Entrepreneurship

Nawy, an Egyptian prop-tech startup, has secured a $5 million seed funding round investment aimed at expanding across the region. The fund was led by the Sawiris family office. Nawy …

Open finance continues to be a significant theme in the world of fintech as businesses tap APIs to access customers’ financial accounts and provide a gamut of integrated and embedded …

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group and the world’s largest development bank focused on emerging markets, has announced that it has invested in Axian …

There’s no denying the growth of healthtech globally over the past three years thanks to the pandemic. The event has accelerated the use of telemedicine, virtual care, and drug delivery, …

Visa has announced The Visa Everywhere Initiative (VEI), a global open innovation programme, inviting fintech and payment startups in UAE to showcase their innovative products and solutions.The programme’s finalists are …

Yalla Fel Sekka (YFS), a pioneering on-demand logistics firm specializing in immediate delivery and dark store management, has raised $7 million in a Series A round of funding. DisruptAD, ADQ’s …

In an effort to aid small and medium-sized entrepreneurs to compete favourably and scale-up, immediate past Executive Director, Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), Olusegun Awolowo, recently supported Bellafricana members with …

Niklas Adalberth’s Norrsken Foundation is in the news again barely two months after opening its Norrsken House in Kigali, Rwanda, which plans to accommodate thousands of entrepreneurs by next year. …

NALA, a Tanzanian cross-border payments firm that recently shifted its focus from local to international money transfers, has secured $10 million in a fresh round of funding. With received funds, …

TLcom, the Africa-focused venture capital firm, has announced a $70 million first close for its $150 million Africa-focused tech fund, solidifying the investor’s position as the continent’s largest independent VC …