GFA Daily Digest Wednesday, 17 February 2021
Funding In Africa
Japanese VC Company Uncovered Fund Is Targeting US$15mn Investment In Seed & Series A Stage African Startups
Uncovered Fund focuses on startups based in Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa playing in retail, fintech, healthtech, logistics, MaaS, agritech, and smart city sectors. Read more
Funding In East Africa
Uganda’s Energy startup gnuGrid Secures US$250k funding for growth & expansion
gnuGrid bundles this hardware with digital payments, predictive analytics, customer profiling, and data management, among others, to help solar companies operate more efficiently at a lower cost. Read more
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Latest News
After recording success in Rwanda, Fintech Bank’Up, a buy-now-pay-later startup has extended to Cameroon
Following its launch in the country, Fintech Bank’Up will make deferred debit service or consumer goods supply credit cards available to the public. Read more
South African fintech VerPay, establishes a new payment solution
The new offering merges telephonic interaction with its innovative app to create a seamless and easy-to-use form of contactless payment for services or products offered. Read more
Opinion Corner
‘Digital transformation’ – Should we still be talking about it in 2021?
His skepticism is warranted, but it doesn’t mean that digital technologies can’t be used to streamline operations, access new markets, and adapt to changes in customer needs and competitor offerings. Read more