Julaya, a fintech startup, has raised $5M in pre-Series A funding round
Julaya, an Ivory Coast-based company that specializes in payments, has raised an extra US$5 million in a pre-Series A round...
SecondSTAX, a fintech startup, secures US$1.6 million in pre-seed funding
SecondSTAX, a platform that links institutional investors, has received pre-seed funding of US$1.6 million from LoftyInc Capital, Orbit54, and STEMeIn. ...
Turaco has secured a $10 million Series A funding round
Turaco, an insurtech that is fostering mass market insurance acceptance, has announced the completion of a $10 million Series A...
The African Women Impact Fund is launching with a $60M commitment
The African Women Impact Fund (AWIF) Initiative has received its initial commitment of USD$60 million, as announced by the Economic...
Exits.me has secured $1 million in a pre-seed funding round
Exits.me, an online investment marketplace based in Egypt, has secured $1 million in a pre-seed round. Local investors, a UK-based...
How does Design Thinking facilitate Innovation Implementation? – Techgist Africa
Design thinking is a collaborative approach to tackling complicated problems that put the needs of the user first. To put...
The cloud has closed a $10 million Series A funding round
The Cloud, a third-generation B2B2C cloud cooking platform based in the United Arab Emirates, has raised $10 million in funding...
Jeremy Awori Has Been Appointed as the New Group CEO of Ecobank
Ade Ayeyemi, the current Group CEO, will step down in accordance with company policy when he turns 60, according to...
Kippa, a fintech startup in Nigeria, raises $8.4 million in a funding round
Kippa, a platform for financial management and payments for small enterprises in Nigeria, announced that it had raised $8.4 million...
Mastercard and Carnegie Mellon University to empower African youth
With the support of the Government of Rwanda, Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and the Mastercard Foundation have launched a transformational...