Mergers and Acquisitions
Egypt’s Swvl to go Public in Merger With Queen’s Gambit Growth Capital
Egyptian ride-sharing startup SWVL and Queen’s Gambit Growth Capital the first Special Purpose Acquisition Company led...
Funding
In Brief: South African Payment Startup Yoco Closes US83M Series C Round
July 27, 2021South African payment startup Yoco has raised US$83 million Series C funding to accelerate product development...
Funding
SA InsurTech Startup Ctrl Banks US$2.3M From Naspers Foundry
July 22, 2021South African digital insurance advice platform, Ctrl has banked a US$2.3 million (R34 million) investment from...
Partnerships
Kenya’s Kibanda Topup, Carbon Link to Enable Kenyan Restaurants Access Working Capital
July 22, 2021Kenya’s Kibanda Topup, a B2B platform that connects restaurants to suppliers, has partnered with African digital...
Give It A Shot
Saint-Gobain, AfricArena Launch Innovation Challenge for E-commerce, Fintech Startups in Africa
July 21, 2021Saint-Gobain is joining forces with AfricArena – an African tech ecosystem accelerator and deal-flow platform –...
Mergers and Acquisitions
Nigerian HealthTech Startup CribMD Acquires Charisland Pharmaceuticals
July 17, 2021Nigerian HealthTech startup CribMD has acquired a retail pharmaceutical giant – Charisland Pharmaceuticals Ltd (C.P.), to...
Funding
Kenyan AI-driven Influencer Marketing Startup AIfluence Banks US$1M Seed Funding
July 15, 2021Kenyan AI-driven influencer marketing startup AIfluence has secured US$1 million seed investment led by Dubai-based EQ2...
Funding
Nigeria’s GetEquity Secures Six-figure Pre-seed Round Led by GreenHouse Capital
July 12, 2021GetEquity, a Lagos-based technology startup redefining the venture capital and startup financing landscape has closed a...
Funding
Kenya’s MarketForce Raises US$2M Pre-Series A to Scale B2B Retail Marketplace RejaReja
July 8, 2021Kenyan B2B retail end-to-end distribution platform startup Marketforce has secured US$2 million Pre-Series A funding to This brings their...
Funding
Nigeria’s Payhippo Raises US$1M in Pre-seed Funding to Provide Loans to Small Businesses
July 2, 2021Nigeria’s Payhippo had raised US$1 million in Pre-seed funding to provide loans to Small Businesses. The...
Funding
Villgro Africa Disburses US$170,000 to 4 HealthTech Startups
June 28, 2021Villgro Africa, an impact investor incubating and supporting early-stage social entrepreneurs in Africa to grow and...
Women Entrepreneur/Leader
If I Had To Do It Again: Vanessa Mehri, Food Influencer & Author – Swahili Food Made Easy
May 14, 2020Vanessa Mehri is the 34-year-old food influencer and author behind the book Swahili Food Made Easy....
Africa's Latest
Kenya’s Twiga Foods Awarded as Technology Pioneer by World Economic Forum
June 16, 2020Kenyan based digital business-to-business platform Twiga Foods has been selected among hundreds of candidates as one...
Africa's Latest
8 African Startups Named WEF Technology Pioneers 2021
June 16, 2021Eight African startups have been named World Economic Forum Technology Pioneers of 2021. The eight will...
Inspired
11 Kenyan Women Entrepreneurs Making Inspiring Waves across Africa
June 8, 2019With the growth of the Kenyan entrepreneurial ecosystem, so has been the rise of female-owned businesses...
Africa's Latest
MoSound Founder, Kevin Mulei Launches Kenya’s Hot New Hit Radio Station
March 12, 2018Kevin Mulei, the Founder of M0Sound, an event planning, production, and management company based in Kenya...
Starting Up
11 Best Coworking Spaces in Nairobi Entrepreneurs Can Work From
October 25, 2018A coworking space provides flexible payments options with no need for signing any kind of leases...
Starting Up
3 Reasons Why the Car Wash Business in Kenya is Thriving
May 1, 2019As many people in Kenya are venturing into entrepreneurship, the one business that has caught the...
Startups
These are the 9 Top Most Funded Startups in Kenya
March 26, 2018According to a report by Wee Tracker on African Startup Funding 2017, Kenya was ranked second...
Innovation
The 10 Hottest Kenyan Startups to Watch in 2018
December 11, 2017Founder360° Magazine spoke to some of founders and players in the startup ecosystem in identifying the...
Innovation
7 Agri-Tech Startups Disrupting Small-scale Farming in Kenya
May 23, 2018Kenya is home to approximately 50 million people with the population expected to reach more than...
Funding
Egyptian B2B Marketplace MaxAB Closes Landmark US$6.2 Million Seed Round
September 26, 2019MaxAB, an Egyptian B2B e-commerce marketplace that connects informal food and grocery retailers with suppliers via...
Money
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