Nigeria’s Xend launches decentralised finance platform after securing $1.5m funding
Nigerian startup Xend Finance has publicly launched its decentralised finance (DeFi) platform for credit unions and cooperatives following a US$1.5 ...
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25 African agripreneurs advance to final of AfDB’s $120k AgriPitch competition
Twenty-five young African agripreneurs have advanced to the final round of the African Development Bank’s AgriPitch competition, stepping closer to ...
Post-pivots, African tech startups are peddling pandemic resilience
ImpactAlpha, November 4 – As Africa’s economies restart from COVID lockdowns, the businesses on the fastest path to recovery are ...
Kenyan insurtech startup Turaco raises $2m seed funding round
Kenyan micro-insurtech startup Turaco has announced the close of a US$2 million seed funding round to further grow the business ...
Nigerian digital bank Kuda raises $10m seed funding round
Nigerian fintech startup Kuda, which is building a pan-African digital challenger bank, has closed a US$10 million seed funding round ...
What role does the diaspora have to play in the future of Africa?
15 of the fastest growing economies in the world are in Africa. In January 2020, the United Kingdom with it’s ...
Venture Capital: Steering the Wheel of Tech Startups Growth in Africa
Africa is one of the fastest-growing markets in the world. This is not surprising considering analysts’ submission that approximately 85% ...
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Leveraging venture capital to maintain the momentum of tech startup growth in Africa [Opinion]
Africa is considered the fastest-growing market in the world and is projected to account for around one-third of the total ...
Nigerian startup SeamlessHR raises new funding to scale its HR solutions
Lagos-based HR and payroll tech startup SeamlessHR has closed a VC-led round of funding to unlock its next phase of ...
African agri- and food-tech startups on the rise
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly affected not only the ways in which we do business but has also impacted the ...
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