West Africa
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GFA Opinion
GFA Opinion: How Does Venture Capital Work?
WHAT IS VENTURE CAPITAL? Venture capital is a form of private equity financing provided by investors to startups, early-stage companies,…
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Business
GFA Spotlight: Autochek Africa
Any step taken to provide additional financial solutions in Africa should be strongly supported. This is to imply that auto…
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The Make-Up Business
Make-up Artistry: The Business of Facial Beauty
Mirror, mirror on the wall, Who is the fairest of them all? Answering that age-old question these days entails more…
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Funding
Senegalese Retail-Tech Startup ProXalys Raises$150k Pre-Seed Funding
Senegalese startup ProXalys, which specialises in digital transformation in B2B commerce, has raised US$150,000 in pre-seed funding to expand across…
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Cryptocurrency
Nigerian Crypto Startup Nestcoin Raises $6.45m Pre-Seed Funding Round
Nigeria’s Nestcoin, a company building, operating, and investing in web3 applications, has raised US$6.45 million in pre-seed funding to help…
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Nigeria’s B2B startup Alerzo acquires fintech firm Shago payments to scale its operations
Retail-tech startup Alerzo is taking serving mom-and-pop stores in Nigeria to another level, with the recent acquisition of FinTech company Shago Payments to provide…
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Nigeria’s delivery startup, ShapShap, secures investment from GreenTec Capital
ShapShap, a delivery platform that specializes in deliveries in Africa’s fragmented logistics industry, has secured an undisclosed investment sum from GreenTec Capital Partners, an…
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Nigeria’s fintech API startup, OnePipe, lands US$3.5mn in seed round
OnePipe, a fintech API company, has announced that it raised US$3.5mn in seed funding to expand its embedded finance service.…
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Nigeria’s B2B Retail Platform, Sabi, Secures US$6mn Bridge Round
Sabi, a one-year-old retail platform that is a spinoff from Rensource (an African energy firm that provides consumers with power-as-a-service)…
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Cellulant Joins Forces with fintech company ImaliPay to drive gig for workers’ financial inclusion
ImaliPay, the one-stop financial platform for Africa’s gig workers, has teamed with pan-African payments company Cellulant (www.Cellulant.com), for its payments…
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