Tix.Africa closes six-figure Pre-Seed round to scale events products

Tix Africa's funding round was led by HoaQ, with participation from a number of private equity investors, and will enable Tix Africa to build its technology to scale its events apps.

The environmental cost of big tech in Africa

Big tech companies are coming under increasing scrutiny for the harmful effects of their activities on the environment. Africa is no exception to this. What are the harmful effects of big tech to the environment in Africa?

Egyptian eCommerce startup, MaxAB, closes $40M Series A to fuel expansion

MaxAB, the largest Egyptian B2B e-commerce platform that serves food and grocery retailers, has secured $40M in a Series A round, led by RMBV, a prominent impact investor in North Africa.

Payhippo raises $1 million pre-seed to give loans to small businesses

African lending startup, Payhippo, has raised $1 million in a pre-seed round led by Ventures Platform.

Vazilegal launches UnHacked+ to raise support for women-led startups

Vazilegal, the African startup-focused law firm, has launched UnHacked—a program targeted at raising support for women-led startups in Africa.

TeamApt announces undisclosed Series B funding round led by Novastar Ventures

The round was led by Novastar Ventures with participation from FMO, Global Ventures, CDC, Oui Capital, Kepple Africa Ventures, Soma Capital, and a syndicate of local angel investors

Leading Ghanaian Fintech, ZeePay, completes $7.9 million series A funding round

Zeepay announced that it has completed a fundraise of $7.9 million in its Series A.0 which was a hybrid of both equity and balance sheet funds to support its operations.

Applications open for early-stage Ghanaian Startups to scale their operations through the Mastercard Foundation and MEST Express Accelerator Program

MEST, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation has announced that applications are open for the next two cohorts of the MEST Express Accelerator program.

MDaaS Global raises $2.3m to launch digital health solution SentinelX and expand across Nigeria

The Seed extension led by Newtown Partners via the Imperial Venture Fund with SentinelX set to provide Nigerians with tech-enabled preventive and personalized healthcare

Carbon announces 5-year partnership with VISA

Carbon has today announced a strategic five-year partnership with Visa to offer both digital and physical issuance of Visa cards to its customers.

Brandmobile Africa announces the launch of Kuuzza

Kuuzza provides a risk-free, exciting, profitable & sustainable business for young, agile and entrepreneurial Nigerians looking for an alternative source of income.

TECNO to re-define PHANTOM as a flagship sub-brand

TECNO, the leading smartphone brand in global emerging market, is said to re-define PHANTOM as its flagship sub-brand, aiming to tackle the premium smartphone market amid an ambitious global expansion plan.