Johannesburg-based Mineworkers Investment Company (MIC) has announced the launch of MIC the Khulisani Ventures, a $10.5m early-stage investment targeted at local startups with innovative and high-growth capabilities.
The MIC
Ada Labs Africa’s entertainment Tech startup Ada Animation has announced it raised an undisclosed pre-seed capital from Nigeria’s venture capital firm Platform through its technology vehicle, Unicorn Group.
Kenya’s eCommerce startup MarketForce has announced it raised $2m to focus on its business-to-business (B2B) retail marketplace. P1 Ventures, Y Combinator, Launch Africa, V8 Capital, Future Africa, GreenHouse Capital,
Moroccan B2B startup Konta has announced it raised $223k from the Southbridge A&I and Axxam Family Office’s investment company. Konta, a B2B spend management startup established, developed,
Senegalese-based aggregator of financial solutions and digital services InTouch has announced it raised an undisclosed amount of fund from the CFAO company, alongside Mobility54, TotalEnergies and Worldline, InTouch’s two
Nine African startups have been selected to take part in the Silicon Valley-based Y Combinator S21 batch accelerator, receiving $125,000 each in seed funding as well as further investment
Ghana-based Agritech startup Green Gold Farms has announced it raised $1.6m in a funding round from Absa Bank Ghana, Diaspora Capital, Channel Ventures, EPMT Fund, and other early-stage seed
Invest In Africa (IIA) has announced a partnership with Vodafone Ghana to help local businesses improve their digital skills.
Invest In Africa was founded in 2012, the organization currently operates
San Francisco-based Edtech startup Microverse has announced it raised $12.5m in a Series A round. The round was led by Northzone, a global tech VC firm. Business angels, leading
Pharmacy and beauty retailer Dis-Chem has announced the launch of its new 60-minute delivery service, DeliverD. The service will be the fourth on-demand delivery offering by a major retailer since
Global eCommerce startup WooCommerce has selected Nigeria’s Paystack as its preferred payment partner in Africa. The partnership will WooCommerce’s merchants to accept payments via Paystack.
Since its acquisition
Nigeria’s Cleantech startup providing off-grid renewable energy OneWattSolar has announced it issuing a $24m bond to deploy clean energy across Africa. The bond issuance was led by Comercio Partners,
