Kenyan Foodtech startup Kune delivers freshly-made, ready-to-eat meals at affordable prices and has announced it closed $1m in pre-seed funding round to help its scaling process. The funding round was
Johannesburg-based BitcoinSV Centbee cross-border remittance app, Minit Money has been selected as part of the first cohort for South Africa’s Intergovernmental Fintech Working Group (IFWG) regulatory sandbox- an initiative
Egyptian fashion and e-commerce startup DressCode has announced it secured $250k in funding to help it expand its offering, mostly in the home décor space.
DressCode was founded in 2018
Johannesburg-based Wayja has announced it launched its cashless P2P betting platform. The app’s platform will allow users to connect with friends and make cashless wagers on anything, from anywhere.
Nigerian prop-tech startup Seso has announced it raised $600k in pre-seed funding round as it bids to build on strong initial traction. Ventures that participated in the round include Kepple
The World Economic Forum has announced its selection of the 100 most promising Tech pioneers of 2021 which includes companies that are shaping industries from their different sectors. The World
Kenyan startup MarketForce has announced the acquisition of Digiduka to accelerate its services across Africa.
MarketForce was launched in 2018, the startup enables an end-to-end retail distribution to allow consumer
Kenya’s e-commerce startup Sky.Garden has announced it closed a $4 million round of Series A funding to accelerate its growth. The round featured SANAD Fund for MSME, Aavishkaar,
South Africa’s uYilo– which means “to create” has announced that applications have opened for the 2021 uYilo Mobility Programme. South African mobility startups will be offered up to $73k
Ethiopian logistics startup Eshi Express has announced it raised an undisclosed amount in funding from the Addis Ababa Angels (AAA) Network as it looks to expand across the country.
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Three African blockchain startups have been selected to receive grant funding from the UNICEF Venture Fund.
Looking to support early-stage ventures in solving local and global challenges the UNICEF Venture
Egyptian Edtech startup iSchool has announced it raised $160k in pre-seed funding to develop an online platform, expand its offerings and expand across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
