Unicorn: Senegal Based Fintech, Wave Now Valued At $1.7b After Raising $200m
It's exciting news for francophone Africa as Wave, a Senegal-based mobile money company, becomes its first unicorn. Wave is now ...
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Agricorp Raises $17.5m Pre-Series A To Enhance A Food System
Agricorp International, a Nigeria-based company that produces, processes and exports spices, has raised $17.5 million in pre-series A funding. This ...
Aidi Africa Partners With AWS To Accelerate African Startups
Aidi Africa, an African Venture builder run by Tolulope Obademi – its portfolio manager, has entered into a partnership with ...
LG Open KES 2b Global Startup Challenge, Here’s How To Apply
LG just recently announced its Mission for the Future Global Startup Challenge that seeks to unlock innovative technologies and business ...
Australia’s TechnologyOne Acquires UK-Based Higher Education Platform Scientia For $16.6M
Australian enterprise software company, TechnologyOne, has in a deft move acquired UK-based higher education software provider Scientia, for £12 million /$16.6 million in cash. ...
Bumpa Raises $200k To Provide e-Commerce Solutions To African Startups
Bumpa, an online-based commercial platform that seeks to assist African businesses to grow startups using their mobile devices, closed pre-seed ...
Y Combinator S21 Receives The Highest Number Of African Startups With Nigeria Leading
The number of African startups participating in this year’s Y Combinator program has increased beyond the usual. Compared to the ...
Nigeria Tops As Y Combinator S21 Receives The Highest Number Of African Startups So Far
The number of African startups participating in this year’s Y Combinator program has increased beyond the usual. Compared to the ...
Bumpa Raises $200k To Provide e-Commerce Solutions To African Startups
Bumpa, an online-based commercial platform that seeks to assist African businesses to grow startups using their mobile devices, closed pre-seed ...
Nigeria’s B2B Marketplace Startup. Sabi Reached 150K Merchants, Raises Funding
Sabi – a Nigerian startup focused on improving Africa’s informal economy, has just closed a seed-funding round. Investors that participated ...