Entrepreneurship

Nigerian prop-tech startup Spleet has raised a US$625,000 pre-seed funding round to help it roll out a new product that provides tenants with affordable loans to help them pay their …

Moove Africa was founded in 2019 by British-born Nigerians Ladi Delano and Jide Odunsi with the aim of democratising vehicle ownership in Africa by providing revenue-based vehicle financing to mobility …

Dash closes $32.8 million seed round, one of the largest in Africa payment firm Dash, the unified and accessible payments app, announced today that it has raised $32.8 million in …

FreshSource Global, an Egyptian startup that claims to be redefining the agricultural supply chain, has secured a seven-figure US dollar seed funding round. 4DX Ventures and Wamda provided the seven-figure …

Kouncel, an Egyptian legal ed-tech business, has acquired US$1.2 million in pre-seed funding. Zaldi Capital, African Development Bank Group (AfDB), the Academy for Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT), and the …

Milezmore, an Egyptian startup that specializes in cloud fulfilment, last-mile delivery, and customised operations, has raised US$5 million in pre-seed capital. The funds were invested by Brimore, a social commerce …

Rocket Health, a telemedicine and last-mile healthcare company startup based in Uganda, has raised $5 million in a Series A round of funding. CREADEV – Creating for People, an evergreen …

M-KOPA, the fintech platform that provides connected financing and digital financial services to underbanked consumers across four African markets, announced its $75M Growth Equity round. The round was led by …

VALR, a cryptocurrency exchange headquartered in South Africa, today announced that it has raised $50 million (over R750 million) in Africa’s largest ever crypto funding round. This values the company …

AgDevCo, the specialist investor in early-stage African agribusinesses, has announced a $90m packages of new funding from the CDC Group, Norfund and DFC which will allow AgDevCo to continue to …