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Chipper Cash is now a Unicorn with $150 million extension round led by FTX

Chipper Cash has earned the highly coveted unicorn badge after FTX led a $150 million extension round for the African cross-border payments company.

Jise raises $100,000 angel funding, commences food delivery in Lagos

Nigeria’s first food-only delivery platform, Jise has raised $100,000 angel investment from notable investors including, Backroom Capital — Nigeria, Winston Capital — Ireland, Jonny Enagwolor, Co-Founder Treepz Inc amongst others.

Payday becomes the first Rwandan company to join Techstars Toronto Accelerator

Payday becomes the first Rwandan company in history to join the prestigious 3-months Accelerator program that provides entrepreneurs with invaluable skills, resources, and connections to a large pool of global talent and investors.

AVPA and Investor Flow to promote impact investments in Africa

Pan-African network for social investors, African Venture Philanthropy Alliance (AVPA) and Investor Flow announced a strategic partnership to further promote impact investing across Africa.

Klasha launches in Ghana to facilitate cross border payments and e-commerce

Klasha, a startup that simplifies borderless payments for commerce in Africa is now in Ghana

OurPass is Redefining Online Commerce with its Checkout solution

Ourpass app is created to enhance and improve the success rates of online business sales in Africa's digital marketplace.

Andela is now a Unicorn with $200 million in Series E led by Softbank

After closing this Series E round led by Softbank, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and other investors, Andela is now valued at $1.5 billion.

TechAdvance is now Bloc

TechAdvance has rebranded to Bloc to offer a more personalized experience to its clients.

Qala Fellowship to train the next generation of African Bitcoin developers

Qala Fellowship has received a 0.5BTC grant from the New York-based Human Rights Foundation (HRF) to train Bitcoin developers in Africa.

Shecluded: A Gender-based Fintech that keeps on giving

Shecluded plans to change the lives of a lot of women by ensuring more female-led MSMEs grow to large organizations in the future.

Releaf secures $4.2 million to scale Nigeria’s oil palm sector

Releaf has secured $4.2 million in seed funding and grants to drive the industrialization of food processing for Africa which will also enable Nigeria’s Oil Palm sector

TechAdvance unveils Bloc — a faster way to build fintech products

TechAdvance has announced the release of its product, Bloc—a proprietary suite of APIs capable of helping anyone launch a FinTech product in far less time than it usually takes.