Start-ups
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Kenyan Low-Cost ISP Poa Internet Secures $28 Million
In 2020, Africa50, an infrastructure financier backed by the Africa Development Bank (AfDB) Group and a good number of African…
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Kenyan Bus-Travel Platform QuickBus Raises Seed Funding From Abu Dhabi
A Kenyan online platform for reviewing and buying bus tickets in Africa has completed a seed round. Beyond ticketing, QuickBus…
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Tunisia Launches InnovaTech, A $43m Fund For Startups
Tunisia has launched “INNOVATECH,” a new initiative aimed at innovative small businesses. It’s a 125 million dinar ($43 million) investment fund…
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Fintech Company Bfree Raises USD 1.7 Mn Pre-Series A Funding
Bfree, a Nigerian credit management fintech, has raised USD 1.7 Mn in a pre-Series A investment to expand globally and…
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Ivory Coast’s Afrikrea Raises USD 6.2 Mn Pre-Series A Round
Ivory Coast-based startup Afrikrea, the e-commerce platform for “all things made of Africa”, has raised a USD 6.2 Mn pre-Series A…
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Solar Company NXT Grid Secures Investment From Nigeria’s All On
NIGERIA – NXT Grid BV, a solar mini-grid rental company, with a focus on online automation and standardisation to empower…
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Flutterwave Acquires Disha in Massive Africa Expansion
Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company, has acquired Disha, a platform that enables digital creators to curate, sell digital content, portfolios…
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Zambia’s Union54 secures $3m round for its card-issuing API
Union54, the first Zambian startup backed by Y Combinator, has just landed a $3mn seed round, coming only two months…
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Egypt’s beauty startup, Glamera, creates a B2B management system for beauty businesses
Cairo-based Beauty service booking platform, Glamera, has created a new Business to Business (B2B) product that helps customers with beauty…
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Egyptian Business Relation Management Startup, BznsBuilder, Expands To Indonesia
BznsBuilder, the leading Egyptian 360 Business Relation Management platform (BRM,) extends its footprint into the Asian market by launching the…
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