Financial Services
14 April 2021
Family Bank joins forces with USAID to hand out $4.7mn to agribusinesses
Kenyan Financial institution Family Bank and the United States Agency for International Development(USAID), have joined…
Fintech
14 April 2021
Pan-African fintech, Appzone, bags $10mn for growth & operational expansion
Lagos-based, Appzone, a Pan-African fintech software provider that creates proprietary solutions for Africa’s banking and payments…
Funding
14 April 2021
Egypt’s Laundry Startup, Laverie, raises Six-figure Funding Round led by A15
Laverie, Egypt’s first dry-cleaning and laundry app, has raised an undisclosed six-figure (USD) funding from…
Renewable energy
14 April 2021
Solar home systems firm Baobab+ secures $4.7mn for regional expansion
Baobab+, a solar home systems social enterprise firm operating in West Africa and Madagascar, has…
Digital
12 April 2021
PricePally bags six-figure pre-seed funding round from a group of investors
Nigeria’s digital food cooperative company, PricePally, bags six-figure pre-seed funding round from Samurai Incubate, Launch Africa Ventures,…
Transportation
12 April 2021
Africa’s first electric motorcycle company, Ampersand, lands $3.5 mn investment from EIF
Rwandan motorcycle company, Ampersand has landed a $3.5 mn investment from the Ecosystem Integrity Fund (EIF).…
Start-ups
12 April 2021
Egyptian payments startup, Paymob, secures $18.5mn Series A round
Cairo-based fintech Paymob has secured $18.5 million in a Series A round led by Global…
Funding
12 April 2021
South Africa’s asset manager, Moshesh Partners, secures funding
South African and majority black-owned and black-managed investment fund Moshesh Partners has secured an undisclosed amount of…
Funding
9 April 2021
Sanwari Ventures raises $63mn fund
Cairo-based venture capital and private equity company Sawari Ventures has closed an Egypt-based fund of Egyptian pound…
Features
5 April 2021
Start-up Shorts, Tugende, Uganda
African Startup shorts is a daily vlog sponsored by GetFundedAfrica with the goal of spreading…