We are starting the week with two funding news. Pan-African asset financing platform, M-Kopa has secured over $250 million in new funding. The investment includes $55 million in equity and over $200 million in debt, according to reports. It is one of the largest combined debt and equity funding that has been raised in the […]
Gricd has raised $1.5 million in a seed funding round led by Atlantica Ventures. The company wants to expand across Africa and deliver new solutions that will make it easier to insure perishable goods on the continent.
In 2016, two Ethiopian entrepreneurs—Amadou Daffe and Hiruy Amanuel—founded Gebeya to bridge the shortage by providing training and also serving as a marketplace between these talents and companies in Africa. We look at the next phase of this company.
