Entrepreneurship

At the UN World Food Programme Zero Hunger Sprint, Nigerian agri-tech startup Zowasel won US$100,000 in funding from Guinness Nigeria and Promasidor Nigeria, a leading pan-African consumer packaged food manufacturer. …

Moove an African mobility fintech, today announced that it has raised $23 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Speedinvest and Left Lane Capital, with participation from …

Nigerian health tech startup, HelpMum, has been announced as one of and the only African among the four global winners for the 2021 Waislitz Global Citizen Award. HelpMum was selected …

Swvl Inc. Egypt’s Uber for buses has announced plans to go public after its merger with SPAC Queen’s Gambit Growth Capital. Upon completion of the proposed transaction, the combined public …

Wapi Pay, based in Singapore and headquartered in Kenya has raised $2.2 Million in pre-seed funding to scale up global payments and remittances between Africa and Asia. Making international transfers …

Cairo-based Credit Card management platform and fintech startup CreditFins has successfully acquired an undisclosed amount in a Pre-Seed funding round led by Flat6Labs, AUC Angels, TA Telecom Holding, and other …

Blockchain startup Biconomy, which was founded by Indians, has raised $9 million (approximately Rs. 67 crore) in a private funding round led by DACM and Mechanism Capital. Other investors, including …

Kuda Bank, a Nigerian FinTech startup notched $55 million in a Series B funding round at a $500 million valuation as the digital bank seeks to expand into other countries …

Neuralink, the futuristic brain-computer interface company founded by Elon Musk, said it has raised $205 million in fresh venture backing, by far the biggest haul of any company in its …

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) contribute significantly to the economic success of many countries, especially developing countries. They are the backbone of most economies. Globally, SMEs makeup about 90% of …