With the confirmation of seven additional Nigerian start-ups – totaling eight for Africa, the number of African participants in the W22 batch of the Y Combinator Program now stands at 24,
Shorooq Partners, a MENAP-based early-stage venture capital firm, has announced the second edition of its seed-stage-focused fund, Bedaya Fund II, with a target fund size of $150 million to invest
FlapKap, an Egyptian start-up focusing on e-commerce and SaaS development in the Middle East and North Africa region, has announced its launch following a $1.2 million fundraising round led
Apollo Agriculture, a Kenyan agri-tech start-up that connects farmers to high-quality farm inputs, financing, and markets, has raised $40 million in a Series B funding round led by Softbank Vision
Meaningful gigs a gig start-up that matches the right gig workers with the right company, serving as a go-to-market for freelance designers in Africa who target western multinationals has secured
Kenya-based neobank, 4G Capital that gives unsecured credit facility to Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) has raised $18.5 million in Series C funding from a London-based global private
Yoco a South African payments, and software company has announced its acquisition of one of the leading fintech and Web3 software development agencies in Africa, Nona Digital.
The payment firm
Moove, a Nigeria-based mobility fintech startup that provides seamless vehicle financing to drivers of ride-hailing platforms like Uber and other gig networks has raised $105 million in an oversubscribed Series
Curacel, a Nigerian-based Y Combinator-backed insurtech startup that develops insurance infrastructure for the African market, has announced a new platform that enables digital businesses to add insurance to their core
OkHi, a Nigerian smart addressing start-up that eliminates the in-person verification of customers’ addresses by banks, fintech companies, and other businesses has secured $1.5 million in seed extension to
Mowarrid, an Egyptian leading B2B Marketplace which focuses on B2B food and grocery, allowing retailers to procure their needs across its platform digitally has been acquired by the Saudi Arabian-based
Vula Mobile, a South African health-tech startup, a medical referral app and online platform which hosts a network of health professionals and connects healthcare workers by providing a safe and
