announced completion of their Series B funding a $24M round led by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. This marks the first time...
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4.8KStart-UpsSix key lessons on crowdfunding in Africa
In developing countries, the crowdfunding market is expected to reach $327 million this year—about 2 percent of the global total. Despite this...
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3.7KStart-UpsFounder of crowdfunding platform Afrikstart speaks with Appsafrica
Entrepreneurship-focused crowdfunding platform Afrikstart is empowering African entrepreneurs to start, run and grow businesses. Founded by Stanford University online students, Afrikstart is a...
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Crowdfunding platform Afrikstart dedicated to African entrepreneurs
With President Barack Obama attending the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Kenya in July, 2015 is deemed to be the Year Of the...
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East Africa
UK crowdfunding platform opens the door to emerging markets investments
A new UK crowdfunding platform aims to give UK-based investors the chance to invest in some of the most exciting frontier and...
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10NewsSeamlessHR Raises $9 Million from Gates Foundation and Helios
SeamlessHR, Africa’s leading Human Resource technology company, announced that it has raised $9 million in its latest funding round from the Gates...
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50NewsPurple Elephant Ventures Secures $4.5M Seed Round, Setting Record as Kenya’s Largest Tourism-Tech Fundraise
Purple Elephant Ventures (PEV), a Nairobi-based venture studio, has raised $4.5 million in seed financing, marking one of the largest tourism-tech rounds in African history. This...
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352InnovationTLP Advisory Marks 10 Years with New Report on Nigeria’s Startup Ecosystem
TLP Advisory, the venture law firm headquartered in Lagos, with offices in London and New York marks ten years of operation with...
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458Innovation86% of African Tech Founders Report Impact on Wellbeing – Yet 81% Enjoy the Journey
Flourish Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm with purpose, today published the first-ever, wide-scale survey of founder wellbeing in Africa, shining light...
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2.4KFundingTalk360 secures $1.4 million pre-Series A
Talk360, the international calling app that connects with reliable and affordable calls to any landline or mobile phone, has successfully raised $1.4...
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2.4KFundingPaymob raises $22 million in Series B extension
Paymob, MENA’s leading financial services enabler, announces a $22 million Series B extension round – taking the Company’s total Series B funding...
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2.6KFinTechProparco Invests in Rubyx to Support African Microfinance Institutions and Startups
Proparco has granted a €400k loan to Rubyx through the Bridge by Digital Africa facility. This will enable the African start-up to...
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1.8KFundingWorkpay raises $5M Series A investment to expand HR and payroll platform across Africa
Workpay, the cloud-based HR, payroll and benefits platform for organisations with employees across Africa, today announces that it has raised $5m in...
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1.9KInnovationFCMB and FMO Seek Agricultural Solutions in Nigeria with Agritech Hackathon
First City Monument Bank (FCMB) and the Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank (FMO) are joining forces to ignite innovation in Nigeria’s agricultural sector...
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1.6KInnovationPeach Payments Acquires Custom Software Development Firm Operativa
Digital payments service provider Peach Payments has acquired customer software development firm Operativa as a going concern. The acquisition was the first...
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1.7KInnovationGrey Expands its International Presence and Services to LATAM, SEA Markets
Y Combinator alum Grey (https://Grey.co), a B2C cross-border payments startup founded in 2020, is expanding its services and operations to Latin America (LATAM)...
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932InnovationIFC Deepens Partnership with TerraPay to Boost Access to International Remittances in Africa
To boost access to affordable remittances and support livelihoods and business activity in countries across Africa, IFC today announced a financing package...
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1.7KInnovationInnovate Africa Launches with $2.5M Angel Fund for Early-Stage Africa-Focused Startups
Innovate Africa, an angel investment fund that supports early-stage founders in funding life-changing ideas, taking startups from conception to product and financing...
